Newegg has 3 E Ink eReaders Under $100 - get the Cybook

Newegg has 3 E Ink eReaders Under $100 | The eBook Reader Blog

The Astak and the Foxit are no longer supported so the choice is between a 6" device no longer supported or a 5" e-ink that recently had a firmware update. If you are patient these and other unsupported devices should be dropping in price dramatically as the cheap tablets hit the North American shores.

The Gpad G10 Android tablet - $185US

The Gpad G10 Android tablet | Good E-Reader Blog - Electronic Reader and Tablet PC News

With 32Gb and HDMI 1080p playback capability it will be a better deal than the Augen tablet.

Online converter - convert video, images, audio and documents for free

Online converter - convert video, images, audio and documents for free

Wholesale 10" laptop Product-Wholesale 10inch MID tablet pc with Telechip Android 2.1 OS Dual core 1.2GHz 256MB RAM - $151US shipped

Wholesale 10" laptop Product-Wholesale 10inch MID tablet pc with Telechip Android 2.1 OS Dual core 1.2GHz 256MB RAM Laptop UMPC free

[Elect] AliExpress $50 off $200 - Use for 10" aPad for $153.61US shipped! - RedFlagDeals.com Forums

I think the cheap Android tablet floodgate is opening. This is a great price but may just be the start...

Space Cadets - Charlie's Diary

Space Cadets - Charlie's Diary

Cold Brewed Coffee on the Cheap (INeedCoffee.com)

Cold Brewed Coffee on the Cheap (INeedCoffee.com)

Gizmodo posted this link to a NYTimes article discussing how to make cold-brewed coffee.

Gizmodo's Matt Buchanan Explains Proper Cold Brewed Coffee

The article was horrible. Light on the instructions and heavy on coffee snobbery. Check out the INeedCoffee link on how to make cole-brewed coffee on the cheap.

Toshiba Libretto W105 | Wired.com Product Reviews

Toshiba Libretto W105 | Wired.com Product Reviews

I like the idea of a netbook made of two touchscreens. Need to cut the price of $1100 way down tho.

Foxit Discontinues eSlick eReader - Sony Next to Fall?

Foxit Discontinues eSlick eReader - mediabistro.com: eBookNewser

Mike Cane predicts that Sony might be next. From his blog: "If Sony does not announce a new Reader for the Christmas/holiday buying season, they'll announce their withdrawal from eBooks early next year - most likely in January, after they've blown out their stock and taken all the money from suckers."

On Covers - Book artwork needs to evolve

On Covers - Tools of Change for Publishing

I'm a bit ambivalent on the subject of book (and album) covers. It can be a fantastic piece of art that can be appreciated in its own right. On the other hand it can be a cheesy marketing mess on par with the art work on a box of cereal.

Given the changes in technology I would not be surprised to see more companion artwork like in Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith. Covers will always have a place in publishing, but times are changing and graphic artists need to enhance marketing possibilities with greater creativity when it comes to thumbnail graphics and scalable web/e-reader artwork.

I only read magzines for the articles: Cool Tools: The Best Magazine Articles Ever

Cool Tools: The Best Magazine Articles Ever:

Best 100 long-form magazine articles (in English) ever. Stars denote how many times a correspondent has suggested it.

Current top six:

****** David Foster Wallace, "Federer As Religious Experience." The New York Times, Play Magazine, August 20, 2006.

***** David Foster Wallace, "Consider the Lobster." Gourmet Magazine, Aug 2004.

***** Neal Stephenson, "Mother Earth, Mother Board: Wiring the Planet." Wired, December 1996. On laying trans-oceanic fiber optic cable.

****** Gay Talese, "Frank Sinatra Has a Cold." Esquire, April 1966.
**** Ron Rosenbaum, "Secrets of the Little Blue Box." Esquire, October 1971. The first and best account of telephone hackers, more amazing than you might believe.
**** Jon Krakauer, "Death of an Innocent: How Christopher McCandless Lost His Way in the Wilds." Outside Magazine, January 1993. Article that became Into the Wild.