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Archive of entries posted on July 2009

Recipe to Crash a Kindle

18 July 2009, 6:19 pm

Here’s a fun thing that I’ve just discovered:

Purchase an Amazon Kindle 2 (this trick may work on other versions)
Download the MobiPocket version of The Devil’s Dictionary, by Ambrose Bierce
Copy the .mobi file into your Kindle documents folder
Open the copy of the book that appears on your device
Enjoy the frequent crashes and random “java.lang.integer” exception errors [...]

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WordPress 2.8.1

12 July 2009, 3:04 pm

Just in case anybody cares, I’ve upgraded the site to the latest and greatest (WordPress version 2.8.1). No user action is required at this time.
Also, the code behind the blog is now valid HTML5, and there’s a Google Friend Connect widget so you can participate in discussions without creating yet another account (woo!).

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