If the whole thing is as good as the first ten minutes, I'm in. The actors for fine (Scotty is excellent) and it's leagues better than the crap JJ Abrams is putting out.
I love calibre for it's tools, but prefer how iTunes or XBMC handle my media collections. With iTunes (OS X) I check a box and it totally leaves management of my files alone, storing only metadata and file location in the database. It doesn't get in my way. XBMC doesn't even offer to manage my files; It builds a database of metadata only, including a link to the file in question.
I'm comfortable with a 1999 file directory hierarchy. It's easier to work with from a command line, I make sure my file/directory names aren't full of embedded spaces and parens that I detest and in general it's much more friendly to a *nix environment and scripting.
Import all your books into calibre and you'll be using Kovid's directory structure and file naming conventions unless you want to take the time to manually change everything back. After all that effort, you're pretty much locked in. Just because you can manually back everything out doesn't change that. It would be one hell of a task for a signifcant amount of books.
Calibre can't use an existing file structure. All my books are organized into a genre->author directory hierarchy and Calibre will not use it. You're forced into allowing Calibre to manage your books.
Back in the early days at mobileread.com Kovid was asked to to include an file management opt-out feature like iTunes, and he was 'meh, code it yourself'. So yes, importing a large library into Calibre is a daunting task, and you're forced to work the way it wants you to work regarding file-naming, directory structure,etc. Still, It's a must-have conversion tool for ebook users.
This was written after his first surgery, when he could no longer take food orally. He recommended having the burger with mustard, ketchup and onion only, to better savor the meat. Great essay by a wonderful writer. Great burgers too. I always order a modified Ebert, leaving off the ketchup:)
Call me when we have non-flickering 3D holograms ("Help us Obi Wan"). 10% of the population can't see these fake 3D videos, me among them. It's a fake and a sham.
If only we could start a contest where Millions of iPad and iPad2 owners play angry birds while crossing busy intersections. Surviving player with the highest score (Angry brids score + number of feet walked) wins an iPad3.
I use front-end McKesson software (a therapy charting system) on Win2K and it is absolutely horrible. It constantly locks up and the workflow is awkward, easily taking 3 or 4 times longer to chart than old-fashioned writing entries in a paper chart. One thing that constantly amuses me: on one particular screen exists a checkbox: it's label? DO NOT USE THIS CHECKBOX.
I recently discovered the joys of ebooks on my Nokia N800 tablet. I wasn't aware of the multiplicity of formats and DRM schemes. Luckily, there's Project Gutenberg and Baen, and at least some ebook DRM is easy to crack. At least now, the DRM is starting to crumble for mp3s. Will book publishers learn anything from music publishers.
"That's a good point actually. I bought the Radiohead album on their website, and the site truly sucked. They might have done better with an easier to use interface."
Bingo!
After entering a price into the web form, you're redirected to a page where you waited,waited,waited... w/o a download in sight. I don't understand why they didn't release the album into the bit torrent universe and simply put up a paypal or equiv tip jar on their site. Great album and I'd be glad to leave a reasonable tip, but jeeze, make it easy for me to do so.
Jackson leaving out the The Scouring of the Shire ruined the movies for me. Also he totally botched Frodo by choosing girly-boy Elijah Wood for the part. Frodo was a middle-aged Hobbit. Ian Holm would have been perfect.
"Children for example can be killed by low levels of exposure to nicotine - kids find cigarette buts, eat them (their toddlers right?) and end of in the emergency room suffering from nicotine poisoning."
What utter bullshit. I've worked in and around ERs since 1968 and have never seen this, heard about this or read about it in the literature.
All joking aside, consider healthcare. Good jobs an be had in respiratory therapy, nursing, physical therapy etc, with just a two year investment in school.
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If the whole thing is as good as the first ten minutes, I'm in. The actors for fine (Scotty is excellent) and it's leagues better than the crap JJ Abrams is putting out.
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I agree. Kovid's awesome and I wasn't complaining about his response.
I love calibre for it's tools, but prefer how iTunes or XBMC handle my media collections. With iTunes (OS X) I check a box and it totally leaves management of my files alone, storing only metadata and file location in the database. It doesn't get in my way. XBMC doesn't even offer to manage my files; It builds a database of metadata only, including a link to the file in question.
I'm comfortable with a 1999 file directory hierarchy. It's easier to work with from a command line, I make sure my file/directory names aren't full of embedded spaces and parens that I detest and in general it's much more friendly to a *nix environment and scripting.
Import all your books into calibre and you'll be using Kovid's directory structure and file naming conventions unless you want to take the time to manually change everything back. After all that effort, you're pretty much locked in. Just because you can manually back everything out doesn't change that. It would be one hell of a task for a signifcant amount of books.
Yes, there is a lock-in.
Calibre can't use an existing file structure. All my books are organized into a genre->author directory hierarchy and Calibre will not use it. You're forced into allowing Calibre to manage your books.
Back in the early days at mobileread.com Kovid was asked to to include an file management opt-out feature like iTunes, and he was 'meh, code it yourself'. So yes, importing a large library into Calibre is a daunting task, and you're forced to work the way it wants you to work regarding file-naming, directory structure,etc. Still, It's a must-have conversion tool for ebook users.
Home, not hope. Card is not hater/homophobe. See the Janis Ian link above.
This. Please mod up. Also sad to see Slashdot become a hope for politically correct groupthink.
He had a great love for the Steak and Shake hamburger chain, and wrote a lengthy essay about their food, available here:
http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2009/01/car_table_counter_or_takhomasa.html/
This was written after his first surgery, when he could no longer take food orally. He recommended having the burger with mustard, ketchup and onion only, to better savor the meat. Great essay by a wonderful writer. Great burgers too. I always order a modified Ebert, leaving off the ketchup :)
Call me when we have non-flickering 3D holograms ("Help us Obi Wan"). 10% of the population can't see these fake 3D videos, me among them. It's a fake and a sham.
Outsource a design to be manufactured. I'd love to buy one.
Pournelle's military fiction is wonderful, Niven's hard SF is magnificent and when writing as duo it's great entertainment.
Sygic http://goo.gl/zu0UJ
I just finished using it on a trip. Very nice and only $20. All maps are stored locally and it didn't falter once. I used it on a Galaxy Tab 7.
mod up for humor :)
(loved my Atari 800 & Franklin)
Thanks for the SF references, submitter. Soylent Green and a Star Trek TNG reference mean extra geek cred!
If only we could start a contest where Millions of iPad and iPad2 owners play angry birds while crossing busy intersections.
Surviving player with the highest score (Angry brids score + number of feet walked) wins an iPad3.
I would pay to watch it.
It could be called Angry Frogger!
That's funny :)
If I were looking, I'd look for something like this. Wifi for weeks per charge and very light. You could customize the hell out of this e-ink tablet.
I use front-end McKesson software (a therapy charting system) on Win2K and it is absolutely horrible. It constantly locks up and the workflow is awkward, easily taking 3 or 4 times longer to chart than old-fashioned writing entries in a paper chart. One thing that constantly amuses me: on one particular screen exists a checkbox: it's label? DO NOT USE THIS CHECKBOX.
I recently discovered the joys of ebooks on my Nokia N800 tablet. I wasn't aware of the multiplicity of formats and DRM schemes. Luckily, there's Project Gutenberg and Baen, and at least some ebook DRM is easy to crack. At least now, the DRM is starting to crumble for mp3s. Will book publishers learn anything from music publishers.
"That's a good point actually. I bought the Radiohead album on their website, and the site truly sucked. They might have done better with an easier to use interface."
Bingo!
After entering a price into the web form, you're redirected to a page where you waited,waited,waited... w/o a download in sight. I don't understand why they didn't release the album into the bit torrent universe and simply put up a paypal or equiv tip jar on their site. Great album and I'd be glad to leave a reasonable tip, but jeeze, make it easy for me to do so.
No, you're not.
Jackson leaving out the The Scouring of the Shire ruined the movies for me. Also he totally botched Frodo by choosing girly-boy
Elijah Wood for the part. Frodo was a middle-aged Hobbit. Ian Holm would have been perfect.
Unfortunately, it's XP/Vista only. It doesn't seem to work under Wine either.
"Children for example can be killed by low levels of exposure to nicotine - kids find cigarette buts, eat them (their toddlers right?) and end of in the emergency room suffering from nicotine poisoning."
What utter bullshit. I've worked in and around ERs since 1968 and have never seen this, heard about this or read about it in the literature.
Move along...
All joking aside, consider healthcare. Good jobs an be had in respiratory therapy, nursing, physical therapy etc, with just a two year investment in school.