Saturday, October 4, 2008

Sony Reader Revolution Cam #4

The camera has been moved!

Before:



Now:



Less of chair back, more of bed!

There was also some strange action out front:


A guy on a ladder ...


... talking on a cellphone ...



... doing something with duct tape ...


... and a level.

He served an actual purpose for this blog. He caught the street Reader Revolution cam in reflection:



At about 1:12PM, Farrow took a break and a lovely young woman sat in:




I didn't time her, but she cracked in less than two minutes! Really!



A poor showing from the eBook-less unwashed general public!

What I'm not seeing at all today are any blue-shirted Reader Revolutionaries out there! It's Saturday, for god's sake, with thousands of people on the street! All there's been is this guy:



Who logs the pages being read, sometimes chats up the public, and tries to recruit someone to read to give Farrow a break and save his sanity (will the guy crack?!).



He couldn't recruit them, however!

At 1:56PM, a relief reader from the public named Tia came in:



They gave her a red Sony Reader to use!!



She sat like this for about twenty-five minutes. Oblivious to me yelling, "Move yer head! Woman, move yer noggin! I want a screensnap of the red Sony Reader, dammit!!!"

Finally, at the end, she did:



She not only read a short story, she got up to page fifteen of Before You Take That Pill, which she said she now has to buy! She thought the Sony Reader was -- quoting -- "awesome!"

Farrow got back in his perch:



I wonder how many pounds Farrow's going to gain?

Chin up, Farrow. One day I'll stop by to relieve you! And I'll do a half-hour at least. Alert your wife. You can go have a fast and frenzied shag somewhere.

Meanwhile, out front ...



... thousands of people and no Reader Revolutionaries to save their paper-book-sinning souls!!

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