Had some ideas for an entertaining blog entry last night, but when I sat down to write this morning, it all came out flat. So far this morning I’ve stumbled down to the kitchen, stood blinking in the darkness wondering where I was and what I was doing, grabbed two cups and some milk, made… Continue reading Writing Challenges
Category: Me
Part of the Problem
This morning I was reading reflections by a favourite writer of mine. I know what she looks like and it has, occasionally, crossed my mind to envy her slim stature. In the piece I read this morning she was talking about inexplicable, abberant behaviour and she compared it to, “…hauling off and eating a whole… Continue reading Part of the Problem
Open Letter to the Authors' Guild re: Text To Speech on the Kindle 2
I read that, in response to your complaint, Amazon is preparing to give authors and publishers the choice of whether to offer their books with text-to-speech. Fine. But I’m writing to ask you to encourage your members to tell their publishers to say ‘yes’. I understand the contract issues and the rights issues. I understand… Continue reading Open Letter to the Authors' Guild re: Text To Speech on the Kindle 2
Hi-Tech Snow Day
My six year old and my almost-four year old are lying, one in the top bunk one int he bottom, sending messages to each other on two Nintendo DSs. The eldest drew a head and sent it to his brother, who added a body and sent it back…. Remember when we used to do that… Continue reading Hi-Tech Snow Day
Kindle 2 Text-To-Speech
…The Author’s Guild should consider that as the Kindle 2’s text-to-speech technology advances, it might just be that it gets people MORE used to listening to their books, and increases demand for high quality audio books.
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Calibre eBook Management Software
Oo, I’ve been using Mobipocket to convert my ebooks, but I’ve just discovered Calibre and I think I love it. It is a little program that helps you manage your ebook library, much the way programs like MusicMatch Jukebox (used to) and iTunes (allegedly) help you organize your music. It converts files to the right… Continue reading Calibre eBook Management Software
Create Your Own Kindle eBooks
If you have PDFs, HTML docs, word processor documents that you’d like to carry around on your Kindle, you can either pay 10c a doc to have Amazon convert and email them to your Kindle OR you can use this handy, free method.
I (Heart) Faces Blog
This is an interesting blog. It is called I (Heart) Faces and is dedicated to the art of photographing faces. Each week they host a contest on a particular theme. People post pictures on their own blogs, then submit a link to the I (Heart) Faces website (usually between Monday and Wednesday). I also like… Continue reading I (Heart) Faces Blog
Triskaidekaphobia
This word is floating around a lot today, because the fear of the number 13 is built into our history, and that is the definition of that lovely word. I first became aware of this word about 14 years ago. I was living in Somerville MA, and walking through Harvard Yard most days (to eat,… Continue reading Triskaidekaphobia