Kindle is Cool

I got an Amazon Kindle this week, just in time for my recent trip to Groton, CT. I was a little bit worried about that purchase, because it is a bit pricey and there was a fair amount of controversy in what people were saying about it. But I really love to read, and the Kindle was just too perfect a fusion of cool things for me to pass up. So, I validated my early-adopter status and bought it.

I'm not at all sorry. The only bit of criticism about the device that really stands up is that the Next Page and Previous Page buttons on the side are too easy to hit -- they really are, and it's annoying. Other than that, it has worked flawlessly for me, and reading books with it is a very pleasant experience. And when I got stuck in Hartford because of their big snowstorm on Thursday, and I finished my book (Stephen Colbert's "I Am America, And So Can You!", which was absolutely hilarious), I was able to browse the online Kindle Store, buy another one (Jon Krakauer's "Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith," which is just as scary as you'd think it would be), and immediately start reading it without even leaving my chair at RDU.

Very cool.