Content complete XKCD dump, packed for Kindle

si14 · 10-09-2010, 09:05 PM

Topic title speaks for itself. Just a couple of hours and some programming skill

TotallyEpic · 10-09-2010, 09:08 PM

Downloading, nice size file. Take long to load?

I've considered doing something like this myself! Take it you coded a crawler to crawl their RSS feed?

fallsauce · 10-10-2010, 03:31 AM

ooh, thanks!

I was thinking about reading xkcd on my K3, but haven't been bothered to convert anything yet, lol

badbob001 · 10-11-2010, 03:20 PM

This is great. Thanks. Too bad you didn't include the ALT text.

Tiersten · 10-11-2010, 05:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by badbob001

This is great. Thanks. Too bad you didn't include the ALT text.

Huh? The alt text is underneath each comic.

flandroid · 10-11-2010, 07:18 PM

I haven't loaded this onto my Kindle yet, and am unlikely to do so for about a week as I'm away on business in the morning -- anyone care to let me know how it looks/performs on the device?

badbob001 · 10-11-2010, 09:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tiersten

Huh? The alt text is underneath each comic.

You are absolutely right! The early xkcd were not as dialog heavy as the later ones and I thought the bottom text was just the captions. This is now perfect. Now I just need to figure out how to do the same thing for other web comics. Any suggestions on what program to use to download a web comic's entire collection?

JSWolf · 10-12-2010, 01:52 AM

Dilbert

si14 · 10-15-2010, 06:32 AM

I've used a self-made python script. If anybody need it, I can develop it further to handle another comics.

badbob001 · 10-15-2010, 08:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by si14

I've used a self-made python script. If anybody need it, I can develop it further to handle another comics.

The actual downloading of the comics is not so interesting since there are several tools out there that does that. What I'm really curious about is the specifics of packaging a bunch of images into a mobi file. Is that done by your script as well?

I peeked at the mobi format and saw strange things like limiting images to 63K and limited control over the size that the image is rendered. Any insight you can share would be great.

Bill Lumburgh · 10-15-2010, 08:20 AM

Very cool. Thank you.

karthwyne · 10-15-2010, 09:19 AM

Thank you. I had actually started re-reading these earlier this week.

si14 · 10-15-2010, 12:00 PM

Quote:

What I'm really curious about is the specifics of packaging a bunch of images into a mobi file. Is that done by your script as well?

Partially. My script makes .html, .ncx and .opf files and then I just run KindleGen on the .opf file.

ChaoZ · 10-15-2010, 02:48 PM

It's very good for the most part, however because xkcd isn't fixed in size, sometimes the rollover captions appear on a page by themselves. Also, some (again because of its size or orientation) are just plain hard to read, without the ability to zoom into the pics.

Still love it though. Thanks!

si14 · 10-15-2010, 03:20 PM

You can sometimes zoom an images a bit by clicking on it with joystick.

10-09-2010, 09:05 PM	#1
si14 Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 16 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Kindle DX Graphite	complete XKCD dump, packed for Kindle Topic title speaks for itself. Just a couple of hours and some programming skill http://db.tt/E2udk4J Last edited by DMcCunney; 10-15-2010 at 01:11 PM. Reason: Undid moderation - site is CC liscensed.

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10-09-2010, 09:08 PM	#2
TotallyEpic Enthusiast Posts: 31 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2010 Device: Kindle 3 3G + Wifi	Downloading, nice size file. Take long to load? I've considered doing something like this myself! Take it you coded a crawler to crawl their RSS feed?

10-10-2010, 03:31 AM	#3
fallsauce Member Posts: 21 Karma: 7728 Join Date: Sep 2010 Device: Kindle 3	ooh, thanks! I was thinking about reading xkcd on my K3, but haven't been bothered to convert anything yet, lol

10-11-2010, 03:20 PM	#4
badbob001 Fanatic Posts: 556 Karma: 1102020 Join Date: Sep 2009 Device: Kindle Keyboard (rip), Kindle Voyage, Fire Tablet 10 '17, iPad '19	This is great. Thanks. Too bad you didn't include the ALT text.

10-11-2010, 07:18 PM	#6
flandroid Connoisseur Posts: 98 Karma: 294 Join Date: Aug 2010 Device: Kindle 2/3/4/PW3	I haven't loaded this onto my Kindle yet, and am unlikely to do so for about a week as I'm away on business in the morning -- anyone care to let me know how it looks/performs on the device?

10-12-2010, 01:52 AM	#8
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 73,941 Karma: 128903250 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	Dilbert

10-15-2010, 06:32 AM	#9
si14 Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 16 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Kindle DX Graphite	I've used a self-made python script. If anybody need it, I can develop it further to handle another comics.

10-15-2010, 08:20 AM	#11
Bill Lumburgh Enthusiast Posts: 31 Karma: 8132 Join Date: Sep 2010 Device: K3	Very cool. Thank you.

10-15-2010, 09:19 AM	#12
karthwyne Connoisseur Posts: 59 Karma: 480 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Atlanta, GA Device: Kindle Wifi, Kindle US	Thank you. I had actually started re-reading these earlier this week.

10-15-2010, 02:48 PM	#14
ChaoZ Connoisseur Posts: 94 Karma: 192 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Toronto Device: Kindle 3, Kobo Mini, Kobo Touch	It's very good for the most part, however because xkcd isn't fixed in size, sometimes the rollover captions appear on a page by themselves. Also, some (again because of its size or orientation) are just plain hard to read, without the ability to zoom into the pics. Still love it though. Thanks!

10-15-2010, 03:20 PM	#15
si14 Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 16 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Kindle DX Graphite	You can sometimes zoom an images a bit by clicking on it with joystick.

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