not really, because when you run out of toilet paper the ipad is a horrible substitute
― mh, Tuesday, 31 January 2012 22:31 (twelve years ago) link
that's where apps come in
― Autumn Almanac (Schlafsack), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 22:33 (twelve years ago) link
http://gizmodo.com/5880871/maurice-sendak-fck-ebooks <-- it's reactionary week in paper land
― Autumn Almanac, Wednesday, 1 February 2012 08:14 (twelve years ago) link
I couldn't watch the video at work, so what I noticed most was the commenters' saying they had no idea who Sendack was.
― garbage corn fan (Je55e), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 19:41 (twelve years ago) link
In a way I can see why he's saying that, who would want a stupid poky grey slab in place of one of his colourful shiny lovingly detailed books? But it's horses for courses and not all books are so dependent on their specific medium.
― ledge, Wednesday, 1 February 2012 20:23 (twelve years ago) link
yeah but he doesn't really care about books he cares about colours and pictures, i don't think anyone is arguing that kindle is for add toddlers tbf
― flags post o fu (darraghmac), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 20:27 (twelve years ago) link
tbf the iPad has all kinds of child book/app content now and kids love that shit
― mh, Wednesday, 1 February 2012 20:30 (twelve years ago) link
well yeah if you bring tablets into it then rly these people are only arguing for ... paper?
― flags post o fu (darraghmac), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 20:31 (twelve years ago) link
yeah ok he's just a luddite :/
― ledge, Wednesday, 1 February 2012 20:31 (twelve years ago) link
like i get that there are things you can do with books specifically, leather and dust and gild that shit up and curly print and smell the character and *lecter f-sh-sh-sh-sh-sh* but these are all arguments for these details only, not arguments against good writing being available in a convenient electronic format.
― flags post o fu (darraghmac), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 20:36 (twelve years ago) link
it's like the paper monopolists are paying off this franzen guy
― Autumn Almanac, Wednesday, 1 February 2012 20:53 (twelve years ago) link
and this yousendak guy
he only takes payment in one-dollar bills tho
― flags post o fu (darraghmac), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 20:54 (twelve years ago) link
My Kindle is only three or four months old and there's already a permanent ink spot, about the size of a comma, in the middle of my screen. Is this common? I tried rebooting but it's still there. It's kind of distracting.
― musicfanatic, Sunday, 12 February 2012 03:54 (twelve years ago) link
Tell them! There's a warranty, and from what I've heard they're really good at replacing or discounting heavily if you're out of warranty.
― valleys of your mind (mh), Sunday, 12 February 2012 04:03 (twelve years ago) link
I had something that looked like a dead pixel on my kindle that went away after a few weeks.
― the acquisition and practice of music is unfavourable to the health of (abanana), Sunday, 12 February 2012 08:56 (twelve years ago) link
Given that e-ink is essentially pixel sized capsules of charged liquid pigments, a dead pixel is either an unfixable issue with that pixel's electromagnet behind the capsule, or some sort of mechanical issue within the capsule. Once warranty remedies are exhausted, I'd try mild warmth. Perhaps cycle the fully charged kindle on and off for a few minutes while wrapped in a warm towel from the dryer (or oven).
― Sanpaku, Sunday, 12 February 2012 17:54 (twelve years ago) link
Amazon will replace it I guarantee you
― the jazz zinger (s1ocki), Sunday, 12 February 2012 17:56 (twelve years ago) link
Given that e-ink is essentially pixel sized capsules of charged liquid pigments, a dead pixel is either an unfixable issue with that pixel's electromagnet behind the capsule, or some sort of mechanical issue within the capsule. Once warranty remedies are exhausted, I'd try mild warmth. Perhaps cycle the fully charged kindle on and off for a few minutes while wrapped in a warm towel from the dryer (or oven)
i really hope you're trying to make it fry or something
the advert for these is kind of crepey but accurate
i miss the sandbox kindle thread it was better i was on it
― desperado, rough rider (thomp), Sunday, 12 February 2012 20:03 (twelve years ago) link
i think whoever sorts out whatever licensing/hardware issues that prevent professors (or high school teachers, even) being able to go "and now i have uploaded next week's reading to your hassle-free future-kindle" with a click or two is going to be onto money
actually this is probably not true. amazon are onto a lot of money with their unpleasant stopgap technology already, i guess
― desperado, rough rider (thomp), Sunday, 12 February 2012 20:06 (twelve years ago) link
Apple's pretty well on track for that sort of their with their university program and now their textbook partnerships
― valleys of your mind (mh), Sunday, 12 February 2012 23:10 (twelve years ago) link
I haven't read a book of any sort in ages b/c my brain sort of broke. I just started reading The Hunger Games in hard cover and I have to say, I would prefer a e-book because:
- It's clumsy keeping it open; it sounds ridiculous, I know, but I get thumb cramps- I can't read it while standing on the bus or train- If I forget to carry it with me, I don't have it on iPhone
― garbage corn fan (Je55e), Sunday, 12 February 2012 23:16 (twelve years ago) link
Didn't think of telling Amazon cs since it's past its warranty, but I'll give it a shot.
― musicfanatic, Sunday, 12 February 2012 23:20 (twelve years ago) link
Looks like each pixel of the E-ink screens actually represents a large number of microcapsules (each filled with charged pigments suspended in oil).
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/54/Kindle_3_texture_%28crop%29.jpg
So in all likelyhood, a number of contiguous dead pixels (musicfanatic's "comma") represents an electrical fault rather than issues with the pigment capsules. Mild heat would do nothing.
― Sanpaku, Monday, 13 February 2012 00:00 (twelve years ago) link
yum, charred pigments suspended in oil
― the jazz zinger (s1ocki), Monday, 13 February 2012 00:01 (twelve years ago) link
whoever sorts out whatever licensing/hardware issues that prevent professors (or high school teachers, even) being able to go "and now i have uploaded next week's reading to your hassle-free future-kindle"
These guys are the current leaders in that race
― Sanpaku, Monday, 13 February 2012 02:41 (twelve years ago) link
Also (re: the discussion on cooking your Kindle), e-ink displays are pretty rugged:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiQBEPwEYMc
― Sanpaku, Monday, 13 February 2012 02:45 (twelve years ago) link
weirdly entertaining video, it's like watching a robot get tortured
― iatee, Monday, 13 February 2012 02:52 (twelve years ago) link
def
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 13 February 2012 03:21 (twelve years ago) link
The narration is very professional. Because he mentioned that the substrate was aluminized, I knew the microwave would zap it pretty well. Pretty impressive object abuse, though.
― Aimless, Monday, 13 February 2012 06:00 (twelve years ago) link
I've found that after a little while in strong sunlight the text fades a little at the edges, but comes back fine if you refresh the page
― Not only dermatologists hate her (James Morrison), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 03:16 (twelve years ago) link
btw guys if you haven't tried it yet, having your kindle read poems to you in its synthesized computer voice is oddly pleasurably unnerving
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 14 February 2012 06:03 (twelve years ago) link
http://image.gamespotcdn.net/gamespot/images/2010/special-features/atggv_2010/characters/glados/311x264/glados_311x264.jpg
― Wub wub wub wubwubwubwub wub Pzzzzzzz WUBB wubwub (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 06:50 (twelve years ago) link
it's oddly frustrating to read a long book and go pages & pages without the % changing
― 40oz of tears (Jordan), Thursday, 23 February 2012 16:05 (twelve years ago) link
Yes. Even with a short book can get disappointed when it doesn't budge.
― Can You Please POLL Out Your Window? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 23 February 2012 16:08 (twelve years ago) link
Yowza. I have no idea how many books we own. I'm going to count them when I get home.
― Jeff, Monday, January 9, 2012 12:45 PM (1 month ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I finally did this and between Carl Agatha and I, we have ~123 books. Of those, I consider 21 of them to be mine. Most of which are graphic novels. This is all on one bookshelf. We used to have three full bookshelves.
― Jeff, Thursday, 23 February 2012 16:12 (twelve years ago) link
Actually at the far end sometimes you can get to 75% and then find out, what with endnotes, acknowledgements and other stuff, that you are done.
― Can You Please POLL Out Your Window? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 23 February 2012 16:26 (twelve years ago) link
― 40oz of tears (Jordan), Thursday, February 23, 2012 10:05 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i feel like i've been 53% through daniel deronda for like a month now
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 23 February 2012 17:13 (twelve years ago) link
― Can You Please POLL Out Your Window? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, February 23, 2012 4:26 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
h8 when this happens
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 23 February 2012 18:40 (twelve years ago) link
That happens with IRL books all the time too
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Thursday, 23 February 2012 18:40 (twelve years ago) link
yeah but it's easier to flip to the back of a book and see how many real pages there are
― 40oz of tears (Jordan), Thursday, 23 February 2012 18:43 (twelve years ago) link
In Real Life books, you know the kind
― Balticskillz (admrl), Thursday, 23 February 2012 18:45 (twelve years ago) link
with a kindle, is there a way to export your notes & highlights & stuff? or is it forever tied to the digital copy?
― rayuela, Thursday, 23 February 2012 19:19 (twelve years ago) link
Have been trying to read a real-life book this week, for the first time in probably nine months. I need two hands to hold the bloody thing open, the pages keep blowing over in the wind and it's more than double the size of my Kindle. I think I have to break up with book books.
― Wub wub wub wubwubwubwub wub Pzzzzzzz WUBB wubwub (Autumn Almanac), Sunday, 26 February 2012 06:32 (twelve years ago) link
I am in hospital with a broken arm and I am so glad I have a kindle. Reading a book book would be too much like hard work.
― knocked over like the last act in Mackbeth (onimo), Sunday, 26 February 2012 20:47 (twelve years ago) link
Oh no onimo! Hope you heal quickly.
― EZ Snappin, Sunday, 26 February 2012 21:23 (twelve years ago) link
Thank you. I'm sure i'll be fine.
― knocked over like the last act in Mackbeth (onimo), Sunday, 26 February 2012 21:39 (twelve years ago) link
I miss the e-reader poll that n/a started in the sandbox. That was a fun dispute.
― garbage corn fan (Je55e), Thursday, 1 March 2012 20:14 (twelve years ago) link
Recently took an ebook out of the library and it said that the publisher would not allow you to download to your reader, you had to download it to your computer and then use your USB connection. It turned out to be a milder hassle than I thought but it was interesting to me that there 15 copies of the book and only one other had been borrowed besides mine.
― Averroes's Search Engine (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 1 March 2012 21:17 (twelve years ago) link
Since my Kindle doesn't have wifi, that's the only way I can get library books. I wonder why the restriction - maybe they're afraid pirates will snatch it out of the airwaves?
― Jaq, Thursday, 1 March 2012 21:27 (twelve years ago) link