More Kindle Stuff
I’m aware that most of what little I’ve blogged in calendar year 2010 is Kindle related. What can I say? It’s what I’ve been most interested in lately, which corresponds with me also not having a whole lot to say on much else. C’est la blog.
I got some nice traction on my Spanish to English [...]
Kindle Vs Nook: My Experience
I am blogging this from a Barnes and Noble cafe (specifically, the one at Market Commons in Myrtle Beach.) I meant to come in and do a final head to head comparison between my Kindle 2 and the new B&N Nook. I have previously done tests where I set the two of them [...]
Tags: amazon, barnesandnoble, kindle, nookEvil Genius Chronicles Podcast for January 10, 2009 – “Ringing in a New Year”
Here is the direct MP3 download for the EGC clambake for January 10, 2010. I take a moment of silence for the loss of Natalie Morris; I play the promo George Hrab did for the JREF; I play a song by Retribution Gospel Choir; I talk about what I hope for 2010 and what I [...]
Tags: afcgt, amigofish, fleetfoxes, jref, nataliemorris, peakecast, retributiongospelchoir, teemorrisMy Free and Open Kindle Formatted Spanish to English Dictionary
Over the holidays, I took upon myself a challenge. I’ve been fiddling around creating a Mobipocket format dictionary consisting of Spanish words and their English translations. I wanted to be able to set it as my primary dictionary on the Kindle and then use it for on-demand word translation as I gut through trying to [...]
Tags: kindle, mobipocketcreator, spanishKindle Tools I Am Using
I got my Kindle in March 2009 and shortly after that I installed Calibre, mostly to test out its ability to convert PDFs and other documents into Mobi format. It wasn’t until the holidays that I really worked with it a lot and realized what a sophisticated library management tool it is. I’m too lazy [...]
Tags: calibre, kindle, neotake, projectgutenberg, telereadNew Media Vacation
This holiday season my last day at work was December 22, and I’m going back on Monday January 4th, which is tomorrow. This is my 12th day off in a row and it doesn’t seem like I’ve hardly started. I’d love to say the batteries are recharged and I’m raring to go but truthfully, I could [...]
