whoever said money can't buy happiness must not have realized you can buy a little arm that holds your ereader above your face in bed, and a remote so you can turn the pages without taking your arms out from under the covers
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@molly0xfff You might enjoy this photo of my friend in 2006 who wanted to work from bed and... built this thing.
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Richard "mtfnpy" Harmanreplied to Julia Evans last edited by
@b0rk @molly0xfff what are you two currently reading? I'm reading the Silo book series (the apple tv series)
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Julia Evansreplied to Richard "mtfnpy" Harman last edited by
@xabean just read the latest in the Goblin Emperor series by Katherine Addison. I liked it a lot.
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@jessamyn how we take for granted today's lightweight screens
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@molly0xfff I picked up a no-name gamepad-sized Bluetooth keyboard/mouse jawn at @iffybooks. It has arrow keys to turn the pages, but unfortunately only for my phone; my PaperWhite is apparently too old to recognize it
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@molly0xfff whoever said money can't buy happiness must not have realized how much beer costs these days
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As a proponent of sleep, I applaud this, @molly0xfff — making bed-time reading more of a passive pastime must surely make it more conducive to falling asleep. Anything which gifts human beings with slumber is grand!
e-readers are already better for this than printed books, even without a mounting arm.
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@molly0xfff For some reason I assumed that the gooseneck holder would actually attach to your neck somehow, and having looked them up, I am a little disappointed.
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@pbloem i think they do also make versions that go around your neck. never tried one, though
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@molly0xfff not sure if you heard, but there’s a thing called Audiobook. Not only do you not have to use your arms but you also do not have to use your eyes!
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@molly0xfff fry-brandishing-money.gif
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@mtin i will listen to an audiobook if it's my only option (for example if i'm traveling, because i get carsick if i read), but otherwise i much prefer the print format
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@molly0xfff my wife just got basically this setup and I don't think her life has ever been better.
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@molly0xfff well - I don't have one of those, but here's a robo-vacuum that picks stuff up with a little arm
HT to @macgeekgab for reporting on this from CES
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@dxzdb @macgeekgab can’t wait for that thing to pick up my cat
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@molly0xfff this truly is an honest and amazing quality of life improvement.
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@molly0xfff I’ve been wanting one of these for years!
