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> <channel><title>Sven Welzel - blog.sven.co.za - www.svenwelzel.com &#187; kindle</title> <atom:link href="http://blog.sven.co.za/tag/kindle/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://blog.sven.co.za</link> <description>The Blog of Sven Welzel</description> <lastBuildDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 09:13:45 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1</generator> <item><title>Your Kindle, PDFs, EPUBs, file and format conversion and you</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/09/28/your-kindle-pdfs-epubs-and-you/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/09/28/your-kindle-pdfs-epubs-and-you/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2010 06:24:02 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Did you know]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sysadmin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[azw]]></category> <category><![CDATA[books]]></category> <category><![CDATA[calibre]]></category> <category><![CDATA[conversion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ebook]]></category> <category><![CDATA[epub]]></category> <category><![CDATA[format]]></category> <category><![CDATA[kindle]]></category> <category><![CDATA[mobipocker]]></category> <category><![CDATA[nook]]></category> <category><![CDATA[pdf]]></category> <category><![CDATA[reader]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=994</guid> <description><![CDATA[There are two irritations when it comes to the Kindle. First of those is  your collection of PDFs you bought or own that you&#8217;d like to read as a &#8216;book&#8217; on the Kindle (without going through the whole long USER@[free.]kindle.com) email and Whispernet delivery process. The other is the EPUB Sony Book reader format files [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/09/28/your-kindle-pdfs-epubs-and-you/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Kindle Firmware upgrades</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/07/25/kindle-firmware-upgrades/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/07/25/kindle-firmware-upgrades/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 25 Jul 2010 13:43:32 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Did you know]]></category> <category><![CDATA[mobile]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Other]]></category> <category><![CDATA[security]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sysadmin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[collections]]></category> <category><![CDATA[facebook]]></category> <category><![CDATA[firmware]]></category> <category><![CDATA[fonts]]></category> <category><![CDATA[kindle]]></category> <category><![CDATA[password]]></category> <category><![CDATA[pdf]]></category> <category><![CDATA[twitter]]></category> <category><![CDATA[upgrade]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=965</guid> <description><![CDATA[Remember to upgrade your Kindle from Amazon &#8211; there&#8217;s a new firmware upgrade available, taking the system to version 2.5.2 (24.3MB &#8211; you may want to transfer via USB&#8230;)Updates include: PDF Pan and Zoom (finally) &#8212; you can zoom into small print! Collections &#8211; to group books and documents by topic or type (not just [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/07/25/kindle-firmware-upgrades/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Kindle DX International now out</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/02/23/kindle-dx-international-now-out/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/02/23/kindle-dx-international-now-out/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 06:50:11 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Did you know]]></category> <category><![CDATA[amazon]]></category> <category><![CDATA[DX]]></category> <category><![CDATA[international]]></category> <category><![CDATA[kindle]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=469</guid> <description><![CDATA[Yes, yes &#8211; you knew that already. At 546g (250g more than the 6&#8243; Kindle International) it&#8217;s still less than the 730g the iPad from Apple weighs in at. Half the weight of a netbook&#8230; The Kindle International DX (KIDX from now on) doesn&#8217;t have the left-hand side page-turn button (no big worries if you&#8217;re [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/02/23/kindle-dx-international-now-out/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Kindle Easter Eggs</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2009/12/23/kindle-easter-eggs/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2009/12/23/kindle-easter-eggs/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:32:49 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Did you know]]></category> <category><![CDATA[easter egg]]></category> <category><![CDATA[kindle]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=401</guid> <description><![CDATA[Igor Skochinsky at Reverse Everything has some fun Easter Eggs for the Kindle (tested them on the Kindle International Edition). All the below is Igor&#8217;s work and time and effort. From the Home Screen: Alt-Shift-M Minesweeper Alt-Z rescan picture directories Alt-T show time Alt-Shift-R reboot Kindle Alt-Shift-. restart GUI Alt-Shift-G make screenshot due to an [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2009/12/23/kindle-easter-eggs/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Kindle format &#8220;cracked open&#8221;</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2009/12/23/kindle-format-cracked-open/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2009/12/23/kindle-format-cracked-open/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:05:13 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Did you know]]></category> <category><![CDATA[format]]></category> <category><![CDATA[kindle]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=395</guid> <description><![CDATA[So the Kindle format conversion from .azw to OTHER format was already something out there in Python some time ago, now it&#8217;s hit the news again. 828 lines of Python (posted 16hrs ago) thwarte the Kindle&#8217;s proprietary format (allegedly) to switch to the .mobi format. Seems that the new approach does not require the Kindle&#8217;s [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2009/12/23/kindle-format-cracked-open/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Kindle International Version now with Screen Rotation</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2009/11/29/kindle-international-version-now-with-screen-rotation/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2009/11/29/kindle-international-version-now-with-screen-rotation/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 07:10:22 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Did you know]]></category> <category><![CDATA[kindle]]></category> <category><![CDATA[updates]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=320</guid> <description><![CDATA[As you probably know already, a quiet version upgrade of the Kindle 2 has resulted in new functionality for the aA key &#8211; Screen Rotation is now an option, through a full 360°! And web browsing on Wikipedia and Amazon work (though a Wikipedia page on Bumble Bees draws 158kB &#8211; which is the size [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2009/11/29/kindle-international-version-now-with-screen-rotation/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
