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How to prolong your Kindle 2’s battery life

07.12.2009

To get the longest battery life out of your Kindle 2, there are several steps you can take.

Keep the font settings at the smallest font size where you can read comfortably, as this decreases page refreshes when reading and page refreshes expend energy.
Turn off the wireless connection whenever you aren’t actively using it. The wireless [...]

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Kindle LED light prototype C

04.29.2009

Kindle LED light prototype C

Originally uploaded by C.K. Sample III.

Okay, this is the best one yet and it’s super light and simple.
I took some 9 gauge aluminum armature wire that I had lying around (you can buy much more of this than you need [...]

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How to build a cheap LED reading light for your Kindle or Sony Reader

04.28.2009

So last night, while I was watching Heroes, I built this little guy:

This is just the first prototype of a better-designed LED light for the Kindle that I have in mind (but some of the parts are still on order). However, this is dead simple to make, and I happened to have all the parts [...]

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Install a darker, more readable font on the Kindle 2

04.26.2009

In case you haven’t heard about it, there’s been some controversy from people who have had both a first generation and second generation Kindle, complaining that the Kindle 2’s text doesn’t appear as crisp and dark on the screen, making reading more difficult in low-lighting situations. The problem isn’t a problem with the Kindle 2’s [...]

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Over two weeks with the Kindle 2

04.22.2009

Now that I’ve had the Kindle 2 for over two weeks, I can say that I love it and that it is a great improvement upon my first generation Sony Reader (which I also loved). I also just finished writing what is perhaps the longest review I’ve ever written about any device over at Obsessable [...]

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