{"id":1930,"date":"2011-09-28T11:46:06","date_gmt":"2011-09-28T15:46:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/?p=1930"},"modified":"2011-09-28T11:50:47","modified_gmt":"2011-09-28T15:50:47","slug":"kindle-cannot-light-my-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/kindle-cannot-light-my-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Kindle cannot light my fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With Amazon unveiling yet another digital device, the <strong>Kindle Fire<\/strong>, I took a break to ponder where are we headed with all this.<\/p>\n<p>Cheaper, but not better than the Apple iPad, the Kindle Fire is a tablet aimed at the &#8220;<em>reading crowd<\/em>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not sure what that means, exactly.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m a reader, and as such I&#8217;m more specifically a <strong>book reader<\/strong>. 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