Posted by Dinah on January 19, 2008, at 13:11:32
I always was really. I could never be set down in a cooking store or office supply or sewing supply store. The ingenious one purpose gadgets always fascinated me.
So many storage boxes, each perfect for one problem or another. So many way to make paper clips available on your desk. So many paper clips! Butterfly clips fascinate me. Then whisks. I like the flat whisks best, not because they work better but because they fit so much better in the drawer. Apple corers. Cherry pitters. Whipped cream whippers. It's paradise.
And now the electronic gadgets. My iPod means that I can store or get rid of most of my old albums and CD's. My entire library in the palm of my hand.
And the Kindle. I'm really trying to fight the Kindle. I don't have much time to read. And I love books. Most of my books are not just books, they're collections. Even if I could fit my entire library in the palm of my hand, I don't think I want to. But the Kindle is drawing me... drawing me to spend money I don't have... Pulling me towards it because really it's such a cool gadget. And surely I'd use it more than my cherry pitter.
I'm really hoping the future is in electronic readers. I can imagine a day when you didn't have to lug around fifty pounds of textbooks. Or when I could stop stuffing a backpack full of books each vacation. But I really don't need this now. I really don't. Yet I keep finding myself at the kindle page, drooling.
poster:Dinah
thread:807685
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