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Free Kindle screensaver: “Watership Down” word clouds
Tim wrote in with a request: “I would love to have a screen from the book ‘Watership Down.’” Done! I’m not a great rabbit artist, so I included several different versions sans rabbit in case anyone else wants to take … Continue reading
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Tagged childhood, children, classics, kids, kindle, literary, literature, rabbits, screens, screensavers, text, watership down, word clouds, wordle
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Free screensavers: Cthulhu Wordle madness!
As I’m sure you know, every passing year brings us closer to the day when the Great Old Ones reclaim this world, and perhaps the most beloved GOO of all is good ol’ Cthulhu. Watch out for his flabby claws! … Continue reading
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Tagged cthulhu, horror, kindle, lovecraft, miskatonic, screens, screensavers, weird, wordle
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Free screens: subway maps of major cities
Fellow Kindle owner Parker Higgins just sent me a note about some Kindle transit map screensavers he created, and after I slapped myself in the head for not coming up with the idea first, I quickly downloaded them for my … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon, free, kindle, maps, screens, screensavers, subways, transit maps
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Classic Scrooge illustrations for your Kindle
Is there any Christmas tale more famous, or more horrifying, than Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol”? Poor Ebenezer! In the course of one long night, a productive and upstanding member of society is driven mad by the relentless torments of the … Continue reading
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Tagged christmas, free, holiday, kindle, screens, screensavers, scrooge
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Use virtual bookplates to help recover a lost Kindle
It’s not a bad idea to put your contact info on your Kindle, in the event that you misplace it and a Good Samaritan happens along. There’s a built-in spot for this information under Settings, but a stranger might not … Continue reading
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Tagged customizing, how to, kindle, lost, personalizing, recovering, screens, screensavers
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A beginner’s guide to making custom screensaver images
There’s no reason, other than lack of time or interest, that you can’t put your own custom images on your Kindle. The “hard” part is hacking your Kindle in the first place (although that’s a fairly easy task too). After … Continue reading
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Tagged custom images, guidelines, how to, how to use, kindle, make your own, picnik, screens, screensavers, tutorials
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Halloween screensavers for your Kindle
Raargh! Blaaarrrh! Slurp! And then whatever sound a pumpkin monster makes–something squishy, I imagine. Here are several spoooky screensaver images for your enjoyment. In general, I tried to use darker shades to better suit the theme, but that means they … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon, black cat, frankenstein, free, hacks, halloween, haunted house, jack-o-lantern, kindle, monsters, pumpkin, scary, screen savers, screens, screensavers, spooky, vampire, werewolf
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Amazon's new Kindle ad makes me feel weird about owning a Kindle
Have you seen the new Kindle spot yet? At first I thought it was made by a fan, or that it was one of the entries submitted for Amazon’s “create a Kindle ad” contest that ran last month. Not because … Continue reading →