http://malcolmpollack.com/2009/12/27/geeks-bearing-gifts/ I go many places Thu, 24 May 2012 02:48:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://malcolmpollack.com/2009/12/27/geeks-bearing-gifts/comment-page-1/#comment-156594 the one eyed man Mon, 28 Dec 2009 18:12:46 +0000 http://malcolmpollack.com/?p=2187#comment-156594 I got my wife a Kindle for three reasons: everyone I know who has one likes it, it’s a different kind of Christmas present, and there is no issue of whether or not it makes her look fat. She went from skepticism to enthusiasm in about a day, especially after it passed the acid test (can you use it on a Stairmaster?). I had to think long and hard – should I get her the vacuum cleaner or the Kindle? – but happily things worked out OK. I got my wife a Kindle for three reasons: everyone I know who has one likes it, it’s a different kind of Christmas present, and there is no issue of whether or not it makes her look fat. She went from skepticism to enthusiasm in about a day, especially after it passed the acid test (can you use it on a Stairmaster?). I had to think long and hard – should I get her the vacuum cleaner or the Kindle? – but happily things worked out OK.

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