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Today I went to a computer game store!
8:23 PM, Feb. 17, 2009
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Well - I did! And I came home with... Wait for it...100 classic books! How does that work, you wonder? Well, I bought '100 Classic Book Collection' for the Nintendo DS. It is 100 classic, and therefore out of copyright, books for my handheld nintendo ds. Now I know I can get the same books from gutenberg for free. But: - Then I have to either print them out or sit at my computer and read - I have to include their stupid disclaimer - the formatting is often terrible - you have no say over the font size etc., etc. Now I can take my ds with me anywhere I go - I can read in bed :) I can change the font size. I can apparently log online and download new books to my ds cartridge (I want to check that out tomorrow). I can even choose background music - including airport and beach sounds :) I thought that was pretty funny. And you can have three virtual bookmarks in each book. And you simply use the touch screen to turn a page. Very intuitive. When you load it up, you get a warning message which I think is hilarious: "These classic books of the past are presented in their original versions, and the texts may include words and expressions that could be considered inappropriate in a modern context." Now that in itself is both a ROFL moment, and a very sad indication of the world in which we live... So anyway tonight before the kids went to bed I opened it up and thought I'd read a little. But Jasmine came up and was interested in it. I told her there'd be no books she was interested in - but I was wrong! It includes, Little Women, Alice in Wonderland, Alice through the looking glass, Little Lord Fauntleroy, and The Secret Garden. So I read her a chapter of Little Women and I was surprised by how much she liked it. I mean I liked it when I was a kid, but I think I was a little older than six. Oh well. She said tomorrow she's going to read 'Alice's adventures through the looking glass', and was pleased when I told her it was based on the idea of a game of chess. I don't know how well she'll go with it but I'm pleased she's interested in the idea of classic children's books. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to change and feed Jacob so I can curl up in bed with a coffee and a good book... I mean a handheld computer game! LOL! Leave a Comment { Last Page } { Page 2 of 345 } { Next Page } |
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