Apologies

I have missed two weeks, and including today, I need to catch up on three posts.  Previously my routine was to catch up on email and blogs on Sunday evenings, after our kids went to bed, but a fundamental shift in my Sunday night routine has occurred.

In accordance with my omnipresent obsession with gadgets, we purchased a NookColor a few weeks back.  For those who aren't aware, it is an ereader produced by Barnes and Noble.  It's acquisition instigated a fundamental shift in my routine for a couple of reasons:

1.  We now own TWO ereaders, and Liz and I can now read at the same time (I could never figure out how to work the "traditional" books that we have), so we now do that more often.

2.  I boot an unlocked version of Android on the Nook, which transforms it to a fully-functioning tablet.  The device has replaced all the functions that I would previously use my laptop for... that is email and web-browsing.  My poor laptop is now only used at home for photo-management, and thus blog posts.  I don't get it out on weekends anymore, so I miss updating my blog until I think about it during the week (while I'm in my office at school).

Yes, this is an excuse, but I figured I'd offer one anyway... sharing the blame for my negligence with a tablet is lame, but I find myself doing it anyway.  I s'pose I'm lame.

P.S.  It's still a large expense for essentially a toy, but consider the Nook if you are planning to get a tablet anyway.  It's half the price, and 95% the function as the other offerings...