Saturday, March 30, 2013

Amazon adds Whispersync for personal ebooks

Amazon adds Whispersync for personal ebooks:

By combining these features, Amazon is extending their cloud-based prowess to house users’ ebook libraries. I have a large quantity of ebooks that I’ve downloaded from non-Amazon sources. Project Gutenberg, Fictionwise, and freebies from authors are three sources that come to mind. I can now add them all to my cloud-based Kindle library, which I find pretty exciting. Via Whispersync Amazon will now back up the books for me on their servers, and also sync any notes or highlights across reading platforms (or will soon anyway, it doesn’t work quite yet on Kindle apps). Each user has 5gb of space for their personal ebook library, which is enough storage for a library of staggering size.



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Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Photos from on top of the Great Pyramid Maggie Koerth-Baker,...



Photos from on top of the Great Pyramid
Maggie Koerth-Baker, boingboing.net

The Pyra­mids of Giza close to tourists at 4:00 pm. Recent­ly, a group of Rus­sians man­aged to hide out at the site after clos­ing time and scram­ble up the Great Pyra­mid of Cheops in the fad­ing light. Nat­u­ral­ly, they took pho­tos. (Because …



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Monday, March 25, 2013

Comparison of iOS / iPhone / iPad ebook reader software on Wikipedia

Comparison of iOS / iPhone / iPad ebook reader software on Wikipedia:

How is it that only one — Bluefire Reader — allows you to export all your book highlights and notes?!



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Saturday, March 23, 2013

Acclaimed science-fiction writer Bruce Sterling will again...



Acclaimed science-fiction writer Bruce Sterling will again deliver the Closing Remarks at SXSW Interactive. Sterling’s state-of-the-industry, state-of-the-world rants are one of the true highlights of the event, so don’t miss the 2013 version (vision).



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Wednesday, March 20, 2013

"Fixing" Slow Wake for MacBook Pro w/ Retina Display

"Fixing" Slow Wake for MacBook Pro w/ Retina Display:

> After opening the lid, it pretty instantly shows the password dialog box, but that UI is a lie. In reality, what is immediately shown is a screenshot of what the screen looked like when it went to sleep. The UI, although visible, is not functional for almost 10 seconds. You can most easily tell that this is happening by watching the clock display in the upper right of the display. Right after opening the lid, it will show the incorrect time (the time when the laptop went to sleep). After 8-10 seconds, the time will become accurate and this is the signal that you can actually start typing your password to unlock the laptop.



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Tuesday, March 19, 2013

On the surface, it is simply a set of brackets that pit 64...



On the surface, it is simply a set of brackets that pit 64 different ideas, projects, discoveries and drugs against each other.

Joel Topf does it again. I have no words.

(via NephMadness)



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Sunday, March 17, 2013

Jack in Central Park. #CentralPark #NewYorkCity #NYC (at Ramble...



Jack in Central Park. #CentralPark #NewYorkCity #NYC (at Ramble Stone Arch)



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Saturday, March 16, 2013

Morning walk. #nyc #newyorkcity #dogs



Morning walk. #nyc #newyorkcity #dogs



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Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Monday, March 11, 2013

: Tsunamis, Gunshots and Black Swans

: Tsunamis, Gunshots and Black Swans:

paigeferrari:

I feel funny writing about personal things, but the anniversary of the tsunami in Japan had me thinking a lot about loss, and the unexpected events that change our lives forever. 3/11 was such an emotional event, and remembering it now touches upon an unexpected event in my own life that is a bit…



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Saturday, March 9, 2013

iPhone Home Screen.



iPhone Home Screen.



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