INTERESTING BLOGS: A Quarter Ton Man and a Quarter Pound Library -- The Kindle 2

 

A writer I know -- Michael -- who managed to close a horrifying true life chapter of morbid obesity and opened a new chapter by losing weight, falling in love and marrying a beautiful woman and becoming an active and loving step-father -- has started a provocative and edgy blog entitled "Former Quarter Ton Man."   It's a bit "out there" and might bother some of you, but for anyone who struggles with weight problems or any condition that serves to result in isolation, they might find it inspirational.

Harry, another writer friend of mine is an intelligent and thoughtful analyst of modern life, and has started a blog at www.akubot.typepad.com. His feedback and analysis on Amazon's Kindle 2 is fascinating.  Since he introduced this amazing tool to me, I have thought of many situations where the Kindle's voice-reader option would be extremely useful.  But the impact on the publishing industry of one-click purchasing of digitized books -- all stored in a single, small piece of hardware -- is mind-boggling.  You now have the option to download several books onto one small machine, the size and weight of a single light weight paperback, extremely more efficient for speed readers who travel a lot. Or, you may select a voice -- male or female -- to read the book to you, along with the option of ear plugs. Think was this could mean for long distance driving, people with poor eyesight, dyslexic children of all ages, etc.

OF NOTE: if you go to Michael's Quarter Ton Man blog, you will note at the top, several of his favorite YouTube video clips.  I highly recommend the first one on the left.