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A few weeks ago, my shiny new laser printer arrived. I bought it because I wanted to print things to read offline — I have a hard time reading large amounts of text on a screen (though I have no problem writing), and I wanted a way to read many of the things that I thought would be interesting. Normally, I'd leave them in a tab in a browser for a few days, lose interest, and then close the tab. I can't even begin to guess how many things I wanted to read, but never did. In the hundreds, anyway. I've been doing it for years.

I discovered that many websites have a convenient little "Printer friendly" option. The BBC, Yahoo news, etc. And many of the things actually worth reading are formatted so simply that you don't need a printer friendly option because that's the way it's going to be formatted anyway. Basic webpages look like shit on the screen, but they're lovely on paper.

Here's a rundown of just some of the stuff I've read in the last week or so. These are just the full-length articles, not the short news blurbs that I print out as well.

• Inside the KLAT2 supercomputer
• Quantum search algorithm implemented using off-the-shelf optics?
• The Ars Technica Motherboard Guide: Part I — motherboard fundamentals*
• Breakthrough of the Year: Evolution in Action
• Road test: Four databases tested*
• Kitzmiller et al. v. Dover Area School District*
• The end of the period*
• LISPing at JPL

* Denotes an especially excellent article

It's a safe bet that I wouldn't have read any of these articles if I hadn't printed them.

(And yes I'm recycling the paper. :p)

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