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July 2010

Single-minded browsing using Safari Reader

I'll admit it — I forward my fair share of web articles to family and friends. Unfortunately, with small font sizes and distracting ads, my eyes tire out quickly after page 3 of most long articles.

 

Enter the new Reader button in Safari 5.

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Reader displays an article's text in a readable font size and greys out the rest of the clutter.  It'll also consolidate multi-page articles to a single page.

For those not on Safari, the iReader extension for Firefox and Chrome gives you the same clutter-free reading goodness.

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Kindle, how low will you go?

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Oh Amazon, how you tempt me…

Yesterday, Woot announced they're getting acquired by Amazon. Now they have the latest Kindle for $150.

After devouring some great books on the Kindle recently, I really wanted to share them with Nat.  Buying physical copies could start to add up, so while writing this post, I broke down and bought a second Kindle.  Geek toys, you will be my downfall.

UPDATE (9:24 AM ET): Looks like it sold out.

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