Daily Archives: June 25, 2011

June 25, 2011

The Eternal Techmeme Circle Jerk

Ah, Techmeme! Despite the fact that video has been making the rounds for weeks and even I have used bits of it (here and here and, significantly, here), only today does it hit Techmeme’s Radar of Circle Jerking. And it’s … Continue reading →

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June 25, 2011

Movie: The Adjustment Bureau

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June 25, 2011

Movie: Svinalangorna (Beyond)

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June 25, 2011

It’s Time To Dump Adobe eBook DRM

Do any of you understand the contortions two of the major eBook players undergo in order to avoid Adobe DRM? Kobo’s eReader does not download an ePub file to the device. It downloads a file into an SQLite database. Barnes … Continue reading →

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Filed under Apple: The Company, Barnes & Noble Nook, Digital Overthrow, Friction, Kobo Reader, Sony Reader

June 25, 2011

Photo: Kobo Touch Versus Nook Touch

Click = big Man, that Nook is just so fugly next to that Kobo. Photo is from here. Even though he won’t let people use the Flickr Blog Publish feature, he still allows downloading. So, downloading to me = go … Continue reading →

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June 25, 2011

Nook Touch Rooting: June 25th News

Note: All Nook Touch rooting news of this day will be consolidated into this single post, with any updates at the end. The four permanent essential posts: Nook Simple Touch Root & Setup Script Kit [N2E] TouchNooter 1.6.22 Nook Devs … Continue reading →

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Filed under B&N Nook Touch Rooting

June 25, 2011

Gas Drops In Price Again!

Photo taken today, Saturday June 25, 2011: The last time I was by that station, June 4th, it was $4.39.

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Filed under Collapse, Pottersville

June 25, 2011

Kindle 3 In The Wild

Photo taken today, Saturday June 25, 2011: Blurtastic surreptitious photo taken at an ungodly hour this morning at the Staten Island Ferry Terminal. When I first noticed it, I thought he had an LCD device. The damn screen was glowing. … Continue reading →

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Filed under Amazon Kindle, eInk Devices

June 25, 2011

This Is New York City

Photo taken today, Saturday June 25, 2011: South Street Seaport.

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