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Comment on Rupert Murdoch Says Google Is Stealing His Content | Slashdot by david

david — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:18:18 +0000

Hi, as far as I recall the blog is currently using all of the default options that come with the theme – Atahualpa – cheers

Comment on Rupert Murdoch Says Google Is Stealing His Content | Slashdot by Farmville User Guide

Farmville User Guide — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 22:57:58 +0000

Hello. This is kind of an “unconventional” question , but have other visitors asked you how get the menu bar to look like you’ve got it? I also have a blog and am really looking to alter around the theme, however am scared to death to mess with it for fear of the search engines punishing me. I am very new to all of this …so i am just not positive exactly how to try to to it all yet. I’ll just keep working on it one day at a time Thanks for any help you can offer here.

Comment on RIP: A remix Manifesto 2.0 by Grand Rapids Nightclub DJ

Grand Rapids Nightclub DJ — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:53:17 +0000

Keep this comin’

Comment on eBook story | Fast Company by amazon affiliate internet online marketing advertising

amazon affiliate internet online marketing advertising — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:31:57 +0000

hahaha the end is so cool 5 stars

Comment on eBook story | Fast Company by david

david — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 03:26:58 +0000

Nice comments on the Kindle, sounds a bit like a sales pitch to me which makes me wonder if there is a little industry in seeking out blog posts about stuff and responding with promotional posts. So a review that might approach something like a Kindle from one angle can be “balanced” by the blog replies. Would people get paid for that?

Comment on eBook story | Fast Company by Anderson Dawn

Anderson Dawn — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 03:13:59 +0000

I am surprised at how easy it is to operate my Kindle.

I still smile at being able to set it down to deal with life’s little issues and not worry about finding my page again. I no longer worry about setting my book upside down to hold my page and ruining the spine when I go to answer the phone. I can set the Kindle down and do what I need to do then come back to my page.

If I have to leave the Kindle sitting idle for an extended period of time it shuts itself off to save on battery life so all I have to do when I come back is turn it on and there is the page I was reading.

And navigating is very easy as well. I actually enjoy browsing all the different books in the Kindle store and searching books by type, title or author.

As they say “good things come in small packages”, well this is one GREAT small package. The Kindle solves my problem of saving space and weight in an RV. Now I have my library in a small package that weighs just over 10 ounces!

Thank you for such a smart and useful product.

Comment on 5 minutes with Kindle by david

david — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 05:20:34 +0000

I think you missed the point of this post pretty completely, perhaps less time reading a kindle and more time actually paying attention to the the issues I raised. Certainly you are saving money on your book purchases but where does the money you do spend, including the cost of the kindle, go? I have seem evidence that “publishers” are already exploiting their marketing clout to pay less to writers while they continue to profit from their reductions in cost vis-a-vis the eBook. Kindle is not a technology we need nor is it one that we have to have, it is simple another way of commodifying our culture with the usual capital advantage to the big end of town sold as user convenience to the general public.

(edit) In one way I don’t have a problem with the idea or the technology, in fact if you can show me a kindle that 1. is 100% recyclable, that contains no toxic chemicals, has the same life expectancy as a common variety paperback and doesn’t cost me anything more than I pay now for second hand or give away books then I might be interested but given those considerations no product developer is ever going to see a future market. However early adopters who pay a premium to be the first to have something help to subsidise the development model, your choice and not mine. Personally I think there are plenty of other pressing issues for humanity to address before we start devouring another piece of culture for the sake of a quick buck.

Comment on 5 minutes with Kindle by Al

Al — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 05:07:26 +0000

“In short, don’t buy one unless you are the kind of person whose life is measured by the date of manufacture on your latest toy. It might be almost as good as reading a book but then we already have books for reading so if you want to read a book, go and beg, borrow or buy one and start reading. Simple.”
No, don’t buy one unless
- You like having a whole bunch of reading options (including web content) immediately accessible wherever you are.
- You like to be able to search books. For example I’m currently going through all the Tyrion chapters from the George RR Martin novels. Much easier than lugging all the novels around and manually searching.
- You like to pay less than half price for books (in Australia at least). My monthly book spend has gone from $200 to less than $100. Kindle pays for itself.

Myself (a techie) and my wife (not a techie) both use our Kindles constantly and instinctively. We get more reading done, and enjoy it more. That should tell you all you need to know about the Kindle and other eReaders.

Comment on The Greens in the ACT by david

david — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:01:41 +0000

You might try the Riot-act
http://the-riotact.com/?s=Greens+ACT+Elections

or the Greens
http://act.greens.org.au/

Comment on The Greens in the ACT by Whedgedox

Whedgedox — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:18:58 +0000

Hello.
more links for that topic?
And Bye.