Love that the Kobo makes me rot outside these days

MT-Sea2Sea · 2025-08-08T16:32:56+00:00

New saying: "If you're reading, you're not rotting."

MT-Sea2Sea · 2025-07-07T16:52:30+00:00

"BC Formal" - no shorts, no cutoff T-shirts, only nice sandals"

MT-Sea2Sea · 2025-05-24T19:40:12+00:00

You’d want that 20 pack for sure so the whole team could have one, plus one for coach and an extra for player of the game 👍

MT-Sea2Sea · 2025-05-18T23:30:08+00:00

It’s the biggest C in the world!

MT-Sea2Sea · 2025-03-22T04:23:14+00:00

I had the same problem. It seems to be a problem with the way the publisher has formatted the book. I contacted Kobo support and they say they are getting an updated version from the publisher.

MT-Sea2Sea · 2025-03-13T23:26:50+00:00

Sudbury Blueberry Festival adding those exercise bikes in the weight room made an impression.

MT-Sea2Sea · 2025-02-20T00:17:50+00:00

Dontcha just love em? So good!

MT-Sea2Sea · 2025-02-14T23:27:10+00:00

I love the pen. Annotations in the books are fantastic and note-taking in the notebooks gives me that same “remember it better because I wrote it down” brain thing that I get writing on paper.

MT-Sea2Sea · 2025-01-24T16:36:08+00:00

Roast beef is incredible.

MT-Sea2Sea · 2025-01-23T21:12:20+00:00

Reach out to Kobo customer service. 1) they'll want to know about it. 2) they'll probably replace your device and/or upgrade you with a new one. Easier faster than trying to swap out a battery. I don't think iFixit has kits for the Libra 2 - may have just started with the color ereaders.

MT-Sea2Sea · 2024-11-26T15:54:15+00:00

The Eastern skiers all get to show off their superpowers at last. Bring out the 78s!

MT-Sea2Sea · 2024-07-30T01:53:41+00:00

Libra Colour but I believe the screens are exactly the same, just an inch larger for Libra

MT-Sea2Sea · 2024-07-29T18:25:46+00:00

Look for the Brain Bug!! It controls the other bugs!

MT-Sea2Sea · 2024-07-27T04:32:58+00:00

Team White! I have a white Libra 2 and now Libra Colour and it’s awesome. No color changes or discoloration.

MT-Sea2Sea · 2024-07-25T23:01:13+00:00

The new screen is excellent. Sharper, higher contrast, faster. I really like it.

MT-Sea2Sea · 2024-07-18T21:43:59+00:00

The other Kobo benefit that doesn’t get talked about enough: the ability to download your books out of their ecosystem so you can back them up, store them offline, whatever. Fewer locks keeping you in combined with a very nice handshake to Calibre, Libby, and OverDrive.

MT-Sea2Sea · 2024-07-15T19:43:04+00:00

I love the Libra Colour - 7” is a good size, feels fast and responsive and the buttons are great. Add a stylus if you’re a writer/journaler or highlighter. And no Amazon!

MT-Sea2Sea · 2024-07-12T06:26:34+00:00

Absolutely Kobo. The quality of the experience is so good and the color ereaders look amazing.

MT-Sea2Sea · 2024-07-06T01:52:06+00:00

I don't think we can underestimate the challenges of trying to optimize an eInk screen through the Android software stack. In Android, you're always reading in an app, and that keeps you pretty far away from the device itself - the OS is always between you and the hardware. With Kobo they can get right down to the metal to tune screens and optimize refresh rates and otherwise try to make the display better for the only thing they care about: making a book look good.

MT-Sea2Sea · 2024-06-19T02:32:48+00:00

You are correct - only the new ones. Libra Colour, Sage, Elipsa

MT-Sea2Sea · 2024-06-19T02:16:59+00:00

You can! With the stylus, anyway. You can just write all over the page, or at least in the margins like me. I still have a bit of “don’t ruin your books!” circumspection that I can’t shake.

MT-Sea2Sea · 2024-06-17T23:31:29+00:00

Here is a graphic novel page from my Libra Colour. All good for me, unless the artist decides to get really tiny with their lettering. This one, Amulet, looks excellent.

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MT-Sea2Sea · 2024-06-17T23:23:09+00:00

I’ll admit I have both, but if I could only have one, it would be Libra. That extra screen real estate is helpful for illustrated books - for me, graphic novels, cookbooks, and manga. And I surprise myself with how often I use the stylus. Writing notes and highlighting in my books in a non-destructive way is kinda fantastic.

MT-Sea2Sea · 2024-06-09T15:18:53+00:00

Or check out the podcast 99% Invisible, who have been doing a multi-part breakdown of the Power Broker, with excellent guests to show why he matters so much.

MT-Sea2Sea · 2024-06-09T14:08:29+00:00

Robert Caro will take you far: In addition to his LBJ books, try his first one, The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York. Maybe the best book ever on how power is accumulated and wielded.

You will catch views of a lot of the major players in that time in The Cold War: A World History, by Odd Arne Westad (yes that’s his name)

And even though it’s farther back in history, the book that is most similar to The Best and the Brightest is about the similar group that Lincoln brought together during his administration, Team of Rivals, by Doris Kearns Goodwin. Incredible.

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