Truth be told, my commitment to live as a true word nerd (ie spend half my life savings on books and lovingly heave them around with me everywhere I go) means that I'm a little wary of a device like the Amazon Kindle. But the non-Amazon Kindling? I'm in!
[$61 and up, eBay via Cockeyed.com]
The Amazon Kindling is the clever little brainchild of Cockeyed.com, which teamed up with Evil Mad Scientist to create a (sorta) true-to-life Kindle out of wood. The wireless, wooden e-book may only fit about 150 words, but it's electricity-free, lightweight, and multi-use... it can actually be broken up into firewood.
I suppose you could make your own version of this, given access to a lasercutter. Otherwise, bid away, my book-loving compatriots!
[via Boing Boing]
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