I missed this episode captured on tape from the old Newton days of when 4000 Newton modems arrived at Apple and the engineers set them up like dominos.

It was fun for me to recognize some of the faces in this video.

Chris “Newton Mailman” Christensen

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Abibliophobia (noun)

Definition: The morbid fear of running out of reading material.

This was my word of the day today from Dictionary.com and when I saw it I suddenly had insight into Amazon’s new book reader the Kindle. I may simply not be the target market of the Kindle, nor for that matter all the technology pundits who have been panning the device. And yet Amazon says they sold out quickly on the device. So who is buying the Kindle? Abibliophobes.

To test my theory I talked to one of the two co-workers who first told me of the device. They were excited. It could hold 200 books and if you ran out you could quickly get more? Cool. Abibliophobia. These are the sort of people that Amazon should create a 100,000 page club like the airline’s 100,000 mile club. These are voracious readers who belong to multiple book clubs.

So it may be time to admit that the Kindle is a product targeted for a set of people who Amazon knows well. Maybe they aren’t crazy. So the question I am left with is how many abibliophobes are there and do they have $400 in their pocket?

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Here is my review of the new Sanyo Xacti VPC-E1 6MP Waterproof MPEG4 Camcorder which I recently purchased for use on my upcoming cruise.

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I won’t be taking my own kayak on my upcoming trip to the Caribbean, but if I was I would be interested in taking this transparent kayak.

Why struggle with other tourists for the best seat on a glass-bottomed boat when you could explore on your own in a small boat made entirely of glass? Well, one reason might be that his transparent canoe/kayak from Hammacher Schlemmer costs $1,600.

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Sci Fi tech has a story about a new idea from Nissan where you could bring your office with you. Instead of commuting to the office you would commute with the office.

The Nissan NV200 concept vehicle is designed for people who find themselves working all over the place. The rear of the cubicle-on-wheels slides out and, as if by magic, the driver has a roomy office space to step into and exterior storage areas that are fully customizable. At the 2007 Tokyo Motor Show, for example, Nissan decked out the NV200 to be an ocean photographer’s dream come true, with snorkels, flippers, an editing station and the like. Nissan hopes the NV200 will be attractive to those who use light commercial vehicles.

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