E-book Readers

Yesterday I was out partaking in some fine English brown ale and Chicago deep dish pizza, when the waiter noticed me reading something on my iPod Touch. He started asking the usual “Is that a Touch or an iPhone?” and “Do all iPhone apps work on the Touch?” questions, which I’ve grown used to at this point. Then he surprised me, by telling me about the Kindle app for the iPhone, and generally gushing about the Kindle hardware. I ended up discussing some of my first-hand experiences with various e-book readers, and eventually we subsided into trading favorite authors.

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BlackRapid R-Strap

Conventional camera straps have always been a disappointment to me. I use them simply to prevent accidentally dropping my camera. When walking around and taking pictures, the camera hanging from my neck on my chest is just not comfortable and looks out of place. I tried slinging the camera over the shoulder a few times, but I never got the hang of it.

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Audi Instrument Cluster LCD Replacement

Before

Before

I’ve been dealing with a failing LCD in the instrument cluster of my Audi for years.  At first a horizontal line or two would just disappear on me, and come back after an hour with the engine running.  Over time the number of missing lines increased, and they stayed missing permanently. It finally reached the point seen here, where it is difficult and sometimes impossible to read the information displayed. The longer I tried to ignore the problem, the worse it became.

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