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Protected: Paper or Plastic II

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If it's not grown, it has to be mined.

It pains us to cut trees for their wood. One recommended technique for escaping the pain of cutting down trees for paper is to substitute electronics. The technique reminds me of a comedy I watched. As I remember it, in an opening scene, a wounded tough-as-nails soldier breaks his own finger to take his mindContinue reading “If it's not grown, it has to be mined.”

Paper or Plastic? – The environmental considerations of buying an e-book reader

My hope is to sell this article for, like money (as opposed to other forms of currency used for barter or trade) since it’s fungible. Plus, I’ve not yet asked for permission to use the pictures. Note: The [x] is a hyperlinked footnote for fact-checking purposes and won’t be in the final version. Your feedbackContinue reading “Paper or Plastic? – The environmental considerations of buying an e-book reader”

Protected: Paper or Plastic? – The environmental considerations of buying an e-book reader (Subscribers only)

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AlphaSmart Keyboard and Battery LIfe

I got a question about my AlphaSmart 2000 the other day from a writer who owned “the older AlphaSmart Pro…” He didn’t like the action of the keys (he had to “really pound on them and half the time you have to hit them twice”) or that “every time you touch the shift key itContinue reading “AlphaSmart Keyboard and Battery LIfe”

Just in Time for the Holidays

My wife and I remember to be grateful at each meal. Now with the Say-A-Blessing Electronic Keychain I can recite the correct blessing whenever, wherever, and for whatever, in Hebrew. No more memorizing. It’s also a flashlight unto my feet. Mazel tov.

If it isn’t grown…

I love technological gadgets. I remember getting one of the first electronic handheld calculators in the 1970s. It cost about $100. Soon, Moore’s Law kicked in, the capacity increased and the price decreased, and in a few years places gave calculators away. Moore’s Law has brought down the cost of electronic gadgets. Cellular phones usedContinue reading “If it isn’t grown…”

PowerBook We Hardly Knew Ye

Well, my beloved Apple PowerBook G4 died in its sleep (mode) yesterday. And though I had backed up its contents frequently, it takes with it the latest versions/downloads of iTunes, RSS feeds, Word documents, and the only Apple product in the house with which to synchronize the iPod. It is survived by two atavistic cousins–uncoolContinue reading “PowerBook We Hardly Knew Ye”

Are Kindles Green?

I follow a number of blogs. One is The Writer’s Edge, in a post titled “Watching Books,” Richard Curtis writes” …the high cost and environmental wastefulness of printing manuscripts motivated editors to try reading books on desktop or laptop computer screens…Recently I have heard many an editor rave about the virtues of the Sony (andContinue reading “Are Kindles Green?”

Email on a Dana

I’ve commented on my AlphaSmart laptop PDA before. Here. One of the recent comments I received on email for Alphasmart’s Dana Wireless said he used Snappermail. Here’s the link to Snappermail.com. I don’t know if my Palm 4.0 OS will support it. There’s a free trial, but I’m not anxious for yet another username, password,Continue reading “Email on a Dana”