Reading long articles in web browsers is harder.

i find with books now that the light has to be just right, or there's too much glare off the white page, especially in strong sunlight or strong artificial light.

not to mention fonts... or cathode tube jitter on the old type monitors.

it's so wonderful to be able to adjust backlight, even the font itself, as some fit some moods...

what i find twitchy about the internet, is the hunger to be current, the news keeps surging off the screen as history accelerates, stay too long on one subject, another begs to be noted... as for long texts, yes, a lot easier with the computer off, or if the internet goes down, and i am reduced to catching up on some stuff i d/loaded and saved just for those occasions, like cold press pdf's fr'example. then it's easier, cuz you don't have the waiter distracting you from enjoying your dish, by teasing you to try this other site, or go back to ET and refresh the recent comments page....again...

i know, i'm nuts...

there's something obsessive about my clicking sometimes, like a chicken pecking corn..time rolls by, meals forgotten as the mental palate is educated and raised to ever more nuanced sources of stimulation.

at a certain point i have to push it away, it's overpowering otherwise!

i got a mac book pro, so to have fuller mobile recording facilities, and for simple reading, and blogging, it's heavy and hot.

how's that macbook air, colman? it sounds pretty attractive, i bet it digs less of a wedge in your belly too, tho' i was told it does its share of global warming, even with the flash drive.

~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~