Olivia's visit

My cousin (she’s actually my cousin’s daughter, so...second cousin?) came to visit for a week - what fun! We toured a bit of Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Santa Monica. Took a road trip to Joshua Tree, climbed up Mt. Lee to get as close as we legally could to the Hollywood sign - all in all, had a great time!

Another new Kindle is here, the DX

It’s bigger - to appeal to those looking to read newspapers on the Kindle and to use it for reading textbooks. I was initially very annoyed at this new, bigger model being offered so soon after the Kindle 2. I have come to realize a couple things; first, not sure when exactly it will be shipping, I much prefer my smaller sized Kindle 2 since I’m primarily reading books. So far, it’s working really well for me. They also changed a few button locations which I don’t like so all in all, I’m fine with passing on this one. I will happily upgrade when (hopefully more than a year from now) they might offer the Kindle 2 in color. Yeah, that would be cool and worth the upgrade.