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Without accepting the fact that everything changes, we cannot find perfect composure. But unfortunately, although it is true, it is difficult for us to accept it. Because we cannot accept the truth of transience, we suffer.
~Shunryu Suzuki
As quoted by Zen Habits.
Thinking about this in the context of change in libraries and resistance to change.
On Sunday I’ll be going to Melbourne. I consider reading material to be an essential part of my travel inventory, and normally, by this time I would be seriously pondering what book to bring with me for the trip. It’s a lot more difficult than you would think. The book has to be interesting enough that I will be happy to pick it up at the end of a long day. Ideally, it has to be of the perfect length to last me the entire trip. If I am currently reading something, I either have to finish it before I go so I can take something fresh with me, or it has to be long enough to last the entire trip. It can’t be bulky or heavy.
This time however I will have lots to read while away:
Such variety! And the best part, all of this on the one device, the iPad. (I do still wish I had my Kobo, but what’s that pithy saying for these sorts of situations? “First World Problems”!)
You might look at the list and wonder if I am just going to Melbourne to READ. The reality is that I will probably only have time to read on the plane. The rest of the time I will be attending a two-day seminar, and catching up with some of my Melbourne PLN. I’m looking forward to it!
This morning after loading a newly purchased book onto the Kobo, I found that something had gone seriously wrong with the display.
I don’t know what happened.
I’ve tried the usual: leaving it, switching on and off, hard reset, but that’s how the screen looks. I conclude that there’s a hardware issue here. I haven’t dropped the Kobo so am at a loss as to how this happened.
With half the screen looking as it does, books are currently unreadable on the Kobo. Normally I would be pretty devastated and annoyed at the moment. Of course, I am still kind of peeved but it’s tempered somewhat because I can use the iPad for ebook reading. I have transfered the books I am currently reading on the Kobo to the iPad (hooray for epub!), and I’ll take it in to Borders tomorrow to see what they suggest. (And of course I can hear you all reminding me that I can still read paper books.)
It would be nice if they have some magic fix. Whatever it is, I hope it can be easily fixed. I would love to be able to take the Kobo to Melbourne with me next weekend. I wonder if it’ll just be the iPad, though…
Oh, and in case you’re wondering, the book I bought was perfectly innocuous: Unknown by Mari Jungstedt. I had a $5 off voucher from Kobo so it cost me $6.
Update on the Kobo Sunday 11 July: I took it back to Borders on Friday 9 July. They are going to call Melbourne about the warranty, and I’ll be hearing from them on Monday or Tuesday.
