Linux For Poets

The one gadget I bought new (well, got for Christmas new after requesting it from my husband).

My Kobo got a cracked screen after I tossed it around too much (I'm not proud) and I got a Kindle Keyboard 3rd generation. It's actually older than my old Kindle that I had before the Kobo. Yes, this is ridiculous, but here are the perks: It doesn't have a touch screen, meaning that I don't lose my place because I bumped it with my hand, I don't have to be careful to only touch it round the edges, and I can use buttons to turn pages. I don't connect it to wifi generally, but use Calibre to transfer books that I get from the library. (Calibre is a magnificent piece of software). I have to use a Calibre ascm converter to get the library ascm files to work, but now that it's set up, it works flawlessly.

I appreciate the simplicity of the classic iPod. It holds 256GB of music, and it does a great job. I have a little speaker with a cable to plug it into. The only down side, is I have had trouble transferring music from Linux, so I had to resuscitate my old dormant Macbook Air to manage my music. I will have to see if there is a Linux friendly MP3 player out there, when this system eventually falls apart.

I love this watch. I got it new for $17. It is sturdy, and it tells time, has the date and day of the week, and that's about it. I like the amber colored back light. The strap was breaking so I replaced with an olive green nylon strap, which I like better than the original. It is described as a mens watch, but I think it's fine on my non-man wrist, and I say no rules anyway.

This thing is so great! I use it for journaling when I want to have a good keyboard, and a distraction free brain dump. Then I plug it into my laptop with the printer cable and it shuttles the text directly into my text editor of choice (Usually Zim Wiki for me).