Thunderboomers
May. 26th, 2012 10:13 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
altivoFrom before dawn until at least seven this morning, it was quite noisy and spectacular. It finally did rain, a good inch and a bit more, all in about a half hour's time. We went on down to Elgin anyway for brunch with friends and to watch a ten mile run that goes right by their corner twice. Normally the race is on Monday, and it wasn't clear why they changed to Saturday this year, but it seems to have caused a drop in participation. Or else the threatening skies chased some away, but it wasn't bad weather for running. Humidity was not high, temperature was in the 60s, and the sky was overcast so no pounding or blinding sun.
Anyway, it was fun. Saw two apparent furries running with what I took to be fox ears on their heads. Or maybe they were cat ears, but definitely furry ears. I said something about "Oh look, furries running" when they appeared and evidently they heard me because they waved. I waved back, though I have no idea who they were. One of our friends looked at me and asked "Do you know them?" But I had to admit that I did not.
I think the annual event is called something like "Fox Valley Foxtrot" so having foxes running seems appropriate enough.
This evening I managed to check out a library ebook and get it downloaded to the Kobo Wifi, which wasn't as easy as I'd hoped but did work in the end. Getting Adobe Digital Editions to recognize and initialize the device was the issue. Now that has been done, future downloads should be easier. (At least as long as I continue to use that particular computer. I'm not sure I can activate the device through more than one machine.)
Comparing the Kobo with the Literati it becomes clear just how much they share a common code base. It seems that Kobo in fact provided the base code for the Literati, but it was rushed to market without adequate debugging. I'm sure it can be updated successfully, but I have to make sure I can do it without "bricking" the device this time. Then I'll try it once more.
Anyway, it was fun. Saw two apparent furries running with what I took to be fox ears on their heads. Or maybe they were cat ears, but definitely furry ears. I said something about "Oh look, furries running" when they appeared and evidently they heard me because they waved. I waved back, though I have no idea who they were. One of our friends looked at me and asked "Do you know them?" But I had to admit that I did not.
I think the annual event is called something like "Fox Valley Foxtrot" so having foxes running seems appropriate enough.
This evening I managed to check out a library ebook and get it downloaded to the Kobo Wifi, which wasn't as easy as I'd hoped but did work in the end. Getting Adobe Digital Editions to recognize and initialize the device was the issue. Now that has been done, future downloads should be easier. (At least as long as I continue to use that particular computer. I'm not sure I can activate the device through more than one machine.)
Comparing the Kobo with the Literati it becomes clear just how much they share a common code base. It seems that Kobo in fact provided the base code for the Literati, but it was rushed to market without adequate debugging. I'm sure it can be updated successfully, but I have to make sure I can do it without "bricking" the device this time. Then I'll try it once more.
