eReader Deal - Under $90.00

I posted some time ago that the Ectaco eReader Lite was a heck of a good deal and a solid eReader solution...

Well then the Nook came down to $150.00 and WOW... (More on that later)

But right now, until Jul 21, 2010 you can grab a Ectaco Jetbook Lite for $90.00 from NewEgg. Use Code EMCYVZS24 at checkout.

The NewEgg Ad can be viewed here:

If you want an eReader and like most plan on just using it to read books and don't mind plugging it into your computer to load books, then this is the best bang for the buck...

-Bob

When is Illegal NOT Illegal?

I have started writing this post a dozen times only to stop, each time realizing I was in conflict myself, however after much thought and pondering I realized there are some basic issues that should be, well... just basic...

1: If you are in this country Illegally you are breaking the law...

2: If a police officer has cause to detain you what is wrong with determining if someone is in this country Illegally?

3: What part of the US Constitution is violated if a police officer asks for identification and proof of residence?

4: Who in their right mind would allow Mexico to challenge a US State Law, passed in that state and applying to that state only?

5: What part of Illegal isn't Illegal?

Pretty simple when you come right down to it...

-Bob

GM Paid back Gov't loan? Toyota spending a Million an hour? and more...

Big news being played daily in Television Ads... GM Pays back Gov't bailout Money.

Sounds good until this "General Motors only repaid the bailout money by dipping into a separate pot of bailout money"... Sounds like the Gov't doesn't it, take money from one pot and put it in another and then Shout out to the World "I paid the money back".

Shhesshhhhh as much as things change they really don't...

Toyota meanwhile is running Ads they are "Spending a Million Dollars an Hour to make their cars safer"...

Hmmm that Ad made me think they were pouring an "Extra" Million dollars a day but no.... "http://www.nationalpost.com/cars/story.html?id=2472098

Seems they have been spending that kind of R&D money since 1994... Again lets make some Ads that will make us look good but in reality the "Different day Same S***" still applies...

Speaking of Government... The State of Florida has required that anyone that cuts hair in a business setting must have a license for like 50 years or so BUT if you want to inject stuff into someones skin you only "needed supervision"... Dohhhhh

So finally, like 50 years late IMHO, the legislature is going to require "licensing for Tatoo Shops"

So for all this time a Cosmetic Shop required a license but not a place that injects stuff into your body... Again the brilliant minds at work in our Governments...

-Bob

When will eReaders be ready for Prime Time...

A few weeks ago I decided to look into the state of eReaders and of course started with the Kindle and Nook, both of which seem to have a lot going for them however they each have one glaring omission...

Kindle.. No WiFi
Nook.. No Browser

Ok for $250.00 I would like all the bells and whistles...

So I spent $100.00 (on sale) for a Jetbook Lite, does everything the others do without any connectivity, a great little eReader and renders .pdf's very well which i have read can be an issue.

Of course I have to download the books to my computer and then move them via USB to the eReader. I just don't see why I would spend $150.00 more to download them direct to the eReader Unless I can also connect both via 3G and WiFi and use a Browser to find other content not at Amazon or Barnes and Noble...

So, if you want to spend $250.00 for a flawed solution fine... run out and grab a Kindle or Nook or if you just want a really handy way to carry multiple books (lots actually) and read them conveniently then look for another solution, at least until Amazon or Barnes and Noble get with the program and provide the whole enchilada...

And no I am not paying $500 plus for a iPad that doesn't work great at any one thing...

Just my rambling...

-Bob

Missing the Boat again...

I stumbled across a very interesting Article in the New York Times today...

"Europe Finds Clean Energy in Trash, but U.S. Lags Behind"

Would you rather have a Landfill in your Backyard or a well controlled waste disposal plant that not only reduces landfill use but creates Energy, heat and electricity.

This is something an area such as Jacksonville should be investigating, reduce landfill use, turn some of the waste into renewable energy, create a waste disposal system that actually pays for itself...

At a time where our City leaders are discussing a $750 Million extension for the Trailridge Landfill shouldn't we be looking to ensure that those 35 years are extended to 50 or 100 with an old idea that uses new technology...

To keep doing things "The way they have always been done" is just not smart or in our best interests...

Ps... Not to mention the "Trailridge Deal" is a bad deal by all accounts...

Pss... I haven't seen anything of substance from the 11 (at last count) Declared Candidates for Mayor however I sure hope we hear some innovative ideas that have merit from some of them, this wouldn't be a bad place to start...

-Bob

Wake up Mr. President

53% of US don't buy it...
CBS News Poll Most Americans Remain Against Health Care Overhaul

The more I see this President in Action the more I am convinced he has his own agenda and has no concern for what we think, because he knows what is best for us...

I don't care if the President is Democratic or Republican, I DO care that he listens to those that elected him, this is still a democracy and and in my eyes the Obama Presidency is on a fast track to a Single term and then OUT!

-Bob

Ok up to this point I was willing to give Obama the benefit of doubt...

While I did not vote for Obama in the last election, I honestly felt that we would be OK in his hands... However now on the heels of Selling his political soul for the Health Care mandate that requires every American to purchase Health Insurance comes this...

Copyright Treaty Is Policy Laundering at Its Finest

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/11/policy-laundering/

And more here:
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/03/terminate-copyright-scofflaws/

And even more damning...

Obama Administration Declares Proposed IP Treaty a ‘National Security’ Secret
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/03/obama-declares/

Lets negotiate a treaty behind the cloak of National Security that would require the US to mandate a new law further benefiting the Recording Industry which has one agenda and one agenda only... Profits....

This is the President that was elected on a number of bottom line promises but the biggest was "committing himself to transparency"... well so much for that concept.

Obama, you lied plain and simple...

-Bob