I have been using the REB1100 to read ebooks for years, and have recently purchased 2 ebookwise-1150 models for myself and my girlfriend. They are priceless! For the reb1100, I used the rbmake tools in Linux and the old rocketlibrarian in windows. Other shave posted links to rbmake.
Now, the ebookwise-1150 has a number of advantages over the REB1100. The battery life isn't quite as good, but it makes up for it in features. The interface is a little nicer, and the book won't lose your place if you keep reading past the "warning, battery low" message. There are other small things I like about it. Overall, I would highly recommend the ebookwise-1150. It contains all the good of the REB1100 and adds a polished interface and upgradeable firmware (this is VERY important).
Now, you can hook it up to your computer with a USB coord and, without even having to register your ebookwise, load books onto it with the "GEB eBook Librarian" (http://www.breeno.org/eBook/). Otherwise known as "ebookwise librarian", this little piece of software can convert many different formats into the ebookwise ".imp" format: txt,html,rtf,doc,etc (including those documents that contain images and hyperlinks). It also becomes the "online bookshelf" you log into from your ebookwise device, from which you will download the books themselves. There is a $15 registration fee but it is well worth it. There's also a shareware/demo version so you can try it out free. Note that unless you have a smartmedia card for your ebookwise, you won't be able to use it in Linux. This is a very small price to pay, imo.
After reading this post, I searched for a couple of Firefox plugins, one of which is called Adblock. It is extremely useful. Why isn't this plugin integrated into the default install of Firefox? It should be a base feature of any real web browser.
Adblock is extremely convenient to use. Just click on the Adblock button on the status bar and a window pops up allowing you to select image URLs within the current page to block, allowing wildcards. As you scroll through images, it highlights the image you've selected on the webpage for convenience.
using apt is one way of simplifying the installation process of mplayer. just edit/etc/apt/sources.list and (after searching through the unofficial apt sources web site for the mplayer distribution site), add the entry for mplayer. the unofficial site has frequently updated compiled versions of mplayer with up-to-date versions of all its dependencies. all the options are compiled in by default, including lirc, divx, DVD support, mpeg support, all that.
if you still like compiling and configuring such things, apt-get source....
This is a fairly big move for debian. Debian developers are devoted to producing *stable* packages (unlike a certain other distro). I've seen using debian XF4 debs forever, and have seen them mature into what they currently are, which is, to say the least, very imperssive. Plus, people are always happy to see when something new is implemented into their favorite distro (*high 5 to all the unstable debian users out there;)
P.S. All flames go to/dev/null as I don't check that email address.
The problem i see with this system is that while some of us use usenet on a daily basis, others just "visit" occasionally. Surely, NNTP has developed into something exceptional, as a protocol, at least, and using it can be a very fruitful experience... however, I see some problems with what you suggest: 1. A lot of people who access slashdot do it with a browser, and they use a browser to get most of the info they get off the internet (ok, ok, that's a lot of us, but still).
2. Most people like to seamlessly surf the web. Personally, i dont like having to cut/paste URL's from a news server into my web client. You surf to slashdot, surf somewhere else, etc, without opening any new netscape windows (or xterms, for those rtin folks:)
here are some suggestions:
a web nntp portal for slashdot users, where there could be an s.headlines, s.redhat, s.debian, etc, etc, etc and they're shared between the web server and nntp server. Posts can be made to either one and while the posts won't be moderated from the nntp server (except with filtering software) they can still be moderated on the web server, as most people will access it. the NNTP server could run as login (using your slashdot username/password) or if anonymous, any posts are made as anonymous coward)
here are some problems with this idea:
1. an extra box for rob to set up as the nntp server. this web server is already taking a pretty heavly load, as i've been getting some weird server errors which quickly go away when hitting the reload button. rob, wanna shell out more cash?
2. do you know the signal to noise ratio on nntp servers? be it regular nntp or a private slashdot.org server, there are those pesky porn bots, warez kiddies, script kiddies, who just love to SPAM SPAM SPAM.
Still, its not a very bad idea, with some changes.
although Babylon 5's 5th season was pretty crappy to say the least, there were some nice B5 movies which i did like. The latest one, a call to arms, has paved the way for A NEW SHOW with Sheridan and some of the other members of the old crew, and even some new ones. psst, watch the movie!
South Park was DEFINITELY the very, very best show of 1998!@!@ it rocked!!! it made me laugh my ass off!!! and its available for dowload on the internet WITH, dare i say it, a load of cool games. My favorite character is definetly Kenny. He reminds me of furby, especially of that online 'kill the furby' game:)
It seems like you haven't been on Slashdot enough. First, the footer fits in perfectly in the context of this question, second there are things Microsoft is good at (yes, I admit it) but... this domination of different markets has gone on long enough. It's like Microsoft has brainwashed their employees to code in a proprietary, single-platform, manner. Who needs them? Third of all, i don't know how old the people who run Slashdot are, but I can tell you, they aren't businessmen, they didn't start this site so that professionals were the only ones able to post their ideas. this site is for EVERYONE, and its scope is anything and everything technological.
Slashdot Mirror
I have been using the REB1100 to read ebooks for years, and have recently purchased 2 ebookwise-1150 models for myself and my girlfriend. They are priceless! For the reb1100, I used the rbmake tools in Linux and the old rocketlibrarian in windows. Other shave posted links to rbmake.
Now, the ebookwise-1150 has a number of advantages over the REB1100. The battery life isn't quite as good, but it makes up for it in features. The interface is a little nicer, and the book won't lose your place if you keep reading past the "warning, battery low" message. There are other small things I like about it. Overall, I would highly recommend the ebookwise-1150. It contains all the good of the REB1100 and adds a polished interface and upgradeable firmware (this is VERY important).
Now, you can hook it up to your computer with a USB coord and, without even having to register your ebookwise, load books onto it with the "GEB eBook Librarian" (http://www.breeno.org/eBook/). Otherwise known as "ebookwise librarian", this little piece of software can convert many different formats into the ebookwise ".imp" format: txt,html,rtf,doc,etc (including those documents that contain images and hyperlinks). It also becomes the "online bookshelf" you log into from your ebookwise device, from which you will download the books themselves. There is a $15 registration fee but it is well worth it. There's also a shareware/demo version so you can try it out free. Note that unless you have a smartmedia card for your ebookwise, you won't be able to use it in Linux. This is a very small price to pay, imo.
Any more questions, send me an email.
- Eugene
See my reply to the parent post.
After reading this post, I searched for a couple of Firefox plugins, one of which is called Adblock. It is extremely useful. Why isn't this plugin integrated into the default install of Firefox? It should be a base feature of any real web browser.
Adblock is extremely convenient to use. Just click on the Adblock button on the status bar and a window pops up allowing you to select image URLs within the current page to block, allowing wildcards. As you scroll through images, it highlights the image you've selected on the webpage for convenience.
using apt is one way of simplifying the installation process of mplayer. just edit /etc/apt/sources.list and (after searching through the unofficial apt sources web site for the mplayer distribution site), add the entry for mplayer. the unofficial site has frequently updated compiled versions of mplayer with up-to-date versions of all its dependencies. all the options are compiled in by default, including lirc, divx, DVD support, mpeg support, all that.
....
if you still like compiling and configuring such things, apt-get source
whooo! go debian!
This is a fairly big move for debian. Debian developers are devoted to producing *stable* packages (unlike a certain other distro). I've seen using debian XF4 debs forever, and have seen them mature into what they currently are, which is, to say the least, very imperssive. Plus, people are always happy to see when something new is implemented into their favorite distro (*high 5 to all the unstable debian users out there ;)
/dev/null as I don't check that email address.
P.S. All flames go to
The problem i see with this system is that while
:)
some of us use usenet on a daily basis, others
just "visit" occasionally. Surely, NNTP has
developed into something exceptional, as a protocol, at least, and using it can be a very fruitful experience... however, I see some problems with what you suggest:
1. A lot of people who access slashdot do it with a browser, and they use a browser to get most of the info they get off the internet (ok, ok, that's a lot of us, but still).
2. Most people like to seamlessly surf the web. Personally, i dont like having to cut/paste URL's from a news server into my web client. You surf to slashdot, surf somewhere else, etc, without opening any new netscape windows (or xterms, for those rtin folks
here are some suggestions:
a web nntp portal for slashdot users,
where there could be an s.headlines, s.redhat, s.debian, etc, etc, etc and they're shared between the web server and nntp server. Posts can be made to either one and while the posts won't be moderated from the nntp server (except with filtering software) they can still be moderated on the web server, as most people will access it.
the NNTP server could run as login (using your slashdot username/password) or if anonymous, any posts are made as anonymous coward)
here are some problems with this idea:
1. an extra box for rob to set up as the nntp server. this web server is already taking a pretty heavly load, as i've been getting some weird server errors which quickly go away when hitting the reload button. rob, wanna shell out more cash?
2. do you know the signal to noise ratio on nntp servers? be it regular nntp or a private slashdot.org server, there are those pesky porn bots, warez kiddies, script kiddies, who just love to SPAM SPAM SPAM.
Still, its not a very bad idea, with some changes.
User limit has been reached at www.lokisoft.com
although Babylon 5's 5th season was pretty crappy
:)
to say the least, there were some nice B5 movies
which i did like. The latest one, a call to arms, has paved the way for A NEW SHOW with Sheridan and some of the other members of the old crew, and even some new ones. psst, watch the movie!
South Park was DEFINITELY the very, very best show of 1998!@!@ it rocked!!! it made me laugh my ass off!!! and its available for dowload on the internet WITH, dare i say it, a load of cool games. My favorite character is definetly Kenny.
He reminds me of furby, especially of that online
'kill the furby' game
It seems like you haven't been on Slashdot
enough. First, the footer fits in perfectly
in the context of this question, second there
are things Microsoft is good at (yes, I admit it)
but... this domination of different markets
has gone on long enough. It's like Microsoft
has brainwashed their employees to code in
a proprietary, single-platform, manner. Who
needs them? Third of all, i don't know how old
the people who run Slashdot are, but I can tell
you, they aren't businessmen, they didn't start
this site so that professionals were the only
ones able to post their ideas. this site is
for EVERYONE, and its scope is anything and
everything technological.
Basically, don't be a smart ass
Now this is what i call classic literature!