I'm guessing one of the reasons the chair in the post is so expensive is because it's so lightweight. At 2lbs, I can see putting that in my backpack. At 6lbs, like the REI model, I'd think twice. But that chair looks great for car camping or outdoor events.

I've had good luck with Llama, too.

And every time you do that, there's a chance you're going to impulse buy something, or get some other item you would've bought at a local store. I'm sure they're losing a bit of money on the shipping and stuff, but they're looking to make it up with sales.

Overdrive just added Kindle lending (back in September, I think). That's the ebook lending service virtually all public libraries use. My library has all of the Game of Thrones for the Kindle and a few thousand more. And, yes, the Overdrive service allows you to place holds.

I think all the Kindles would have to be registered to the main Prime account, though. That's certainly doable but your books would be charged to that account holder so you'd have to arrange to pay them. Plus it looks like it's one book per month per account, not per device. Fine if you're the only Kindle owner on the…

This might help:

Publishers pick but most of them go with Amazon's suggested limit of six.

Plus Dish gives you the mobile apps free.

I would assume it would be just as bad as any IPS screen. The e-ink screen still wins there. I have a Kindle and I love it for reading linear text. I also have a tablet. It's way better for web browsing and shorter form reading that involves flipping back and forth a lot (like tech books). This is mostly stuff I do…

Is there any indication that Blockbuster is still doing that? I've heard varying things over the years. That they didn't edit but wouldn't carry titles without MPAA ratings. Or that they got studios to give them more family-friendly versions of things. However, they are a different company now and Dish certainly has a…

The Blockbuster guy in the webcast said explicitly that their working on a non-Dish streaming package right now. It's just not ready to release yet.

I'm guessing that's why they started with just Dish subscribers. It's easy to get the content to the receivers. They already do VoD. To compete against Netflix with non-subscribers, they'll need more devices. They do already have on-demand streaming through Dish Online. Plus their newer receivers have embedded…

Who knows? Maybe they'll expand it later. It makes sense they're starting with just their own subscribers since they can easily get this content to their existing receivers. This will also give them an idea what it will take as far as infrastructure to grow a larger streaming business if that's what they want to do.

It straddles the border of West Virginia and Virginia.

I agree about the flipping. Amazon has started supporting page numbers correlated to the print edition for some books. Eventually citation rules are going to have to adapt to electronic documents. The concept of the page is getting a little more fuzzy these days.

It's not too bad on a tablet. It's a little annoying on an e-ink screen. I have a Kindle and I love it for novels. If I'm going to read for hours, I'd rather do it on e-ink than a lit screen. However, for flipping back and forth through a book rapidly, the tablet is much better. It's a little more intuitive on a paper…

I see a lot of people saying Redbox. I guess that's ok if you're mainly into newer releases. Plus, I originally switched to Netflix from brick and mortar because I was way too flaky and forgetful when it came to returning videos. Redbox has lots of convenient locations but I know that won't help me much. I'm really…

I'd even pay more than $8 for that. The only reason I have a DVD account is that they still have such big holes in their catalog. If they had everything on streaming, I'd be happy to pay as much for that as I currently pay for both.

@Sharky: I think one of the main reasons Webvan failed is that they didn't grow their business in a way that could be sustained without immediate mass adoption. They invested millions and millions in huge high-tech warehouses in many major cities. Their burn rate was huge. I think Amazon is smart starting in one city…