O’Reilly frequently has specials where they cut the price of their ebooks pretty significantly so I often pick them up then. I also had a Safari subscription for a while which allowed me to download some books once I saved up enough of the tokens, which were given monthly (I think this is how I got my copy of Time Management for System Administrators :)).

I knew of The Nature Conservancy only as Terracycle’s default charity. I was a little wary, but reading this makes me want to donate more than my teeny check for accumulated energy bar wrappers. Mark is a fan of the Long Now foundation, and I imagine we’ll be making a pilgrimage to Texas to see the 10,000 clock as soon as there’s anything for tourists to see (assuming that happens in our lifetimes!).

Finally, glad to hear you also buy epubs/PDFs from O’Reilly. I recently paid them $20 for an epub of Time Management for System Administrators, versus $10 for the Kindle version from Amazon, and felt a bit silly. But not dealing with DRM is really nice.

Happy second anniversary!

The timer certainly was a compelling feature, I may regret not getting it. The size of the remote is what really put me off to that one though so I figured I’d start small.

My favorite feature of the one I recommended is it has a timer. You set it for 30 minutes and it vibrates at 25, 30, and 35 minutes, letting you know, without anyone knowing how you know, exactly how much time you have left.

All of the other features are nearly the same on every other model of these things, other than the form factor and feel of the device itself.