miscellaney

[bedlamsbard]

One of those days when my computer is making me froth at the mouth; I have had to shut it down and reboot it five times today because it's gone unresponsive. I should have just bought a new computer yesterday while we were at Costco. (Yeah, I'm still on the Dell Inspiron 1525, it's functional most of the time, except for today, apparently.) This weekend, I guess. *pets laptop hopefully* Don't die, baby!

My cousin and her kid were here all weekend, which was...trying. K. is about a year and a couple months, and I've never been in sustained proximity to a kid that age. It's really not my thing. (And of course, my parents and cousin are all, "Oh, Katrina, doesn't this make you want to have a baby?" "NO. NO IT DOES NOT." "Ka-chan, you're not going to be one of those only children who doesn't have kids, are you?" "YES. YES I AM. AND THAT'S OKAY." *parents look doubtful*)

Am watching Hornblower, since my local library has the DVDs. BABY JAMIE BAMBER AND IOAN GRUFFUDD OMG. Gruffudd has such an expressive face, it's really amazing. And is occasionally really sexy, I think it's my usual competence + duty kink. (And for some reason I've been getting all hot and bothered about cute dudes, this isn't typical for me. I blame The Avengers, because have you seen those guys? homg. /shallow)

I'm thinking about buying an eReader to take to England, since I obviously can't take my usual collection of books with me. I'm not very keen on eReaders? But it seems like a good idea. Texas has a Nook Color, which she also uses as a tablet, so that's what I'm thinking about. But I don't know a whole lot about eReaders.

Comments

[iopgod]

Smartphone might be another reaonable option: Personally I have no problem reading ebooks, emailing, internetting, or even watching videos on the smaller screen. Android powered phones should have ebook-reading apps for the full variety of formats, and the newish ones such as the Galaxy S2 have quite large screens, though older ones probably work just as well for most tasks. Plus they let you "talk" to people on the "telephone", old fashioned as that is! Disadvantages are cost (for new, high spec, large screened phones) and reduced battery life. Possible point to consider: UK mobile works on different band than US: might need a new phone anyway.

[lady_songsmith]

You can usually pick up a chip that will let your phone run on international bands, ask about it when/if you get the phone. I just got a cheap-ass PAYG phone and "topped up" as needed when I was abroad, but one of my friends got the chip for her phone.

[bedlamsbard]

Oh, that's a thought.

Yeah, I have to get a new phone, since my current network doesn't actually go abroad. (Or...something. *hands* Technology! I dunno, we were trying to figure out when I went to England last summer if I could use my phone internationally or not, and it came out that Verizon didn't.)