Among the other things I did over the past weekend, in addition to having a lovely time at the Arisia sf/fantasy convention,* was to purchase a tablet to replace my color Nook. Why? (Other than sheer neophilia, that is.) To make a long story short – Intuit finally came out with a mobile Quicken app to sync with the desktop version, which is something I’ve been missing ever since Intuit yanked the license to make Pocket Quicken away from Landware. And my husband/co-author was on board with the idea because it would mean that I could use the tablet’s camera to take videos of him doing stage magic.
So I picked up a refurbished Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 7-incher from NewEgg, and then I went looking on line for a cover.
And that’s when I discovered that none of the online dealers in mobile accessories are talking about artificial or fake leather any more.
No – their products are made of “vegan leather.”
* The guy who usually cosplays on stilts was in fine form this year . . . he came as Groot, from Guardians of the Galaxy.
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It’s not vegan leather until you try to eat it, says I.
I think there were actually two Groots running round. There was a huge traffic jam at the lobby elevators when one of them was coming off at the same time a Dalek was being loaded onto another elevator.
There’s nothing quite like having a superfluity of Groots….
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No Naugas were harmed in the making of this product….