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If you go to Missouri Star Quilt Company and then scroll down to You Tube, then ask to see Jump Ring Quilt it will take you to the tutorial. Just follow the directions and watch Jenny.
Question for Brian not quilt related. How hard is it to set up your Kindle to read books as I am thinking of getting one or buying another sewing machine? What procedures did you use? Sandy$ |
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Hello Brian,
Thanks for all the information on the Kindle and down loading. I been unsure of what to buy and if I could actually download books. You know I am pretty dumb when it comes to computers or anything electronic. Sandy$ |
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If anyone on the newsgroup decides to try Jump Ring quilt be sure when you snowball the 2 1/2 inch white squares to press the white toward the darker material as when sewing rows together those layers of material get thick.
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On Wednesday, February 8, 2017 at 11:02:25 AM UTC-5, wrote:
Hello Brian, Thanks for all the information on the Kindle and down loading. I been unsure of what to buy and if I could actually download books. You know I am pretty dumb when it comes to computers or anything electronic. Sandy$ Just a quick opinion on the kindle. I got a fire tablet for my birthday. Within 3 months it had "upgraded" itself into a paperweight. It is an absolute horror of proprietary software that cannot be removed from the device. An add pops up on screen every time you open it. They have meddled with their file formating and extensions so that it will not interface well if at all with other devices. I keep everything on my desktop computer, so when they did that the tablet's usefulness ended. I do not like the browser it comes with and it really really does not want me to install a different one, not "lite" versions of popular browsers, nor specifically written for mobile device browsers like Midori. I am either going to root the thing or make a deal with my youngest daughter to either get on her prime account and share the tablet with her so she can actually access the audio and video content that comes with her prime account, or perhaps just give it to her. Save yourself the grief and get a different tablet and the kindle app. If you do opt for an Amazon device, make sure you turn off Alexa. Alexa will eat your charge very quickly. When it downloaded onto my tablet, battery life was cut in half until I turned it off. |
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On 02/08/2017 10:40 AM, Night Mist wrote:
On Wednesday, February 8, 2017 at 11:02:25 AM UTC-5, wrote: Hello Brian, Thanks for all the information on the Kindle and down loading. I been unsure of what to buy and if I could actually download books. You know I am pretty dumb when it comes to computers or anything electronic. Sandy$ Just a quick opinion on the kindle. I kind of agree, but also disagree with your criticisms. I got a fire tablet for my birthday. Within 3 months it had "upgraded" itself into a paperweight. Yes, to my understanding, amongst the e-readers available from Amazon, the Fire is kinda the lowest tier, with the quality for just e-reading going up through the regular kindle, the paperwhite, and with their newest model, the Oasis being the best ereader (at least according to some reviewers) on the market. It is an absolute horror of proprietary software that cannot be removed from the device. While I agree that the kindle fire is quite heavily tied to books from Amazon, and could be looked on as discouraging getting books from elsewhere (such as Barnes and Noble), I do not find it to be a "horror of propietary software". An add pops up on screen every time you open it. I have the version of the Fire that puts up the ad as well, and I have accidentally opened it a few times, but have had no real problem in just ignoring them, and just swiping past them. They have meddled with their file formating and extensions so that it will not interface well if at all with other devices. I keep everything on my desktop computer, so when they did that the tablet's usefulness ended. That is perhaps true, but except as a experiment to see what might happen when I connect it (ubuntu 14.04 recognizes it, ubuntu 12.04 did not, or at least did not appear to), so I really do not have any problems there. I do not like the browser it comes with and it really really does not want me to install a different one, not "lite" versions of popular browsers, nor specifically written for mobile device browsers like Midori. I have installed the dolphin browser and the ocean browser which are, I think, specifically written for tablets, and I had no problems installing either one. The one that I like best, however, is Silk, the one that comes pre-installed on the Fire, especially the newer version of it. Save yourself the grief and get a different tablet and the kindle app. I am quite satisfied with my Kindle Fire, despite the shortcomings you describe. However, if you keep everything on your computer like you say you do, and your desktop is a Macintosh, getting an Ipad mini might be the better investment, even though it is bit more expensive (~200 as opposed to ~100, at least going by the prices on Amazon). If your desktop is a windows computer, getting a Samsung, Lenovo or even Dell (though those are really expensive) is perhaps a better investment. If I ever need to replace my tablet, price would probably be the prime consideration for me, and it appears that at least some models from Lenovo are cheaper than some models of the Fire, and it turns out that the actual manufacturer for both Lenovo and Amazon is a company called Quanta computers. If you do opt for an Amazon device, make sure you turn off Alexa. Alexa will eat your charge very quickly. When it downloaded onto my tablet, battery life was cut in half until I turned it off. I do not know what Alexa is, nor have I ever seen it on the list of installed programs on my Fire, but I do agree that battery life is a problem on tablets, but I don't think that problem is unique to Fires. The best technique I have found for extending battery life between plugins is to fully shut it off between uses, and not just let the screen go blank ("go to sleep"). -- Brian Christiansen |
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I have the Kindle generation 3 typepad style Kindle. It is at least 5 years old now. Currently there are over 400 books in it, all of them except one were "free". It is an ereader only, not a tablet.
There has never been a problem for me with this unit. I purchased a hard cover from eBay for it, which is showing signs of wear. Really like my simple Kindle, but, Brian, it was quite a lesson to read about the different versions! Ginger in CA [email for response is ] On Wednesday, February 8, 2017 at 12:06:53 PM UTC-8, Brian Christiansen wrote: On 02/08/2017 09:02 AM, wrote: Hello Brian, Thanks for all the information on the Kindle and down loading. I been unsure of what to buy and if I could actually download books. You know I am pretty dumb when it comes to computers or anything electronic. Sandy$ Like I said (or at least implied), there is a short answer and a long answer to your original question. The short answer is that nothing really needs to be done except taking the Kindle out of the box making sure it is charged for most types of e-books. The long answer is a confusing mess of different file types and which the Kindle can support natively, and which need a separate app installed. Night Mist, in her post gives some legitimate criticisms of the Amazon products (Kindle/Kindle Fire), and I responded with my experiences involving those particular shortcomings. Unfortunately, I can give my opinion about e-readers and tablets, Night Mist can give hers, and you can read online reviews from now till Saint Swizen's Day (fans of the show M*A*S*H might get that reference), but the only real way to tell if you would like an e-reader better than regular paper-and-ink books is to actually try one. Perhaps you can find someone that has one and you can borrow it for testing purposes. -- Brian Christiansen |
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On Wednesday, February 8, 2017 at 2:48:03 PM UTC-5, Brian Christiansen wrote:
They have meddled with their file formating and extensions so that it will not interface well if at all with other devices. I keep everything on my desktop computer, so when they did that the tablet's usefulness ended. That is perhaps true, but except as a experiment to see what might happen when I connect it (ubuntu 14.04 recognizes it, ubuntu 12.04 did not, or at least did not appear to), so I really do not have any problems there. Ubuntu Studio 16.04.1, on a custom build. The tablet will not mount. It's icon blinks on the desktop, so the computer knows what it is and that it is there, but it cannot mount it so that you can access it. When I first got the thing back in August I did not have this problem. The tablet upgrades madly though, and will even turn itself on to do so. I really found that to be a boggler! Right around the beginning of November is when it started refusing to talk to my computer. I have just done a desktop software upgrade, so after I do a hardware upgrade tomorrow (new fan is all, Hyper 212 EVO, I'll either have to cut a hole in the side of the box or leave the side cover off to make it fit. Bit of fuss.) I'll try again. So far no upgrades have helped, but one never knows. The fact that I use linux means no help from Amazon on this. If you do opt for an Amazon device, make sure you turn off Alexa. Alexa will eat your charge very quickly. When it downloaded onto my tablet, battery life was cut in half until I turned it off. I do not know what Alexa is, nor have I ever seen it on the list of installed programs on my Fire, but I do agree that battery life is a problem on tablets, but I don't think that problem is unique to Fires. It could be that your Fire is older than mine and could not handle Alexa. Alexa is a sort of a bot program that is supposed to help you with your shopping. This I do not need or want, but it installed itself permanently so all I could do was turn it off. It eats charge like crazy and bogs the system. When I got the tablet out of the box it was loaded with just over a page of pre-installs, not counting the standard stuff that you expect to find on a new OS. None of which could be removed or replaced. It has added stuff since then. The side pages are stacked with junk as well. Oh, and if you put a book on there from anyplace but the kindle store, it sticks it in the documents folder not the book folder. Even if it is in the kindle format (.mobi). Even if you specifically put it in books, when you go to read it it will be in documents. Now the reader function is pretty darn good. Your book in the documents file will read normally, just as if it came from the store. I can actually read an e-book with no headaches, eyestrain, or glare issues. The folder goofiness is just a mild irritation quickly gotten over once you know what it is doing. Mind you all my complaints about the thing may be unique to the specific Fire version I have. I am also completely spoiled by how easy it is to customize a linux system, and the notion of not being able to remove useless software, especially memory heavy stuff, is just appalling to me. The best technique I have found for extending battery life between plugins is to fully shut it off between uses, and not just let the screen go blank ("go to sleep"). At home I just keep it plugged in. I always shut it off completely, but when I pick it up again it is always on. That is one of the most irritating things about it. You would imagine that if it can turn itself on to upgrade it could just as easily turn itself off when it is done! I can put it in airplane mode to stop it doing that, then it takes an age to get to doing anything when I want it because it has to do all the upgrading it missed out on. Since I cannot use it as a reader I do not use it very often. easier just to keep it plugged in and let it do what it wants. Anyway, an extension cord and a macro to micro usb cable and I can comfortably use it plugged in anywhere in the house. If I can get it usable again for anything but Neflix, video really eats the power, I will be able to use it for what I wanted it for which is all those hours in waiting rooms. Paperbacks tend to squish and mangle in my purse, hardbacks are cumbersome, and between my medical and Ash's school stuff (another school meeting coming up, I better lay in some crosses and holy water), I spend way too much time in waiting rooms. I have surgery to fix the incisional hernia coming up next month. DH says he will lend me his power brick if it is going to be an overnight stay, which it probably will be all things considered. That way I can at least watch video if I haven't managed to sort the interface problem. NightMist |
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Success!
It did not look like it was going to work. I plugged in and synced it and it didn't even show up on the desk top, just sat blinking in the file manager. Just for giggles I tried it on all the other linux machines in the house. It worked on DH's desktop and DD3's laptop, both of which are Ubuntu main, Xenial. It did not work on the laptop running Mint. Then I tried it again on my machine, running the lsubusb command in terminal this time. Success! Now I can add some mp3s to my music files and add books. Yay! NightMist On Thursday, February 9, 2017 at 2:39:31 AM UTC-5, Night Mist wrote: On Wednesday, February 8, 2017 at 2:48:03 PM UTC-5, Brian Christiansen wrote: They have meddled with their file formating and extensions so that it will not interface well if at all with other devices. I keep everything on my desktop computer, so when they did that the tablet's usefulness ended. That is perhaps true, but except as a experiment to see what might happen when I connect it (ubuntu 14.04 recognizes it, ubuntu 12.04 did not, or at least did not appear to), so I really do not have any problems there. Ubuntu Studio 16.04.1, on a custom build. The tablet will not mount. It's icon blinks on the desktop, so the computer knows what it is and that it is there, but it cannot mount it so that you can access it. When I first got the thing back in August I did not have this problem. The tablet upgrades madly though, and will even turn itself on to do so. I really found that to be a boggler! Right around the beginning of November is when it started refusing to talk to my computer. I have just done a desktop software upgrade, so after I do a hardware upgrade tomorrow (new fan is all, Hyper 212 EVO, I'll either have to cut a hole in the side of the box or leave the side cover off to make it fit. Bit of fuss.) I'll try again. So far no upgrades have helped, but one never knows. The fact that I use linux means no help from Amazon on this. |
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