The Worst Thing About eBooks
Big ebook fan for a while, now. I got the Sony a few years back, upgraded to the newer 505 model, but ultimately didn't like having to use the computer and software interface to buy books (plus, Sony refuses to make a Mac version of it, and since my never-to-look-back switchover, I hated having use Windows, even on my cherished MacBook Pro). So, a few months ago I got the Kindle, and just last week, the new Kindle 2. Big hardware improvement. However, there is a drawback, which gets to the point of this post: you can no longer throw a book across the room, which is what I wanted to do last night -- yet again -- in my love / hate relationship with Loren Cordain's book, The Paleo Diet. What I do love about it is the fundamentals, the principles: evolutionary biology, and pretty solid research into what foods our Paleolithic ancestors would have eaten, and hence, what we would be most genetically adapted to eating ourselves. What I hate about it is how, when politically convenient, Cordain seems perfectly willing to violate his principles. Skinless white meat chicken, lean meats only, trim the fat, lose the salt,...