Not aimed at you stet but why do people refer to Apple products as though they were people? 'I am using iPad', 'I left iPhone on the bus', 'I have pushed iPod Shuffle up my bottom' etc etc.
― The Corangamite Manoeuvre (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 1 September 2010 23:43 (thirteen years ago) link
I was just being lazy there, but it's also official Apple style - you see it in all their copy, it's very rare to see "The iPhone is", it's almost always "iPhone is". Started with iPod.
― stet, Wednesday, 1 September 2010 23:51 (thirteen years ago) link
hah that grammar directive actually comes directly from Apple itself. apple views i-N as strong, proper nouns so they don't need articles or possessive pronouns.
― shorn_blond.avi (dayo), Wednesday, 1 September 2010 23:52 (thirteen years ago) link
xp
I see the point you're both making but it's more than a little bit creepy.
― The Corangamite Manoeuvre (Autumn Almanac), Thursday, 2 September 2010 00:10 (thirteen years ago) link
oh it definitely is
― shorn_blond.avi (dayo), Thursday, 2 September 2010 00:10 (thirteen years ago) link
Tonight some bloke ran headfirst into me and sent my Kobo flying. At this stage I don't know which will die first, my Kobo or this bloke when I find him.
― The Corangamite Manoeuvre (Autumn Almanac), Thursday, 2 September 2010 08:46 (thirteen years ago) link
I purchased a Kindle Wi-Fi for under $150 US, and Kindle with Calibre is freaking fantastic. I dream of something that I can read Comics and PDFs on (Kindle's PDF support is still meh), but I can carry a library of a couple hundred books with me wherever I go. It's changing my consumption habits in almost the same way my first iPod did. There are so many wonderful-and-free-and-legal books available, and with Calibre it's trivial to put whatever you want onto your Kindle. The eyestrain caused by trying to read books on computer (or iPhone, iPad or DS) is no joke, but the Kindle (and I assume the Nook, Kobo, and Sony eReader) just don't have those issues. Have read probably 20 books on the thing so far, and have only owned it for a couple of months. I'm a complete convert.
― J, Tuesday, 16 November 2010 22:59 (thirteen years ago) link
100%. I used my Kobo on a load of dusty bus rides through southern Africa and found it immensely pleasurable. Also saved me the weight of the books I read (I was already nudging the luggage allowance as it was).
― 14d. South African cleric (2,2) (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 16 November 2010 23:11 (thirteen years ago) link
Very much anticipating the book sharing feature for Kindle that starts sometime next year, and wondering if it will work between international users.
― Jaq, Tuesday, 16 November 2010 23:31 (thirteen years ago) link
my brother got me one of these
i'v ebeen using it all weke and i really like it!
― google street jew (s1ocki), Tuesday, 16 November 2010 23:35 (thirteen years ago) link
and i've clearly become illiterate.
what is the point of calibre
― google street jew (s1ocki), Tuesday, 16 November 2010 23:38 (thirteen years ago) link
Calibre allows you to manage a library of books, converting ebook formats, and putting documents and books onto a Kindle without going through Amazon's silly emailing service that costs $$. Free ebooks come in a variety of formats, and any given e-reader only uses a few of them. Calibre integrates with almost all of them, and with almost all e-readers as well. The interface is a bit unpolished, but for versatility, it's shockingly great.
― J, Wednesday, 17 November 2010 01:04 (thirteen years ago) link
Can you put books on to the Kindle app for iPad, do you know?
― stet, Wednesday, 17 November 2010 01:18 (thirteen years ago) link
well i can put books on my kindle via USB, and it seems to read most formats, so...
― google street jew (s1ocki), Wednesday, 17 November 2010 13:57 (thirteen years ago) link
can i put books that i already own, onto my kindle library, for free?
― F-Unit (Ste), Wednesday, 17 November 2010 14:08 (thirteen years ago) link
future readers + books need some sort of free download code type thing like vinyl does with mp3s.
― hoy orbison (a hoy hoy), Wednesday, 17 November 2010 14:09 (thirteen years ago) link
― F-Unit (Ste), Wednesday, November 17, 2010 9:08 AM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark
if you can be bothered to type them out
― google street jew (s1ocki), Wednesday, 17 November 2010 14:13 (thirteen years ago) link
"Can you put books on to the Kindle app for iPad, do you know?"
Well, I purchased some books. I think if you connect your account to your ipad maybe you can do the others you bought before? Haven't tried.
I fucking LOVE my ipad. Absolutely amazing. I use it mainly for internet and my knitting (store my patterns on it). FUCKING LOVE IT.
― Nathalie (stevienixed), Wednesday, 17 November 2010 16:43 (thirteen years ago) link
i just ordered the velocity cruz e-reader for my wife. cant afford ipad....sigh.
― Mark Chmuras Hot Tub Crime Machine (chrisv2010), Wednesday, 17 November 2010 16:57 (thirteen years ago) link
The Android app only lets you access books in your archive from the Kindle store at this point - I'd assume the iPad app is the same.
― Jaq, Wednesday, 17 November 2010 18:37 (thirteen years ago) link
Slocki, you should check out Calibre. It's open source and free, so if you don't like it, it's no harm no foul.
― J, Thursday, 18 November 2010 01:36 (thirteen years ago) link
I did and found it useful for conversions! Tho it seems to use a weirdly large amount of horsepower
― google street jew (s1ocki), Thursday, 18 November 2010 01:54 (thirteen years ago) link
It also sports the worst UI in history.
― IN BEDDING WITH MADONNA!!! (Autumn Almanac), Thursday, 18 November 2010 01:57 (thirteen years ago) link
ya i was gonna say, i have NO idea what these icons are supposed to mean. oh i get it, the recycling icon means "trash." cuz it's a book. yeesh.
― google street jew (s1ocki), Thursday, 18 November 2010 02:02 (thirteen years ago) link
Not to mention the fact that the giant icons and other useless shit produce so much clutter that the book list YOU KNOW THE BIT THAT PEOPLE ACTUALLY USE gets about 10% of the window allocation.
― IN BEDDING WITH MADONNA!!! (Autumn Almanac), Thursday, 18 November 2010 02:08 (thirteen years ago) link
totes
― google street jew (s1ocki), Thursday, 18 November 2010 02:32 (thirteen years ago) link
Well, I did say that the interface was a bit unpolished!
― J, Sunday, 21 November 2010 01:34 (thirteen years ago) link
Got a color nook for my birthday. So stoked. I've had a few days to play with it and love the hell out of it so far. Needs a wider selection, but I'm not exactly wanting. One of the highlights of this is going to be reading magazines again - don't have to carry a floppy, dog-eared thing around in my bag all day, don't have to remember to dig it out and recycle it after it's been sitting in there for two months and I'm totally done with it. Once again, the magazine selection is pretty slight, but I'm hoping it'll get better.
Has anyone bought a copy of Infinite Jest for ereader? I'm wondering how they handle the endnotes.
― Avatar: The Last SBanner (kkvgz), Friday, 26 November 2010 23:54 (thirteen years ago) link
Found this exactly.
― Lostandfound, Saturday, 27 November 2010 04:20 (thirteen years ago) link
Someone remind me and I'll post the photo from last Christmas with my Dad, a kindle, and a puppy.
― Crazed Mister Handy (kingfish), Saturday, 27 November 2010 05:28 (thirteen years ago) link
Just ordered one of these for my mom for her birthday next weekend. I think she's going to love it.
― Tub Girl Time Machine (Phil D.), Saturday, 27 November 2010 14:53 (thirteen years ago) link
i'm totally attached to mine
Been on vacay all week and it is the BEST for that
― shirley summistake (s1ocki), Saturday, 27 November 2010 15:37 (thirteen years ago) link
this seemed like a thoughtful review from someone who shares my views about books
http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2010/12/open-mike-mike-does-kindle.html
― dayo, Tuesday, 14 December 2010 03:04 (thirteen years ago) link
love my kindle but am having a hard time deciding when i should get a "meat" book or a "kindle" book
like its obv great for trashy beach reading type stuff im embarrassed to have around anyway, but what about stuff that's actually good?
― tickle me imo (s1ocki), Tuesday, 14 December 2010 05:31 (thirteen years ago) link
dear someone, please invent a kindle/non-apple ipad thing that combines kindle books, pdfs (and all other text/ebook files) + the instapaper site to create one unbeatable magazine/book reading machine.
still eagerly awaiting a kind of extension of a site like rocksbackpages to allow me to buy e-reader-ready articles from magazines across the globe.
ooh update, just looked at instapaper site in more depth and they have a kindle/mobi button that converts all articles to text for reading on there (files transferable by usb or wirelessly with a surcharge). getting v tempted now but im still holding out for a version with colour images and basic web browsing for trawling guardian/nytimes etc for articles.
― NI, Tuesday, 14 December 2010 10:16 (thirteen years ago) link
New Nook? I know it's US-only but it's probably closest to what you're after.
― gay Air New Zealand flight attendant Will Coxhead (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 14 December 2010 10:18 (thirteen years ago) link
ty for the link dayo, the typesetting issue is the one that concerns me most tbh
― cozen, Tuesday, 14 December 2010 10:19 (thirteen years ago) link
yuh that poem layout looked really awful :(
― dayo, Tuesday, 14 December 2010 10:21 (thirteen years ago) link
cheers AA, i'll keep an eye on that, actually sounds perfect!
― NI, Tuesday, 14 December 2010 10:23 (thirteen years ago) link
the kindle basically does everything u want (u can use "calibre" to convert any other format of file) except colour. but for that you need an LCD/LED screen - e-ink is one of the nicest things about the kinds. so easy on the ol' eyes.
― tickle me imo (s1ocki), Tuesday, 14 December 2010 13:29 (thirteen years ago) link
can have the guardian (or the NYT, new yorker etc) 'delivered' to ur kindle over night too w/calibre
― cozen, Tuesday, 14 December 2010 13:33 (thirteen years ago) link
If you have a kindle 3, you can send stuff wirelessly to your kindle and not have to pay a surcharge (use your "free.kindle.com" email address). Works great for Instapaper, I hear.
― schwantz, Tuesday, 14 December 2010 14:35 (thirteen years ago) link
I've been reading so much more since I got my nook. This thing is great.
― Auto Mall Maniac (kkvgz), Tuesday, 14 December 2010 14:46 (thirteen years ago) link
can you browse the web on a kindle? i think i need to see this e-ink stuff vs colour lcd/led nook. damnit i would love to be able to carry tons of reading material around with me.
what's it like reading the kindle in bed? can it be dark enough not to wake a very-light-sleeping partner?
― NI, Tuesday, 14 December 2010 17:06 (thirteen years ago) link
You can browse the web, although it's not a great experience (no color, and no video/animation). The screen is reflective, so you have to turn on a reading light to use it. K3 has a cover with a built-in booklight that powers itself off the unit.
― schwantz, Tuesday, 14 December 2010 17:14 (thirteen years ago) link
― schwantz, Tuesday, December 14, 2010 9:35 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark
really?? had no idea this was a thing
― tickle me imo (s1ocki), Tuesday, 14 December 2010 17:36 (thirteen years ago) link
i think i posted on here, i got my wife the velocity cruz reader...pretty nice tablet.
― Let me explore your musky garden. (chrisv2010), Tuesday, 14 December 2010 17:38 (thirteen years ago) link
sounds like a japanese motorcycle
― tickle me imo (s1ocki), Tuesday, 14 December 2010 17:42 (thirteen years ago) link