See, the fact that you can play movies and games on it is why tablets are inferior to e-readers. A device which is only for reading means that you'll read when you are using it. 😉
"Make sure to pack your tripod and camera and a couple of lenses that you'll decide are too much of a pain to haul around everyday, and therefor use them zero days."
I sold my DSLR kit this year because of this. It took fantastic pictures, but the effort of lugging all the gear around made it feel the purpose of each trip was to take pictures, not enjoy the trip itself.
Now I just use my phone. Photos may not be technically as good but they are still more than adequate and it’s just so much easier.
It's crazy how good phones are. I was sat here for an hour or so gathering a time lapse of the sun setting and then doing some long exposures of streaking taxi cab lights. The best single photo I got all day (the one that required the least amount of processing) was this one from my phone.
1 micro four thirds body, 1 high quality prime. Limitation breeds creativity.
Small light kit to carry, reasonable prices on the secondhand market so less fear of loosing a couple of thousand pounds worth of gear if it gets snatched, but still gives you the control so it's more fun than using your phone all the time.
A bit newer than the budget options but the newest OM System cameras claim 6 stops of IBIS and even more if you use a Olympus lens that supports sync IS. As long as you're not talking crazy long you may be able to do more than you think handheld.
I brought like 8 when I went to Hawaii when I was a kid. I finished half of them before I even got off the plane. Now I would just use an e-reader though. It's great not having all those books taking up so much space. I'm glad I don't have that issue with getting absorbed in it.
Yeah, don’t get me wrong, I’m super happy that ebooks are accessible and get people to actually read, but they just aren’t for me. I’ve had ereaders, I’ve tried my phone, I’ve tried tablets. I will and have read an ebook if that’s the only way I can get a story, but I almost always opt for physical books. I just cannot get focused on reading when it’s a screen in front of me, especially when that paper feels so good on my eyes and in my hands. It’s like an entire tactile experience lol
Yeah to each their own. I do have a lot harder time with anything that has charts or diagrams when they're digital. Not sure why but paper just works better. At least historically. Digital is catching up now that I'm getting old and my eyes are going to shit.
same, I can't even enjoy audiobooks - I read so much faster than I listen, and there's something about the ever-sharp text printed on paper that just works for me.
What’s funny is that I am actually a slow reader. My problem is my brain wanders all the time even while reading and paper books are the easiest way for me to go back and reread parts I glossed over. Ebooks, I tend to lose my focus and my brain wanders even more, but I will read one if that’s the only way a story I want to read is available (Looking at you A Stitch in Time by Andrew J. Robinson).
Audiobooks aren’t too bad, but I only listen to them when I’m rereading a book because if my brain wanders, I don’t miss as much since I’ve read it before. I’ve also learned to speed up the narrator a little bit as it keeps my attention better.
At home, I mostly read on my tablet. On vacation, I read on my phone. I travel light, very light. One small backpack, that's all I take no matter how long, or where I'm going. I learned how many years ago when I was a backpacker, and I had to carry everything I needed for two weeks on my back. You really don't need very much, especially if you're staying in a hotel somewhere.
yep. this was me. that's why I, like many others in the comments section, picked up a kobo.
fits in my pocket, holds a charge for quite a while, and I have hundreds of books on it. plus I can rent books from the library on it and I've got the color version so I can even read comics on it.
I love a library and the feel of a real book on my hands, but I will never go back.
I'm old school so I only have a few epubs. I want to conserve my battery. Epubs will make it last a day, videos and audios will drain it. And of course using Internet drains it too.
These days I just get my phone to read to me. I've read books in the past, books are fine, but they're not a flawless medium. Audiobooks are way cooler. Case in point, Dungeon Crawler Carl, but that's an easy win. A good narrator makes a lot of difference. See also, Dexter (Michael C. Hall) reading Stephen King's Pet Sematary or Wil Wheaton reading Ready Player One (and its sequel) by Ernest Cline. Or the main character's English voice reading the light novels (YA, to Japan) of your favourite anime series. So you get Cherami Leigh reading a bunch of Sword Art Online books, and then she reads the Cyberpunk 2077 book (where she played the player character) but sounds completely different. Then, you self-host an audiobook server (Plex works, but it's super expensive now... Audiobookshelf is good if you have a computer it supports), get a compatible player on your phone, and just sync the ones you want to read (listen to). You can stream them, but it's better to download them over a strong WiFi connection.
46 Comments
TheTechnician27@lemmy.world MOD · 41 pts · 54d
Image credit is Ellis Rosen. Source is The New Yorker (image 4). The New Yorker also maintains a cartoon bank.
In the future, if you don't leave a source, please make sure to try and disclaim that you did.
Edit: Also, LB, please use a more descriptive title.
Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works · 26 pts · 54d
This is where a Kobo comes into it's own.
SharkWeek@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 11 pts · 54d
Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works · 16 pts · 54d
Tablets are pretty cool, but they don't run for weeks on a charge the way an Ebook reader does.
SharkWeek@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 54d
NotEasyBeingGreen@slrpnk.net · 4 pts · 54d
See, the fact that you can play movies and games on it is why tablets are inferior to e-readers. A device which is only for reading means that you'll read when you are using it. 😉
SharkWeek@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 54d
rbos@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 54d
Love my kobo! Rereading the entire Pratchett corpus now...
thehatfox@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 54d
I revived an old Kindle recently by jailbreaking and installing KOReader, and I’ve been reading more ever since.
mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 54d
yeah, my old device is still getting a good amount of use.
feels weird to buy physical books just to torrent the ebook, but it's what gets me to actually read
Phantaloons@piefed.zip · 3 pts · 54d
Kobosters! We were mentioned!!
jaaake@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 54d
My version of this:
"Make sure to pack your tripod and camera and a couple of lenses that you'll decide are too much of a pain to haul around everyday, and therefor use them zero days."
thehatfox@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 54d
I sold my DSLR kit this year because of this. It took fantastic pictures, but the effort of lugging all the gear around made it feel the purpose of each trip was to take pictures, not enjoy the trip itself.
Now I just use my phone. Photos may not be technically as good but they are still more than adequate and it’s just so much easier.
jaaake@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 54d
It's crazy how good phones are. I was sat here for an hour or so gathering a time lapse of the sun setting and then doing some long exposures of streaking taxi cab lights. The best single photo I got all day (the one that required the least amount of processing) was this one from my phone.
Poem_for_your_sprog@lemmy.world · -5 pts · 54d
Phone cameras suck giant donkey balls
then_three_more@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 54d
1 micro four thirds body, 1 high quality prime. Limitation breeds creativity.
Small light kit to carry, reasonable prices on the secondhand market so less fear of loosing a couple of thousand pounds worth of gear if it gets snatched, but still gives you the control so it's more fun than using your phone all the time.
jaaake@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 54d
It's mostly the tripod that's killing me. I'm really into long exposure and timelapse stuff.
then_three_more@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 54d
A bit newer than the budget options but the newest OM System cameras claim 6 stops of IBIS and even more if you use a Olympus lens that supports sync IS. As long as you're not talking crazy long you may be able to do more than you think handheld.
jaaake@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 54d
I'm talking crazy long.
Sidenote, is your user name a DS9 reference?
then_three_more@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 54d
Lol ok, yeah no getting away from a tripod for that kinda thing.
And yes, best episode in the franchise.
daveywaveyboy@feddit.nl · 8 pts · 54d
Laughs in Kobo
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 53d
I’d rather have the book and not read it than be wishing I had one.
frog@feddit.uk · 6 pts · 54d
Omega_Jimes@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 54d
Okay! I got my swim shorts, extra sandals, my hardcover copy of Seveneves, and my toothbrush.
DagwoodIII@piefed.social · 4 pts · 54d
To me, there's nothing quite like reading a physical book on a beautiful beach or by a swimming pool.
dkppunk@piefed.social · 2 pts · 53d
Agreed!
Also, is your username a Sea Quest reference?
DagwoodIII@piefed.social · 2 pts · 52d
Never heard of that.
It was just the first name that came to mind when I needed a name.
I think maybe Debbie Harry was singing in the background?
dkppunk@piefed.social · 2 pts · 52d
Ah! Dagwood is a character in Sea Quest DSV played by Peter DeLuise. I loved that show as a kid so I was just wondering.
AntiBullyRanger@ani.social · 4 pts · 54d
BEHOLD, MY LIBRARY OF ALEXANDRIA
Zwiebel@feddit.org · 1 pts · 54d
Which tachiyomi clone is that? I use Mihon currently
AntiBullyRanger@ani.social · 2 pts · 54d
It's 2K.
I haven't had the time to emigrate 157 series to Mihon yet.
Compound the fact I am aware the client should be P2P.
mojofrododojo@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 53d
this is me. but I keep doing it because sometimes a book comes in CLUTCH.
dkppunk@piefed.social · 3 pts · 54d
lol at one book
I bring 2! One for the plane and extra time, a second usually short story anthology for if I finish the first.
And no, e-readers are a no go for me. I just can’t get into an ebook the way I get absorbed into a physical book.
lightnsfw@reddthat.com · 3 pts · 54d
I brought like 8 when I went to Hawaii when I was a kid. I finished half of them before I even got off the plane. Now I would just use an e-reader though. It's great not having all those books taking up so much space. I'm glad I don't have that issue with getting absorbed in it.
dkppunk@piefed.social · 1 pts · 54d
Yeah, don’t get me wrong, I’m super happy that ebooks are accessible and get people to actually read, but they just aren’t for me. I’ve had ereaders, I’ve tried my phone, I’ve tried tablets. I will and have read an ebook if that’s the only way I can get a story, but I almost always opt for physical books. I just cannot get focused on reading when it’s a screen in front of me, especially when that paper feels so good on my eyes and in my hands. It’s like an entire tactile experience lol
lightnsfw@reddthat.com · 3 pts · 54d
Yeah to each their own. I do have a lot harder time with anything that has charts or diagrams when they're digital. Not sure why but paper just works better. At least historically. Digital is catching up now that I'm getting old and my eyes are going to shit.
mojofrododojo@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 53d
same, I can't even enjoy audiobooks - I read so much faster than I listen, and there's something about the ever-sharp text printed on paper that just works for me.
dkppunk@piefed.social · 2 pts · 53d
What’s funny is that I am actually a slow reader. My problem is my brain wanders all the time even while reading and paper books are the easiest way for me to go back and reread parts I glossed over. Ebooks, I tend to lose my focus and my brain wanders even more, but I will read one if that’s the only way a story I want to read is available (Looking at you A Stitch in Time by Andrew J. Robinson).
Audiobooks aren’t too bad, but I only listen to them when I’m rereading a book because if my brain wanders, I don’t miss as much since I’ve read it before. I’ve also learned to speed up the narrator a little bit as it keeps my attention better.
Poem_for_your_sprog@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 54d
I keep room for food like chocolate
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 54d
At home, I mostly read on my tablet. On vacation, I read on my phone. I travel light, very light. One small backpack, that's all I take no matter how long, or where I'm going. I learned how many years ago when I was a backpacker, and I had to carry everything I needed for two weeks on my back. You really don't need very much, especially if you're staying in a hotel somewhere.
darkmogool@feddit.org · 1 pts · 53d
HA! Jokes on you. I always take two with me… And read usually jus one…
CetaceanNeeded@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 53d
No I just spend an hour or so finding a heap of books for my e-reader then reading a few pages of one of them.
WandowsVista@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 52d
yep. this was me. that's why I, like many others in the comments section, picked up a kobo.
fits in my pocket, holds a charge for quite a while, and I have hundreds of books on it. plus I can rent books from the library on it and I've got the color version so I can even read comics on it.
I love a library and the feel of a real book on my hands, but I will never go back.
thevoidzero@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 53d
I just download a few on my phone before I travel.
rumba@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 52d
1 Audio book, a few epubs and maybe 1-2 hours of some of the better old tv episodes like favorite mythbusters or futurama.
Most places I go, I have some internet, but it's infuriating when i find myself somewhere that blocks my VPN.
thevoidzero@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 52d
I'm old school so I only have a few epubs. I want to conserve my battery. Epubs will make it last a day, videos and audios will drain it. And of course using Internet drains it too.
Smoogs@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 54d
has no one heard of kobo?
resipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafe · 1 pts · 54d
Hey!
cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 0 pts · 54d
These days I just get my phone to read to me. I've read books in the past, books are fine, but they're not a flawless medium. Audiobooks are way cooler. Case in point, Dungeon Crawler Carl, but that's an easy win. A good narrator makes a lot of difference. See also, Dexter (Michael C. Hall) reading Stephen King's Pet Sematary or Wil Wheaton reading Ready Player One (and its sequel) by Ernest Cline. Or the main character's English voice reading the light novels (YA, to Japan) of your favourite anime series. So you get Cherami Leigh reading a bunch of Sword Art Online books, and then she reads the Cyberpunk 2077 book (where she played the player character) but sounds completely different. Then, you self-host an audiobook server (Plex works, but it's super expensive now... Audiobookshelf is good if you have a computer it supports), get a compatible player on your phone, and just sync the ones you want to read (listen to). You can stream them, but it's better to download them over a strong WiFi connection.