Yearly Archive for 2009

LDS Scriptures on Kindle and BlackBerry

Published on December 2, 2009 in Gadgets and Random. 13 Comments

My wife gave me a Kindle as my Christmas present (I know it’s not Christmas yet, but I have very little self control).  After trying out a variety of free content, I wanted to try to find the LDS Scriptures (Book of Mormon, Bible, Doctrine & Covenants, and Pearl of Great Price) in a format I could use with the Kindle.

I’ve always liked having scriptures on my PDA or phone, but since moving to a BlackBerry from Windows Mobile, it’s been a bit of a pain.  The only real option is MobiPocket, which I’ve found to be a little clunky and slow, even on a relatively fast BlackBerry (Curve 8900).  I used YanCEyWare on Windows Mobile; if you’re on a WinMo phone, it’s head and shoulders the best solution.

Anyway, back to the Kindle.  If you’re looking in Amazon’s Kindle store, you’ll see a few options with rather idiotic reviews and no details about what’s contained.  My key requirements were semi-decent speed, inline links to footnotes and cross-references, and sizable text.

Well, the answer is to use the BlackBerry version provided by LDSBookClub.com.  This is a partially stupid option, but you can get the file for free this way.  The reason it’s stupid is because you have to download an executable in order to get the file itself, and it’s not set up to really just “work” for your Kindle.  Not tricky, but honestly, it’s just a little shady to take a publication the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints makes available for free and use it as a loss leader for your own sales.  Just make the file available.

Anyway, once you’ve gone through their installer, you should have the file stores someplace on your hard drive.  You can run their launcher, right-click on the “LDS Scriptures” book in the MobiPocket PC app, and select “Open Containing Folder”.  That will put you right there.  Take the file (LDS Scriptures – Blackberry.prc) and drop it in your Kindle’s documents folder.  Voila.  It’s a very workable, well-linked set of Scriptures for your Kindle.

I hope this helps save someone some time and effort (not to mention some money).

Google Latitude Fun

Published on March 12, 2009 in Random. 0 Comments

Well, it’s a neat app, I guess, except for one question. Why am I in New York instead of Utah? I remember waking up in Utah. . .3-12-2009-9-42-29-am

Debunking the Gnaw Fold Diablo 3 Myth

Published on January 14, 2009 in Games, Geek Fun and Random. 6 Comments

As with all these fun things, there are kernels of truth.  Diablo does tend to drop Dol runes.  "Trout" does have a root in Greek meaning "nibble" or "gnaw".

First, the hit points.  Diablo in Normal Mode of Diablo 2 has 13818 hit points (according to the useful Diablo Wiki).  So we can rule out that little piece of numerology.

Second, the error message.  We need to see a screen shot of the error before we can really be confident.  Otherwise, someone is just playing around with hex.

Third, the item.  I’ve never encountered a "Gnaw Fold" ring in my play, and I can’t see a note of it in the item lists I’ve checked.  Though I’m open to the idea, I don’t think it exists.  The solution might be to install and not update, then play through single-player in an attempt to find it. . .maybe someone else has the time.

So, with no item, we can’t test the theory and get a screenshot.  I call this a fun myth until someone can show me otherwise.