Experiments

[altivo]

Playing with the Amazon Cloud Reader application, which lets you read Kindle books on a web-browser. It appears to be pretty slick. I have yet to test the ability to download and hold the book to allow reading it even when a network connection is unavailable. However, it does appear to work not only with books purchased from Amazon (or given away for free) but also with library e-books from Overdrive. Probably does not work with Smashwords, though, as you'd need a way to get the book into the Amazon cloud reader drive...

Went out for dinner in town to "celebrate" Gary "flunking" his statistics course. I don't know whether to take that seriously or not.

Today's amusing irritation: After I got into the car and started for work this morning, I noticed the smell of the hoof moisturizer ("Rainmaker") that we've been putting on Tess' front hooves. It's vaguely medicinal, with overtones of linseed oil and petroleum jelly. I find it quite strong smelling and, while not repulsive, not particularly attractive either. Sort of like hot tar. I finally concluded that I must have some of it on my shirt or other clothing somewhere. Much of the day I kept smelling it and trying to find to spot. Never succeeded. No one mentioned it, and Gary insists he can't smell the stuff at all, so I have no idea what to think.

Comments

[hrrunka]

I find the smell of diesel can be quite pervasive, and it doesn't take more than a very small drop in the wrong place to have it lingering all day. With diesel the problem's usually a trace of the stuff on a hand.

[altivo]

Yeah, Diesel fuel and heating oil are both pretty pungent. So is gasoline, but it tends to evaporate quickly where the heavier fuels linger.

When I got home and changed I traced the Rainmaker odor to a tiny spot at a buttonhole, covered by the button when closed. Ran flannel shirt through the washer and it's gone, thank goodness.