The BOOK is a revolutionary breakthrough in technology. No wires, no electric circuits, no batteries, nothing to be connected or switched on. It's so easy even a child can operate it. Just lift its cover!
Compact and portable, it can be used anywhere - even sitting in an armchair by the fire - yet it is powerful enough to hold as much information as a CD-ROM disc. Here's how it works:
Each BOOK is constructed of sequentially-numbered sheets of paper (recyclable), each capable of holding thousands of bits of information. These pages are locked together with a custom-fit device called a binder which keeps the sheets in their correct sequence. Opaque Paper Technology (OPT) allows manufacturers to use both sides of the sheet, doubling the information density and cutting costs in half.
Experts are divided on the prospects for further increases in information density; for now BOOKs with more information simply use more pages. This makes them thicker and harder to carry, and has drawn some criticism from the mobile computing crowd.
Each sheet is scanned optically, registering information directly into your brain. A flick of the finger takes you to the next sheet. The BOOK may be taken up at any time and used by merely opening it.
The BOOK never crashes and never needs rebooting, although like other display devices it can be unusable if dropped overboard. The "browse" feature allows you to move instantly to any sheet, and move forward or backward as you wish. Many come with an "index" feature, which pinpoints the exact location of any selected information for instant retrieval.
An optional "BOOKmark" accessory allows you to open the BOOK in the exact place you left it in a previous session - even if the BOOK has been closed. BOOKmarks fit universal design standards; thus, a single BOOKmark can be used in BOOKs by various manufacturers. Conversely, numerous BOOKmarks can be used in a single BOOK if the user wants to store numerous views at once. The number is limited only by the number of pages in the BOOK.
You can also make personal notes next to BOOK text entries with an optional programming tool, the Portable Erasable Nib Cryptic Intercommunication Language Stylus (Pencils).
Portable, durable and affordable, the BOOK is being hailed as the entertainment wave of the future. The BOOK's appeal seems so certain that thousands of content creators have committed to the platform. Look for a flood of new titles soon.
Saturday, August 14, 2010
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Monday, July 19, 2010
Friday, July 16, 2010
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Car in Neutral
Photo 1: See the spot on the right, in front of the house? That's where I got out of my car to help Anthony lock the back door.
See the spot on the left? That's where my car rolled to because I had left it in neutral.
See the bruises on my arms (if you could)? Those are from where I had tried to steer the car thru the open window.
See the bruises on my legs (if you could)? That's from where, after I opened the door, trying to get in. I held on so I wouldn't fall into the creek shown in photo 2.
PS: I didn't steer the car.....couldn't......God did!
See the spot on the left? That's where my car rolled to because I had left it in neutral.
See the bruises on my arms (if you could)? Those are from where I had tried to steer the car thru the open window.
See the bruises on my legs (if you could)? That's from where, after I opened the door, trying to get in. I held on so I wouldn't fall into the creek shown in photo 2.
PS: I didn't steer the car.....couldn't......God did!
Monday, June 28, 2010
To Those of You Born 1930 - 1979
TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED THE 1930's, 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's!!
First, we survived being born to mothers
Who smoked and/or drank while they were pregnant.
They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing,
Tuna from a can and didn't get tested for diabetes.Then after that trauma,
we were put to sleep on our tummies
in baby cribs covered with bright colored lead-base paints.
We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles,
Locks on doors or cabinets and when we rode
Our bikes, we had baseball caps not helmets on our heads.
As infants & children,
We would ride in cars with no car seats,
No booster seats, no seat belts, no air bags, bald tires and sometimes no brakes.
Riding in the back of a pick-up truck on a warm day
Was always a special treat.
We drank water
From the garden hose and not from a bottle.
We shared one soft drink with four friends,
From one bottle and no one actually died from this.
We ate cupcakes, white bread, real butter and bacon.
We drank Kool-Aid made with real white sugar.
And, we weren't overweight.
WHY?
Because we were
Always outside playing...that's why!
We would leave home in the morning and play all day,
As long as we were back when the
Streetlights came on.
No one was able
To reach us all day….
And, we were O.K.
We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps
And then ride them down the hill, only to find out
We forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes
a few times, we learned to solve the problem.
We did not have Playstations, Nintendo's and X-boxes.
There were no video games, no 150 channels on cable,
No video movies or DVD's, no surround-sound or CD's,
No cell phones,
No personal computers, no Internet and no chat rooms.
WE HAD FRIENDS
And we went outside and found them!
We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth
And there were no lawsuits from these accidents.
We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt,
And the worms did not live in us
Forever.
We were given BB guns for our 10th birthdays,
Made up games with sticks and tennis balls and,
Although we were told it would happen,
We did not put out very many eyes..
We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and
Knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just
Walked in and talked to them.
Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team.
Those who didn't had to learn to deal
With disappointment.
Imagine that!!
The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law
Was unheard of.
They actually sided with the law!
These generations have produced some of the best
Risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors ever.
The past 50 years
Have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas.
We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility,
and we learned how to deal with it all.
If YOU are one of them?
CONGRATULATIONS!
You might want to share this with others
who have had the luck to grow up as kids, before the
lawyers and the government regulated so much of our lives
for our own good.
While you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know
how brave and lucky their parents were.
Kind of makes you want to run through the house
with scissors, doesn't it ?
The quote of the month is by Jay Leno:
"With hurricanes, tornados, fires out of control,
mud slides, flooding, severe thunderstorms
tearing up the country from one end to another,
and with the threat of swine flu
and terrorist attacks.
Are we sure this is a good time
to take God out of the Pledge of Allegiance?'
For those that prefer to think that God is not watching over us... ..go ahead and delete this.
For the rest of us...pass this on.
A Small Prayer!
God determines who walks into your life....it's up to you to decide who you let walk away,
who you let stay, and who you refuse to let go..
I need this back. If you'll do this for me, I'll do it for you.
When there is nothing left but God, that is when you find out that God is all you need. Take 60 seconds and give this a shot! All you do is simply say the following small prayer for the person who sent you this.
Father,
God bless my friend in whatever it is that You know they may need this day!
And may their life be full of your peace, prosperity, and power
as he/she seeks to have a closer relationship with you.
Amen.
First, we survived being born to mothers
Who smoked and/or drank while they were pregnant.
They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing,
Tuna from a can and didn't get tested for diabetes.Then after that trauma,
we were put to sleep on our tummies
in baby cribs covered with bright colored lead-base paints.
We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles,
Locks on doors or cabinets and when we rode
Our bikes, we had baseball caps not helmets on our heads.
As infants & children,
We would ride in cars with no car seats,
No booster seats, no seat belts, no air bags, bald tires and sometimes no brakes.
Riding in the back of a pick-up truck on a warm day
Was always a special treat.
We drank water
From the garden hose and not from a bottle.
We shared one soft drink with four friends,
From one bottle and no one actually died from this.
We ate cupcakes, white bread, real butter and bacon.
We drank Kool-Aid made with real white sugar.
And, we weren't overweight.
WHY?
Because we were
Always outside playing...that's why!
We would leave home in the morning and play all day,
As long as we were back when the
Streetlights came on.
No one was able
To reach us all day….
And, we were O.K.
We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps
And then ride them down the hill, only to find out
We forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes
a few times, we learned to solve the problem.
We did not have Playstations, Nintendo's and X-boxes.
There were no video games, no 150 channels on cable,
No video movies or DVD's, no surround-sound or CD's,
No cell phones,
No personal computers, no Internet and no chat rooms.
WE HAD FRIENDS
And we went outside and found them!
We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth
And there were no lawsuits from these accidents.
We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt,
And the worms did not live in us
Forever.
We were given BB guns for our 10th birthdays,
Made up games with sticks and tennis balls and,
Although we were told it would happen,
We did not put out very many eyes..
We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and
Knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just
Walked in and talked to them.
Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team.
Those who didn't had to learn to deal
With disappointment.
Imagine that!!
The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law
Was unheard of.
They actually sided with the law!
These generations have produced some of the best
Risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors ever.
The past 50 years
Have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas.
We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility,
and we learned how to deal with it all.
If YOU are one of them?
CONGRATULATIONS!
You might want to share this with others
who have had the luck to grow up as kids, before the
lawyers and the government regulated so much of our lives
for our own good.
While you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know
how brave and lucky their parents were.
Kind of makes you want to run through the house
with scissors, doesn't it ?
The quote of the month is by Jay Leno:
"With hurricanes, tornados, fires out of control,
mud slides, flooding, severe thunderstorms
tearing up the country from one end to another,
and with the threat of swine flu
and terrorist attacks.
Are we sure this is a good time
to take God out of the Pledge of Allegiance?'
For those that prefer to think that God is not watching over us... ..go ahead and delete this.
For the rest of us...pass this on.
A Small Prayer!
God determines who walks into your life....it's up to you to decide who you let walk away,
who you let stay, and who you refuse to let go..
I need this back. If you'll do this for me, I'll do it for you.
When there is nothing left but God, that is when you find out that God is all you need. Take 60 seconds and give this a shot! All you do is simply say the following small prayer for the person who sent you this.
Father,
God bless my friend in whatever it is that You know they may need this day!
And may their life be full of your peace, prosperity, and power
as he/she seeks to have a closer relationship with you.
Amen.
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Hot! Hot! Hot!
Have you done something strenuous in the sun & gotten all hot & sweaty? You know, when the heat is almost unbearable, & the sweat is just running off you in rivulets? You want to strip the layers of clothes off, but you can’t, & you can’t go inside to get any relief yet. Can you just feel it??....
Now you know what a woman feels like when she is having a hot flash!
Now picture this happening to you in the middle of church, or in the winter!
Now you know what a woman feels like when she is having a hot flash!
Now picture this happening to you in the middle of church, or in the winter!
Monday, April 5, 2010
Prayer
"Please pray for......"
Some people are "Prayer Warriors." Others just send up a quick prayer & go on with their life.
I recently read a book (Christian fiction) about a half dozen angels who had been sent to watch over a town after a town leader had prayed to God on his deathbed. It made prayer even more real, in that, you saw how these angels would personally take your prayer into the throne room of God & wait for a response, then return to carry out God's answer.
An angel is a messenger of God. He does God's bidding. He WANTS to help us if we will only ask. Ask...Speak out loud....Believe you will hear from God. God SPOKE this world into existence. Jesus did not just place his hands on people & think healing into them. He SPOKE.
The Bible says that Jesus could have called upon 10,000 angels at any time.
So, the next time you pray, think about that angel who is carrying your prayer up to the throne room of God. And know that God will answer....that your prayer is so important to him that he created messengers to go back & forth from Heaven to Earth.
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Palm Sunday
On the Sunday before the Resurrection (Easter), Jesus rode triumphantly into Jerusalem on a donkey. The people spread branches of palm trees on the ground shouting, `Hosannah!`
Hosanna means: "save I pray thee; keep; preserve"
Zechariah 9:9 - "Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass."
John 12:13,14 - "Took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna:Blessed is the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord. And Jesus, when he had found a young ass, sat thereon; as it is written,"
The palm was considered a symbol of victory.
"After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all
nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;"
~Revelation 7:15~
The Branches Were:
• The emblem of victory - Revelation 7:9
• Carried at feast of tabernacles - Leviticus 23:40
• Used for constructing booths - Nehemiah 8:15
• Spread before Christ - John 12:13
In the first century after Christ, palm symbols were put on the tombs as a special sign of martyrdom. This was considered victory and triumph for the Christian.
Today, in some churches, palm leaves are brought in and sometimes twisted into crosses. Greek Orthodox Christians receive branches of fragrant bay leaves. The leaves are then used in cooking during the year.
It is said that since the first Palm Sunday the backs of donkeys have been marked with a cross. If you look, you may find a dark stripe of hair down the donkey’s back that is crossed by another stripe which spreads across his shoulders.
Hosanna means: "save I pray thee; keep; preserve"
Zechariah 9:9 - "Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass."
John 12:13,14 - "Took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna:Blessed is the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord. And Jesus, when he had found a young ass, sat thereon; as it is written,"
The palm was considered a symbol of victory.
"After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all
nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;"
~Revelation 7:15~
The Branches Were:
• The emblem of victory - Revelation 7:9
• Carried at feast of tabernacles - Leviticus 23:40
• Used for constructing booths - Nehemiah 8:15
• Spread before Christ - John 12:13
In the first century after Christ, palm symbols were put on the tombs as a special sign of martyrdom. This was considered victory and triumph for the Christian.
Today, in some churches, palm leaves are brought in and sometimes twisted into crosses. Greek Orthodox Christians receive branches of fragrant bay leaves. The leaves are then used in cooking during the year.
It is said that since the first Palm Sunday the backs of donkeys have been marked with a cross. If you look, you may find a dark stripe of hair down the donkey’s back that is crossed by another stripe which spreads across his shoulders.
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