tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post5937773723483122465..comments2024-03-26T10:02:32.848-04:00Comments on The Adventures of Roberta X: KindledRoberta Xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-44401447983463967272011-11-26T12:24:14.806-05:002011-11-26T12:24:14.806-05:00Typing in "waterproof k" on Amazon got m...Typing in "waterproof k" on Amazon got me "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_c_3_12?url=search-alias%3Dsporting&field-keywords=waterproof+kindle+case&x=0&y=0&sprefix=waterproof+k" rel="nofollow">Amazon.com: waterproof kindle case: Sports & Outdoors</a>" in Sports and Outdoors", some of which will allow you to use the device dryly, which is not necessarily related to snarkily.Dranghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08082177597135236652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-31114512208460823352011-11-26T11:31:30.331-05:002011-11-26T11:31:30.331-05:00"and you shouldn't read them in the batht..."and you shouldn't read them in the bathtub."<br /><br />Maybe not the fire, but the original Kindle was designed for the bath. I spent a good chunk of last vacation reading the kindle in the pool, just stick in a good ziploc and it runs for literally days and you can read until you get supremely pruny. And unlike a book, you can let it sit in the water as you read.oghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07551049745184408924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-5288443995289609192011-11-26T08:46:56.783-05:002011-11-26T08:46:56.783-05:00Les, printing on demand is where it's at for p...Les, printing on demand is where it's at for publishing -- and will improve efficiency. I don't think physical books will fade away, this isn't even a film vs. digital thing. It's too hard to make notes in an e-book, among other things, and you shouldn't read them in the bathtub.Roberta Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-80246245529455604452011-11-26T08:44:47.927-05:002011-11-26T08:44:47.927-05:00Yes, there;s a code trainer. Called "Deluxe ...Yes, there;s a code trainer. Called "Deluxe Morse Code Attack" (?!), it's in the form of a game. It teaches letters, numbers, punctuation and words, presenting four choices while (or after, at higher levels) playing the letter, number, symbol or word. It runs from very slow up through at least 35 wpm. Above 20 wpm, there is very occasionally a stutter, at least on my Kindle Fire; this is no problem in a word drill but it has tripped me up on single characters. 20 words a minute is pretty fast code speed, though.<br /><br /> I think it is a good trainer.Roberta Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-18653800803358349182011-11-25T23:38:36.876-05:002011-11-25T23:38:36.876-05:00Kindly tell me about this Morse code trainer. It ...Kindly tell me about this Morse code trainer. It runs on a Kindle?Adaptivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08133961316281355039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-5549546651204166352011-11-25T16:05:39.541-05:002011-11-25T16:05:39.541-05:00However, there's been a disturbing trend with ...However, there's been a disturbing trend with the e-readers. It's beginning to look like that, within a few years, the Printing Presses will be shut down, and the paper book format as we know it will fade away to a Speciality Niche Market. Kinda like the fact that a lot of new music is out there only on the Web, and there is no physical media for it at all. <br /><br /> Not saying that it's going to happen overnight, but now I know what a monk who spent all his life working on Illuminated Manuscripts felt like when he saw a shipment of Gutenburg Bibles show up.<br /><br />Excuse me, but I think there's some kids on my lawn. Now where did I put my Garand....Bubblehead Les.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00730873284089958084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-11673536516440170612011-11-25T11:26:12.646-05:002011-11-25T11:26:12.646-05:00Sounds like you got a Fire, aka "media delive...Sounds like you got a Fire, aka "media delivery device". It finally takes Kindle where it needs to be with ability to support full color graphics. That's the one shortcoming of the earlier Kindles. For those who don't need a full-blown tablet like an iPad, it is a definite must-have. You probably never thought you could read more, but now you will! <br /><br />And, should you be interested, you can find all of my books in Kindle ebook editions. Hint-hint.Ed Rasimushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13667325554289268659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-68756243110870441212011-11-25T10:55:43.728-05:002011-11-25T10:55:43.728-05:00A book is not paper or data, but words. I want the...A book is not paper or data, but words. I want the words in the format that is most appropriate for me, at the time. The kindle does what i want it to do, and does it remarkably well- the E ink is perfection. <br /><br />I can have an entire reference library in my coat pocket, all the time, everywhere i go, and the vast majority of what I desire for Kindle is free.oghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07551049745184408924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-64496119846606981982011-11-25T09:14:28.632-05:002011-11-25T09:14:28.632-05:00I bought one of the original Nooks not because it ...I bought one of the original Nooks not because it replaces a book, but because it replaces a bookshelf. A big one. Plus I really prefer reading on the e-ink display. Reading for more than a half hour on a color display is uncomfortable for me.<br /><br />I've wanted something like this for a portable reference library for a long time. It beats lugging around a sample case full of books, and the text search is better than the index in many books.<br /><br />I just wish the Nook did a better job of rendering PDFs. I can get a lot of material in PDF (including the ARRL Handbook) that I can't get in ePub. But PDF files assume a particular page format and don't lend themselves to reformatting.Dave Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04813274491601970838noreply@blogger.com