Why the Web is Killing Technology Magazines - Page 2

memobug · 02-26-2007, 06:49 PM

Toast is the kitchen's killer app.

Apple's new iToast includes a shuffle feature to let find your favorite; rye, whole wheat or pumpernickel. It's $600 but includes a lanyard so you can enjoy your toast on the go.

Sony's Toastman is smaller, but it can only brown about half a slice at a time, and you have to use special Sony metric toast that's not yet widely available.

Microtoast's offering allows you to send snippets of toast to your friends wirelessly, but the toast disappears after they've had three bites.

sic · 02-26-2007, 07:13 PM

3 things you cannot do with an ebook:

- burn it on those cold winter days
- smash a fly
- balance a chair when it waggles

rlauzon · 02-26-2007, 07:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sic

3 things you cannot do with an ebook:

- burn it on those cold winter days
- smash a fly
- balance a chair when it waggles

That's not true!

My iLiad will burn just fine - as long as you don't mind the toxic fumes the plastic and other burnables would produce.

I could smash that fly flat with with my eBook - if I didn't mind breaking my eBook too.

And it can balance a chair just fine - as long as you didn't mind making 2 legs unbalanced - as well as breaking the eBook in the process.

sic · 02-26-2007, 07:38 PM

I bet you cannot fold it into a paper airplane though!

plus, pages of a paper book can be very well compressed by hand... no computing power is needed

rlauzon · 02-26-2007, 08:33 PM

But if I toss it like a Frisbee, it will fly pretty far.

And I'll bet the compression on my iLiad will make smaller books than your paper ones.

yvanleterrible · 02-27-2007, 08:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rlauzon

That's not true!

My iLiad will burn just fine - as long as you don't mind the toxic fumes the plastic and other burnables would produce.

I could smash that fly flat with with my eBook - if I didn't mind breaking my eBook too.

And it can balance a chair just fine - as long as you didn't mind making 2 legs unbalanced - as well as breaking the eBook in the process.

Your Iliad will brick soon enough that you'll be able to do all these things without worry.

NatCh · 02-27-2007, 11:36 AM

ouch.

yvanleterrible · 02-28-2007, 01:26 PM

B3T
I've only got one magazine subscription left. They're on line, but they had the decency to make the site a complement to the mag. It's a woodworking trade mag, I have every issue from the beginning but I'm afraid I'll let them go soon since they are now geared for newbies. It's become 'seen this done that' to me.

Web mags will be great when we get our eink a4 color.

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02-26-2007, 06:49 PM	#16
memobug Connoisseur Posts: 51 Karma: 46 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Silicon Valley Device: PRS-500/PRS-505/Kindle DX/iPhone 3G	Toast is the kitchen's killer app. Apple's new iToast includes a shuffle feature to let find your favorite; rye, whole wheat or pumpernickel. It's $600 but includes a lanyard so you can enjoy your toast on the go. Sony's Toastman is smaller, but it can only brown about half a slice at a time, and you have to use special Sony metric toast that's not yet widely available. Microtoast's offering allows you to send snippets of toast to your friends wirelessly, but the toast disappears after they've had three bites.

02-26-2007, 07:13 PM	#17
sic Addict Posts: 202 Karma: 692 Join Date: Oct 2006 Device: SONY reader	3 things you cannot do with an ebook: - burn it on those cold winter days - smash a fly - balance a chair when it waggles

02-26-2007, 07:38 PM	#19
sic Addict Posts: 202 Karma: 692 Join Date: Oct 2006 Device: SONY reader	I bet you cannot fold it into a paper airplane though! plus, pages of a paper book can be very well compressed by hand... no computing power is needed

02-26-2007, 08:33 PM	#20
rlauzon Wizard Posts: 1,018 Karma: 67827 Join Date: Jan 2005 Device: PocketBook Era	But if I toss it like a Frisbee, it will fly pretty far. And I'll bet the compression on my iLiad will make smaller books than your paper ones.

02-27-2007, 11:36 AM	#22
NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	ouch.

02-28-2007, 01:26 PM	#23
yvanleterrible Reborn Paper User Posts: 8,616 Karma: 15446734 Join Date: May 2006 Location: Que Nada Device: iPhone8, iPad Air	B3T I've only got one magazine subscription left. They're on line, but they had the decency to make the site a complement to the mag. It's a woodworking trade mag, I have every issue from the beginning but I'm afraid I'll let them go soon since they are now geared for newbies. It's become 'seen this done that' to me. Web mags will be great when we get our eink a4 color.

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