I try as much as possible to unblock sites I visit frequently and want to support, but it's practically impossible for me to concentrate on reading an article with some damn flashing/spinning ad vying for my attention. When these appear too frequently I have no choice but to put the site back on the block list.

Anyone own a Sony pocket reader? For 199$ it's able to read epub, pdf and html. I was thinking it might be worth a try since there is a ton of classic books I'd like to read (lovecraft, dickens, verne, etc.).

For about the same price I could also get a ipod/iphone touch, anyone using them as readers?

Any Idea how the uplink is supposed to work? Can thousands of 45cm dish all communicate with the satellite at 36,000km simultaneously? I know that years ago you needed a DSL/Dial-up connection for the uplink, is the not the case anymore?