Date:         Sun, 31 Oct 2004 22:10:36 -0800
Reply-To:     alan sinclair <anadem@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         alan sinclair <anadem@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Your onboard library
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--- Chuck Reisinger <chuckphoto@EARTHLINK.NET> wrote:

> What books are in your WESTY when you leave home...Thanks...Chuck....

Dozens, in a Palm PDA -- that way they all fit in my back pocket and
save the Westy shelves for maps and the Peterson bird book!  Mostly
from Project Gutenberg which has 10,000+ titles now, but also many
tech manuals (I'm a programmer),  using the Plucker free reader.  Very
handy for Westing and hiking / camping.

Initially I thought there was no way a tiny PDA screen would replace a
nice paper book, but if it's a good read then you can get just as lost
in it via a PDA as via paper.  And it's SO neat to have an entire
library with me all the time. And being able to read in the dark via
the backlit screen without waking my SO is handy too.

The only problem is that now I'm fixated on my PDA -- can't leave home
without it %-)
Alan