Today, on this rainy morning, after returning from weekly grocery shopping, I explored something new for me: digital audio books. I had briefly played with free classic audio books years ago when I used my ancient iPAQ. I just never made much time for listening. Today, however, I accidental stumbled on real offerings though my public library. Many British Columbia libraries have banded together and are implementing new opportunities.
The system is quite interesting as one really checks out the digital files by using one's library card. It's due back in 14 days and due to Microsoft digital rights management, it will expire. There's software that needs to be downloaded for each computer by Overdrive. That company seems to be positioning itself well for a future in all aspects of digital media.
There's now 60-minutes of survival Czech playing. It'll probably be of little help when we spend a few days in Prague but gosh! Maybe I have to cave in and pick up a $50 mp3 player!