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Mike L · 12-15-2009, 03:39 PM

Thanks to all those who replied to my original post.

I'm now half way through my first week of relying on an electronic version of the paper. I set up a Calibre recipe to download the sections I'm interested in, and to convert the result to Mobi format, which I read in the MobiPocket PC application.

So far, it's worked well. The download and conversion takes about five minutes, and I run it while I'm making breakfast. It's good that the paper is always available; I no longer have to wait until the paper boy arrives at 7.30.

One of the things I like best is that the house is no longer cluttered with discarded newsprint waiting to be taken to the recycle bin.

I use my normal laptop for reading the paper -- the same one I use for work. But it occurs to me that with the money I'm saving on not buying a printed paper, I can easily afford a laptop just for this purpose.

12-15-2009, 03:39 PM	#18
Mike L Wizard Posts: 1,479 Karma: 3846231 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland Device: Kindle 3, Samsung Galaxy	Thanks to all those who replied to my original post. I'm now half way through my first week of relying on an electronic version of the paper. I set up a Calibre recipe to download the sections I'm interested in, and to convert the result to Mobi format, which I read in the MobiPocket PC application. So far, it's worked well. The download and conversion takes about five minutes, and I run it while I'm making breakfast. It's good that the paper is always available; I no longer have to wait until the paper boy arrives at 7.30. One of the things I like best is that the house is no longer cluttered with discarded newsprint waiting to be taken to the recycle bin. I use my normal laptop for reading the paper -- the same one I use for work. But it occurs to me that with the money I'm saving on not buying a printed paper, I can easily afford a laptop just for this purpose.