Electronic or print? Or blow your load about your new Kindle.

I've been a Kindle owner for over a year now and it's one of my favorite devices. I've become a better reader, do more reading in general, and enjoy reading more because of it.

I do most of my reading on the subway, and most of the time I'm standing up trying to maintain my balance, so having one hand holding a pole is almost mandatory. Reading actual books was a pain in the ass, but with the Kindle I can read with one hand with ease. I can make the text larger to help my shitty eyes see the text. But my favorite feature is the built-in dictionary. Just hover over a word and the definition pops up.

It's not the fastest device, and the E-Ink refresh rate is noticeable, but it doesn't detract from the experience in the slightest. The time it takes to flip a real page is about the same time it takes to flip an E-page, so it works out.

I have friends who are staunchly opposed to digital books because they like the feeling of paper and the experience of flipping actual pages and weird shit like that. Like Pang said, they're just words, man. And the Kindle is the best device out there for bringing you words on an easy, readable, and fairly cheap device. If you enjoy reading, it's almost a no-brainer if you ask me. The only thing it hasn't been able to master is the newspaper and magazine, which I think the iPad is poised to dominate.

Jam it back in, in the dark.