Best stand ever

jamh · 04-10-2008, 12:07 PM

Hello,

Well I could have made a fortune setting up a company and producing this in the millions for you folks. Then again that would have meant stop reading. So here it is, a magnanimous gift to humanity:

http://homepage.mac.com/dicenti/.Public/stand.jpg
http://homepage.mac.com/dicenti/.Public/tabletop.jpg
http://homepage.mac.com/dicenti/.Public/tabletop2.jpg
http://homepage.mac.com/dicenti/.Pub...Dimensions.jpg

I thought very hard and long about this. I wanted something that:
+ Was light and beautiful.
+ Was as simple as possible.
+ That would hold that damn cover open.
+ That you could put at a high angle for viewing from a low spot (ie. lying down in bed on your chest or a pillow)
+ That you could put at a low angle for a table.

Well enjoy, and send me pictures if you decide to make one from ebony with ivory inlays.

electristan · 04-10-2008, 12:25 PM

That's some epic harware you got there. with i had a little workshop to make one in

DrMoze · 04-10-2008, 02:37 PM

Nicely done!

jamesdmanley · 04-10-2008, 03:22 PM

very nice! now to wire up a remote pager turner

jamh · 04-10-2008, 06:09 PM

About turning pages, I wish there was some motion detector that you could swipe your hand in font of it, left to right to go forward, and right to left going back. Failing that, come on Sony, give us a button that we don't have to press so hard! gentle does it.

montsnmags · 04-10-2008, 10:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jamh

About turning pages, I wish there was some motion detector that you could swipe your hand in font of it, left to right to go forward, and right to left going back. ...

...and the video advertisement writes itself:

Sony Reader: "You wanna go to sleep now?"
Obi-Wan: "I don't want to go to sleep now"
Sony Reader: "Uh, you don't wanna go to sleep now."
Obi-Wan: "You want to shut up and turn the page for me"
Sony Reader: "I wanna shut up and turn the page for you"

Cheers,
Marc (I can't believe I just foisted a Star Wars meme on you

)

Nate the great · 04-10-2008, 10:26 PM

Marc, you should be ashamed of yourself.

montsnmags · 04-10-2008, 10:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nate the great

Marc, you should be ashamed of yourself.

Oh, I assure you, I am. In fact, I suddenly feel the urge to go home and rethink my life.

(Damn Nate and his Jedi mind tricks!

)

Cheers,
Marc

HarryT · 04-11-2008, 03:12 AM

I'm going to start a poll to find out how many people use a "book stand". I've never used one in my life and don't really see the point of them, except, perhaps, for people with arthritis or some other reason they have might have difficulty holding a book.

zelda_pinwheel · 04-11-2008, 06:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HarryT

I'm going to start a poll to find out how many people use a "book stand". I've never used one in my life and don't really see the point of them, except, perhaps, for people with arthritis or some other reason they have might have difficulty holding a book.

i don't use one, but i can imagine appreciating it on those really cold nights when you want to have both your hands under the quilt (especially if we also had a remote control to turn the pages ! toasty !)...

i do regularly prop it up on a pillow and just steady it / turn the pages with one hand (that's right, i'm lazy at 2 in the morning), depending on what position i am reading in, so it doesn't seem so far-fetched an idea.

JSWolf · 04-11-2008, 06:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

i don't use one, but i can imagine appreciating it on those really cold nights when you want to have both your hands under the quilt (especially if we also had a remote control to turn the pages ! toasty !)...

i do regularly prop it up on a pillow and just steady it / turn the pages with one hand (that's right, i'm lazy at 2 in the morning), depending on what position i am reading in, so it doesn't seem so far-fetched an idea.

But don't you have to move your hand from under the quilt to turn the page and get it cold again? The idea of a book stand to me just seems to make it harder to read.

zelda_pinwheel · 04-11-2008, 07:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JSWolf

But don't you have to move your hand from under the quilt to turn the page and get it cold again? The idea of a book stand to me just seems to make it harder to read.

well, if i turn on my side and lean it against a pillow, i can pull the quilt up quite high and then hide my hand under the pillow... in the end only my thumb is really exposed, for turning the pages, and when it gets too cold i change hands.

it's been quite chilly here this winter, i've got a very sophisticated system worked out.

JSWolf · 04-11-2008, 07:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

well, if i turn on my side and lean it against a pillow, i can pull the quilt up quite high and then hide my hand under the pillow... in the end only my thumb is really exposed, for turning the pages, and when it gets too cold i change hands.

it's been quite chilly here this winter, i've got a very sophisticated system worked out.

So what's the link to the UTube video?

zelda_pinwheel · 04-11-2008, 08:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JSWolf

So what's the link to the UTube video?

pff, don't you wish... figure out your own system.

Peto · 04-11-2008, 12:14 PM

Sorry, man, the best stand ever was already published by me ;P

http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=19418

There are already zillions of these around. Only nobody tells XD

04-10-2008, 12:07 PM	#1
jamh Member Posts: 21 Karma: 490 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: victorian Device: sony 505	Best stand ever Hello, Well I could have made a fortune setting up a company and producing this in the millions for you folks. Then again that would have meant stop reading. So here it is, a magnanimous gift to humanity: http://homepage.mac.com/dicenti/.Public/stand.jpg http://homepage.mac.com/dicenti/.Public/tabletop.jpg http://homepage.mac.com/dicenti/.Public/tabletop2.jpg http://homepage.mac.com/dicenti/.Pub...Dimensions.jpg I thought very hard and long about this. I wanted something that: + Was light and beautiful. + Was as simple as possible. + That would hold that damn cover open. + That you could put at a high angle for viewing from a low spot (ie. lying down in bed on your chest or a pillow) + That you could put at a low angle for a table. Well enjoy, and send me pictures if you decide to make one from ebony with ivory inlays.

04-10-2008, 12:25 PM	#2
electristan newbie reader Posts: 84 Karma: 558 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Oslo Device: Kobo Mini, Nook STR, Sony PRS-505	That's some epic harware you got there. with i had a little workshop to make one in __________________ Now Reading Old Man's War Just Read Fahrenheit 451 Here is a great list of "first contact" science fiction books, Thank you Dr. Drib

04-11-2008, 03:12 AM	#9
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 54,666 Karma: 26165759 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Touch, PW, Fire HD, iPad 3, iPhone 4, Samsung Tab 2 7 + More	I'm going to start a poll to find out how many people use a "book stand". I've never used one in my life and don't really see the point of them, except, perhaps, for people with arthritis or some other reason they have might have difficulty holding a book. __________________ Harry Currently proofreading The Poison Belt, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

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jamh Member Posts: 21 Karma: 490 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: victorian Device: sony 505	About turning pages, I wish there was some motion detector that you could swipe your hand in font of it, left to right to go forward, and right to left going back. Failing that, come on Sony, give us a button that we don't have to press so hard! gentle does it.

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