Anyone remember them old Nooks? [Rant]

[Lysander_Works]

Long story short, I tried to book up a Nook color I let sit for 5 years. But it doesn't connect to internet due to some software being out of date (and manufacturer having issued it end of life long ago); so, it's a brick. It's funny, I see a lot of them on sale through ebay too (can't imagine why), lol.

Been trying to make a setup where I can read stories at night to wind down and sleep, as I'm running out of shows to watch anyway. My phones are too small and my pc is, well, a pc. It's crazy to me that e-readers built for this kind of thing are planned for obsolescence. Looking to get a cheap tablet instead.

 

[TheKillingAlice]

Long story short, I tried to book up a Nook color I let sit for 5 years. But it doesn't connect to internet due to some software being out of date (and manufacturer having issued it end of life long ago); so, it's a brick. It's funny, I see a lot of them on sale through ebay too (can't imagine why), lol.

Been trying to make a setup where I can read stories at night to wind down and sleep, as I'm running out of shows to watch anyway. My phones are too small and my pc is, well, a pc. It's crazy to me that e-readers built for this kind of thing are planned for obsolescence. Looking to get a cheap tablet instead.

Really? I mean, when I was a teenager, my older siblings put money together to gift me a Kobo reader (for my birthday). A while ago, my sister gave me her old Kindle, since she got herself a new one and I barely read eBooks, since I have, what? 600 to 700 Books left on my shelf, after sorting them out recently? But I do have a few eBooks and she knows, so she thought I could use it.
I checked, and my Kobo still works just fine. Didn't try connecting it to the internet though, because I used my computer to move the books onto it, I never used the internet on that thing. Kindle at least has a display with "light", so I can read in bad lighting, which is nice, but the old one is still doing just fine. And yes, I hadn't touched it since I moved into my current flat, so around 9 years?
Truth be told, I don't even know what a Nook is and what it can do, so maybe my Kobo was just too simple compared to it; again, I didn't need internet on it, couldn't do that much with the connection either way and buying and moving eBooks from one storage to the other is easily done on my PC.

 

[Representing_Tromba]

I have one but I haven't used it in years. Much prefer physical books. It is probably also a brick.

 

[TinaMigarlo]

do most of you not realize, as killing alice related...

if you get *out* of the mindset of getting online and having it do its thing that way.
and get *into* the mindset of just... connecting it to your computer, and figuring out where on the hard drive and in what format to store the "ebook" file... all these bricks, probably work perfect.

I mean, you might have to save the ebook in MOBI format, or PDF, who even knows.
but you can look it up.
and if your computer wont recognize the thing...
try plugging it into a LINUX laptop or PC.
Linux will open up *anything* as a storage device and let you read/write to its file structure.

if you have a toaster, that has a USB connection? you can probably read and write to its file structure, on a LINUX computer.

My linux computer is hilarious.
My bluetooth/wifi connections?
my one neighbor bought a REFRIGERATOR, and it keeps trying to connect to my LAPTOP.
not to be outdone, someone now has a sweeper. Yes, a SWEEPER. and its appearing in my list.

God, how I wish I could turn their sweeper on and off at 4am.

God, how I wish I could turn their sweeper on and off at 4am.

Lord, if you knew me in real life... I'm one of those people that *love* their gizmo's
If its a "neato" little electronic gadget, say 20 bucks or under? I gotta have it.
and even I have trouble understanding the IOT (InternetOfThings) with internet connections these days.

do I really need a light bulb? Yes.
Does the light bulb really need to be on the internet, and I can talk to it and control it when I'm away from home?
what are these people doing. Watching on the "baby monitor" on one phone...
while they turn the lights on and off, and change the light colors...
to scare the cat? What.

Okay, I get it. You can pretend you're home and scare a potential burglar that way.
my neighbors refrigerator in her garage?
meh, but if she's away for the weekend, maybe she wants reassured that the power didn't go out.
and her meat is going to go bad in the freezer.

but, for the love of GOD.
do you *really* need to be able to turn the sweeper on and off, while away for the weekend.
or can you drive it around, and watch out of a camera, chase the dog around, having fun that way.