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Issues Synching Amazon Kindle Notes and Highlights to iPhone

Oct 9, 2011

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in Annoying, Depressing, IT, Ridiculous, Software, Technology

The Issue I don’t mind reading Amazon Kindle books on my iPhone, but sometimes a bigger screen is nice. Thankfully Amazon has Kindle apps for PC, Mac, iOS, Android, etc. The issue I’m having is that my notes and highlights don’t usually sync correctly from Kindle for Mac to Kindle for iOS. I tried manually…

It pays to be pink. At least Garmin thinks so.

May 27, 2009

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Jeremy

in Amazing, Annoying, Deals, Depressing, GPS, Hardware, Money, Ridiculous, Technology, Toys

For my mother’s birthday I purchased a TomTom One 130. The updated maps had the other half of my road, so I was happy it could navigate more efficiently. Tonight I stumbled across a new site called DealWaiter. I plugged in “Garmin Nuvi” and it had a few results but also had a link to…

Speed Up That Cheap Website with Cheap Amazon S3

Mar 16, 2009

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Jeremy

in Amazing, Annoying, Blog, Deals, DIY, Entertainment, Hardware, Hosting, IT, JavaScript, Programming, Ridiculous, Software, Technology, Web Development

Do you have an economy-grade website host? Me too. BlueHost is great for only $6.95 per month but its response times and transfer rates are terrible. Fear not — Amazon S3 to the rescue. For pennies a day you can supplement your cheap website host using Amazon’s Simple Storage Service (S3). Amazon S3 is storage…

Why I Use 10MinuteMail.com

Feb 26, 2009

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Jeremy

in Ads, Annoying, Depressing, Ridiculous, Software, Web Development

Unfortunately, many websites that collect email addresses do so without your best wishes in mind. Case and point: I decided to help meetup.com this evening by clicking on one of their sponsored ads. Because of the way Google AdWords/AdSense works, the ad hoster may not get any revenue unless the user takes a certain action…

I Feel Like a Cannibal

Oct 9, 2008

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Jeremy

in Depressing, Health, Life, Ridiculous, Scary

Today I had the strangest experience ever. My dentist decided I needed a root canal so I went to the endodontist to have the operation. They put a rubber dam around the tooth which was no fun because it covered my mouth, so my only breathing option was through my nose. As the doctor began…

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Issues Synching Amazon Kindle Notes and Highlights to iPhone

It pays to be pink. At least Garmin thinks so.

Speed Up That Cheap Website with Cheap Amazon S3

Why I Use 10MinuteMail.com

I Feel Like a Cannibal