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How Bookofjoe finds this stuff I don't know. But, it shows you why I no longer read the 3 pound bricks that are being published. Give me an ereader over this any day! ...

It's located in Canterbury at the University of Kent's Templeman Library. It has a library, archive, and exhibition gallery, and is dedicated to the history of British cartooning over the last two hundred years. The BCA holds the artwork for more than 150,000 British editorial, socio-political, and pocket cartoons, supported by large collections of comic strips, newspaper cuttings, books and magazines. The collection of artwork dates back to 1904 and includes work by W.K. Hasleden, Will Dyson, Strube, David Low,Vicky, Emmwood, Michael Cummings, Ralph Steadman, Mel Calman, Nicholas Garland, Chris Riddell, Carl Giles, Martin Rowson, and Steve Bell, amongst many...

Thanks to Bookofjoe. Note: TeleRead originally covered this scanner in March....

BookofJoe has an iPad and is annoyed that it only can connect to the dock in the portrait mode. It's much easier, faster and more comfortable to type on the keyboard dock or a Bluetooth keyboard than with the on-screen virtual keyboard. The problem is that the iPad as configured forces you into placing it in portrait mode to attach it to the keyboard dock or basic dock. This vexed me from day one and I vowed to figure out a simple hack around it until Apple adds a docking port on the long side. He has found a way to make it useable,...

Every Friday I'll post a listing of my favorite articles for the preceding week. Purely a subjective judgement. My iPad hands-on: Stellar for nonDRMed indie and public domain e-books, not just locked bestsellers by David Rothman iPad: The First Six Hours by Joe Wikert Will Apple’s iBookstore be Publishing’s Waterloo? by Rich Adin BookofJoe reviews the iPad 746 free science fiction books for the iPhone P-books to e-books: The ethics of downloading and the legality of scanning New digital library about the 1918 influenza pandemic funded Your Kobo questions answered by Joanna Joanna interviews Kobo CEO Michael Serbinis Parent vs Reader, Round 2: Dad vs Kobo by Joanna Amazon...

My dock (above and below) just arrived via FedEx and I got all excited. Then the air left the balloon in a Podunk town second. Because the only way you can use the dock is with the iPad in its upright orientation, since the device's charging port is on the bottom. But I only use mine in widescreen mode because: 1. Stuff is easier to read. 2. The virtual keyboard is sort of usable as opposed to pretty much useless. Apple needs to add a charging port on the long side, opposite the side with the volume control. I guarantee this will appear in the next version. You...

Editor's Note: BookofJoe is one of my favorite sites on the net. Joe, the self-described 'World's most popular blogging anesthesiologist', is also a self-professed TechnoDolt™. All the reviews I've seen are from experts, more or less, and so it is most interesting to see one written by someone who is not an ebook/computer guru. Reprinted with permission. The original is here. PB It arrived this past Saturday in the early afternoon (above), and in keeping with the traditional religious customs, practices and rituals of true fanboys, I simply gazed in awe and adoration at the shrink-wrapped box...