the brook

This was faster than I’d expected. Starting soon, the Kindle will ship in an international wireless edition allowing downloads to the Kindle from outside the US as well as within. This is really good news.

I like how the Amazon kindle page now says “Kindle: Hello World”.

[via Wired]

Even Obama wouldn’t have been able to beat this one. From the BBC:

The other countries made proposals. We presented a heart and a soul.

I confess to you if I die right now my life would have been worth it.