Read more and save your sanity with Audible

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I was on a long flight from Los Angeles to Richmond, Virginia, and I thought I was going to go insane.

It wasn’t because of the long flight itself, nor was it because of the hassles of air travel. No, I was going out of my mind because two passengers behind me were prattling on about some reality TV show and I couldn’t escape.

It’s not like they were discussing an interesting . . . → Read More: Read more and save your sanity with Audible

5 quick links for 30 September 2011

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In time for the weekend, and to get a jump on the Halloween festivities in October, here are five quick links. Included here are photos from a zombie walk, a recipe for a cappuccino fudge cheesecake, financial advice, one way to get onto Jeopardy, and how to peel a whole head of garlic in less than 10 seconds.

Go!

Zombie Walk: Blood, brains, and boobs:Not sure where this was, or when this . . . → Read More: 5 quick links for 30 September 2011

Free books on the Kindle

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I’ve been using my Kindle for quite a while now and it continues to impress me with the ease and convenience it allows me to find new books and start reading them.

For example, in an earlier post I mentioned how to find free ebooks on your Kindle.

Just yesterday there were three older books I needed to find for something I’m working on and so I marched off to my library . . . → Read More: Free books on the Kindle

Free ebooks for your Kindle

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If you have a Kindle (here’s a review of the graphite Kindle 3), or even if you don’t have a Kindle but have one of the free Kindle reading apps for your PC, Mac, BlackBerry, iPad/iPhone, Android, or Windows Phone 7 device, you may be interested in locating free books to read.

Of course Amazon sells a large selection of ebooks, and you can also gift ebooks to other . . . → Read More: Free ebooks for your Kindle

How to set up an Instapaper newsfeed on your Kindle

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Here are just a few tips on how I set up an Instapaper newsfeed to download to my Kindle. There are a lot of customizations you can make, but the steps below should get you pointed in the right direction.

But first, what is Instapaper?

Instapaper is a service used to save for later web pages we find interesting in our browsing throughout the day that we don’t have time to . . . → Read More: How to set up an Instapaper newsfeed on your Kindle