megan, congrats on the new laptop!
Consuela that sucks. Did you figure out the dead-screen during phone calls thing at least?
I always thought the name Serenity had a vaguely funereal sound to it.
Simon ,'Out Of Gas'
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javachik - Jan 27, 2011 4:12:26 pm PST #15984 of 25501
Our wings are not tired.
Consuela - Jan 27, 2011 8:48:34 pm PST #15985 of 25501
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Did you figure out the dead-screen during phone calls thing at least?
Nope. It's done it once or twice since. No idea why.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Jan 27, 2011 9:24:39 pm PST #15986 of 25501
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
Nice laptop, meara! I just got one with a 500 gig hard drive. I'm enjoying all the space.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Jan 27, 2011 9:31:29 pm PST #15987 of 25501
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
Toast.
I don't suppose anyone here has a Kindle/other e-reader and uses it with PDFs? I know you can drag-and-drop PDFs into it, and I'm wondering about ways to annotate them once they're there. I use the marvellous Mendeley to highlight and make notes with PDFs on my laptop. I'd be persuaded to get a Kindle if I could do something similar with a program for that.
meara - Jan 27, 2011 10:04:22 pm PST #15988 of 25501
Hmm. I have a kindle and know you can tag and make notes on books--but I haven't tried. I mostly just read fiction and have no need for such notes.
Deena - Jan 27, 2011 11:14:50 pm PST #15989 of 25501
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
I have a Nook and have highlighted things (to try out the feature). I know you can add notes, but I haven't tried. Supposedly, it's described here: [link]
flea - Jan 28, 2011 2:16:04 am PST #15990 of 25501
information libertarian
If you email the pdf to your kindle email with "convert" in the subject line, I think maybe you can add notes like it's a Kindle book? I will test it today.
Typo Boy - Jan 28, 2011 9:54:16 am PST #15991 of 25501
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Emailing a pdf to your kindle still incurs a fee. With the newest kindle, you can download the pdf to your computer, attach the kindle to your computer with the USB charger, and then just copy the pdf to the "documents" folder on your kindle. No conversion needed. 0I see no reason why notes would not work on a pdf as well as any other type of document, but not 100% sure.
le nubian - Jan 28, 2011 10:32:00 am PST #15992 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
You can also have amazon convert the pdf via your "free" email address, download the converted file to your computer and transfer it manually to the kindle. I could do that via my December 2009 Kindle no problem.
flea - Jan 28, 2011 10:54:38 am PST #15993 of 25501
information libertarian
I just tested a .doc file I emailed to [myname]@free.kindle.com, using "convert" in the subject line. I moved it onto my new version Kindle using wifi. It has Kindle-style location numbers and can be "highlighted" and notes made on it like any native Kindle text. I will say I find typing on the Kindle nearly impossible - it has a qwerty keyboard but the keys are tiny to me - but then, I am an old lady who doesn't text on phones either. The professor I am working with highlights stuff in the Kindle texts and then uses the web notes interface (which syncs with the Kindle) and types the associated notes on the computer.
We just had a rather puzzled discussion about how to cite from Kindle texts in MLA style. No page numbers.