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'A Hole in the World'


Buffistechnology 3: "Press Some Buttons, See What Happens."

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Atropa - Jan 31, 2013 10:30:18 am PST #21877 of 25497
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

Anyone want to help me figure out which Kindle I want to get? I've finally decided that having something slightly larger than my iPhone, but smaller than the iPad (so I can put it in my purse and have all the books with me) is a necessity.

I don't care about multimedia capabilities, which is why I'm not looking at the Fire. But I don't know if I want the basic Kindle, or a Paperwhite.


Gudanov - Jan 31, 2013 10:32:09 am PST #21878 of 25497
Coding and Sleeping

Paperwhite! I got one and it is fantastic, it has great contrast in daylight, total darkness, and everything in-between.


Consuela - Jan 31, 2013 10:33:18 am PST #21879 of 25497
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

I also love my paperwhite!


javachik - Jan 31, 2013 10:36:12 am PST #21880 of 25497
Our wings are not tired.

Yeah, I really want the Paperwhite. I love my regular Kindle but having to have proper light is a pain, especially when sharing a bed.


meara - Jan 31, 2013 10:36:59 am PST #21881 of 25497

I am very tempted by my roommate's Paperwhite.

My problem is that lately I've been sending more and more of my purchased books to the iPad, not because I enjoy reading on it particularly (the Kindle is nicer on my eyes), but because the setup for looking at and choosing the books I have read/want to read/etc is easier and nicer. Ugh.


sumi - Jan 31, 2013 10:39:08 am PST #21882 of 25497
Art Crawl!!!

I have a Kindle Fire and I like having the light and being able to watch Netflix on it but it is heavy - so a Paperwhite would be better.


Gudanov - Jan 31, 2013 10:40:10 am PST #21883 of 25497
Coding and Sleeping

About the first thing I did went I got it was to walk from a well-lit room into a pitch black room and watch the screen look exactly the same.


Consuela - Jan 31, 2013 10:44:58 am PST #21884 of 25497
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

The Fire is useful for surfing and media, but I'm doing most of my reading on the Paperwhite.


Jessica - Jan 31, 2013 11:03:39 am PST #21885 of 25497
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Definitely the Paperwhite. I have an old keyboard Kindle, and I love it, but I definitely envy the contrast on the Paperwhite.


Liese S. - Jan 31, 2013 11:10:45 am PST #21886 of 25497
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

So I bought an extra 3TB USB drive to extend my 2TB NAS. Only the NAS is currently RAID1 mirrored. So since the USB drive is a new volume, I can't just say, hey, extend onto here. I'm thinking maybe I should go to RAID5?

But then I'd need to store the current backup somewhere while I reconfigured. Which I will probably have to do anyway. In which case I'm thinking about moving off Memeo to some other, more robust, backup software. But then I'd have to figure out how to migrate the old backups.

Hm.