Two days off and of course although I unwound nicely - all it means now is that I'm again stressed and oppressed by all that's piled up in my absence.

Still, this afternoon was interesting. The library hosted some 33 librarians from the region for a session promoting ebooks. We had three slots: one colleague presenting the results of a survey that she and I did on student ebook usage; one sales rep selling and doing a demo of our most popular ebook platform (on which we have 44,000 titles); and myself talking about my experiences with ebooks over more than a decade and showing off everything from an old Palm IIIx through to a couple of iPhones taking in a Palm T3, Nokia phone, couple of Sony 505s, Sony 600, and 2 iTouches on the way. Oh and the iPad courtesy of Steve Jobs himself on a video link!

My thanks to the colleagues (and my Mom!) who bravely lent me the devices to allow everyone a go with the devices. And my special thanks to whatever delegate wrote on a feedback form "quite taken with last session" ! Quite made my day.

(Particularly after a sermon preached at the weekend got an "I warmed to the last third" comment from the vicar...)