One helluva big book

It's big. Massive. Gargantuan. And it is expanding. It's my magical book - your's too, if you still don't know it. Some chapters are nice, some aren't, and some are rewritten each day.

If I still haven't told you yet about this one book I'm reading, let me tell you what it is - Internet.

Yep, the way I see it, Internet is one large black hole of a book - there's no telling when the book will reach its final version (and fans of Harry Potter claim their wait for the seventh book was agonising!).

So from the Internet today I read, discovered and learnt several things - just from a few minutes online. My most interesting discovery today is a word which I rarely (maybe never) came across before: extant.

Dictionary.com says extant means still existing, or surviving. Apparently extant must not be used in direct replacement of the word exist, as extant also implies survivor qualities. Hmm I guess you can head to Dictionary.com for better understanding.

But if I understand the concept of the word enough, I'd say extant is perfect for describing my big, magical book, the Internet...

Kindle Fire is da bomb!

I have nothing against Apple products, in fact I do think iPod is one of the best inventions ever. But I kinda agree with this particular article on Kindle Fire's advantage over iPad. The article lists five key advantage the former has against the latter device, and the non-stop streaming part is what got me truly excited.

Imagine with Amazon Prime premium service that you get for a month with the purchase of the Kindle Fire, you can access movies, shows and borrow ebooks at the Kindle Lending Library. That's easily 5,000 titles - including current and former bestsellers - more than what you have right now.

As an ebook reader I support this borrowing initiative as I get to sample the writings of fresh authors and if I like that one book, I won't hesitate as much before buying their next title.

Now if only this kind of stuff are available here...