The economists—you know, those clever guys and gals who assured us the housing bubble would never, ever burst—pretty much all agree that human wants are insatiable. And this time they may be right. At least in my case. I’ve been drafting a packing list for an ambitious “amphibious” journey, and I’ve run up against an all‑too‑obvious problem. It’s hard enough cramming a trip’s worth of gear into a small boat, but when both boat and gear are going to be hauled by a bike… You get the picture, I’m sure. Weight and space are at a premium. Which means that I won’t have room for my usual library of field guides and old journals, not to mention the novel I put aside for rainy‑day reading. This time around, one paperback is pretty much the limit. Just one. But then there are also the maps. Several dozen topos. Plus road maps. Plus… But why go on? I was already out of room. And out of patience. That’s when my eye fell on Farwell’s new Kindle e‑book reader. It was a eureka moment…Read more…

 
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