It's no secret: I love books. I have nearly 2,000 in my own library (probably some pruning and weeding out needs to take place there, but that's almost beside the point). I've battled, in my mind, the issue of real "hard" books in my hand versus "unreal" books on an electronic device.
Then my youngest received a Kindle for free upon opening a checking account at our bank. I was rather impressed with the ease of reading: it is very lightweight (compared to the most recent Tom Clancy novel; I like to read in bed before I go to sleep––dose off with that in your hand and you could be asleep for a long time! I'm just sayin'), the text is very readable, and it's an electronic gadget, it therefore appeals to me (I succumb to the siren call of digital doodads quite easily).
When my eldest saw this device (it is the most basic of Kindles), she was quite intrigued, to the point where my darling wife determined that this would be the Christmas gift for her. Along with cool covers, these two devices are keeping my two daughters quite content in their reading. Even my wife, Ann, has been wooed by the free books written by some of her favorite authors, to the point where my youngest sometimes wishes her mother had her own.
Well, add to that the arrival of the iPad2 into my life, and the ability to use Kindle, Nook and iBook and you have the makings of even more books added to the Sorensen library…just not taking up any physical space (which, if you saw my study, is really a good thing). And then I came across this video.
This is fascinating, fun to watch, mind-boggling (how long did it take them to do all this in stop-action filming?) and just down-right delightful. Try doing this with a Kindle!
And just to make you realize the day in which we live (as if you didn't already know that), let this give you a chuckle and a good think for the day;
