I just recently read an article titled, "Things Babies Born in 2011 Will Never Know" (you can find it here: http://finance.yahoo.com/family-home/article/111745/things-babies-born-in-2011-will-never-know?mod=family-kids_parents). On the author's list were things like catalogs, travel agents and fax machines, but there were also books, single-picture frames and wires. I don't know about you, but I've never had to worry about my Internet reliability while my laptop was plugged into a jack. And what about power cords, and electricity in your house? Wires may eventually become obsolete, but I wouldn't count on them vanishing in the next few years.

But the thing that really got my blood pumping was when books were included on the list. A baby born in 2011 will never know a book? Honestly? I've said it once and I'll say it again: printed books will never completely die out. There's nothing that can replace the feel of hundreds of pages full of words in your hand, or the smell of a book. Don't get me wrong, Kindles are awesome. They're convenient and portable and lightweight, but bottom line they are not a book. It's frustrating not knowing how far you into a book you are, and the percentage marker only adds to it. I'm 17% finished with this? What does that even mean?

And call me old-fashioned, but I rather enjoy using a *gasp* paper map.

>>Linus