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Well, I’ve had my Kindle for a week and can safely say it is awesome. I will admit there are a few things that I wish were different about it, but overall I’ve very pleased with the device. I finished my first book on it in about 3 days of on and off reading. It’s strange how the pages just seem to fly by. Without the physical book in your hand and the turning of the pages to tell you where you are in the book you never get tired, I think that drives people to read more on the Kindle. Two things that do bother me, the first is the price. As amazing as the Kindle is, for what it can do and what it can’t do I really see it as something worth about $200. One feature I definitely would like to see added is backlighting. Sony finally figured this out with their latest release of their ebook reader. It seems like a no brainer that a perk of an ebook should be the ability to read it in the dark. For me I can read on my iPhone, but I really do prefer the look of the Kindle pages. Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to start another book because of finals week and several rather large projects for school. I hope to get some more reading time in with it over spring break.

On a high note, for the first time in a month I have suddenly been motivated to work on some of my projects. For a while I completely had lost interest. I haven’t come up with anything new, but I have a new vigor with which I want to perfect some things I have had “working” for a while. For now, this vigor will have to get me through finals.