first thoughts on the kindle 2

On December 27, 2009, in books, iPod/iPhone, web/tech, by jazzmetalman

It’s been now two days since I received my Kindle 2, Amazon’s eBook reader. It’s early days, but I am extremely happy with it so far. These are the really pleasing attributes of the Kindle 2 (International Version): The speed of the transfer from the Kindle Store to the device The management of titles on [...]

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come in kindle

On November 29, 2009, in books, life, by jazzmetalman

Tomorrow should see the delivery of our new Kindles, one each for my wife and I. I have internally debated whether I should acquire one, with the competition being the long rumoured Apple tablet, as I was really keen to see what Apple would do. The debate was finalised when the rumours began declaring that [...]

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make an audio book from any text source

On November 23, 2009, in books, iPod/iPhone, mac, web/tech, by jazzmetalman

I was reading a blog that I regularly visit yesterday and stumbled upon instructions for creating audio books from any type of text file. It was so awesome that I put it out on Twitter early today and have been requested to “fill in the blanks”. First and foremost, credit goes to Rick Mansfield and [...]

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an open view of things – part 1

On November 21, 2009, in books, sport, by jazzmetalman

A couple of days ago I started reading Andre Agassi’s autobiography Open. It’s really well written and so far I am about half way through the book – he has been dating Brooke Shields and just won the 1995 Australian Open, so I haven’t read the confessions of his drug taking yet, but I have [...]

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everybody wants to go to heaven

On September 22, 2008, in books, faith, music, by jazzmetalman

This is not what you think it is. A great book by David Crowder – dealing with bluegrass, spirituality and death not being the ultimate bummer.

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