Amazon has a new electronic bookreader out - the Kindle - it now includes a select blog feed, I gather
I have never seen a Kindle - I expect something like it will eventually find its way into my possession and be utilised for light reading and archiving for travel - I don't know that the technology is there yet. Issues are: weight, contrast and resolution - you need 300+ dpi, contrast of probably > 100:1 and a large lightweight screen to make it worthwhile.
But, in the meantime, apparently the Kindle has an optional autoblog feed by topic, of select blogs. As I discovered while Kibo'ing.
And, this blog is #3! Er, in the subcategory of Physical Science of category Sciences.
Which is not as impressive as it sounds, since there are only 4 such select items, currently. Looks like the SEED SciBlog overlords scored there.
But, it is still kinda cool in a slightly geeky sort of way.
It is a subscription for pay feed. Hm, hope some of those goodies wind their way back to us serfs on the frontlines, eventually.
Beware of the Kindle. It apparently only reads books in a proprietary format -- available only through Amazon.
You ScienceBloggers might have to go on strike to get your fair share of the profits from having your writing republished on new media... :)
WHAT DO WE WANT?
RESIDUALS!
WHEN DO WE WANT THEM?
Soon as a stable revenue stream has been established which covers overhead costs and capitalizes SEEDcorp adequately for future operations, upon which a fair pro rated cut of the net revenues might be considered for the creative content generators!
Beware the EULA; there's some scary shit in there about sending back data on what you read (even which pages) to AMZN HQ.
Hm, depends...
are they sharing the data with some nefarious 3 letter agency, or Google, who do no evil and only want expedite my life's choices in a predictable and profitable fashion?
If you have a kindle, you can send an e-mail with an attached book or document (think Gutemberg project) and get it converted to the kindle format free.