Hacks I want my family back - not dead authors... - Page 12

Constant Reader · 04-01-2009, 11:28 AM

Thank you, thank you, thank you!
I now have Stephen King greeting me every time I pull back my amazon cover!

Constant Reader · 04-01-2009, 12:46 PM

Thought I'd add pictures of my screen savers...

sirbruce · 04-01-2009, 02:20 PM

I won't post all of my new screensavers but this is one of my favorites:

daffy4u · 04-01-2009, 09:34 PM

I use the same picture of King as a book cover for a bibliography "book" of his works I created on my Kindle

girlzilla · 04-03-2009, 09:43 AM

I think Amazon is not allowing custom screensavers because of all the naked ladies that might show up and degrade their image. For those that have never seen a Kindle, there's still this 'shock and awe' and that might turn to 'shock and horror'. Oh the horror of naked ladies!

srmalloy · 04-09-2009, 02:34 PM

I'm having an odd problem with my screensavers; I applied the 0.4 screensaver hack, then replaced the stock screen savers with a set of new images. Recently, I added additional images to the screen_saver directory, but my Kindle appears to be unwilling to recognize them, despite having performed several resets on the device. Is there a limit to how many images can be in the screensaver program's "loop"?

sirbruce · 04-09-2009, 07:29 PM

It doesn't recognize new images until you restart your Kindle.

srmalloy · 04-11-2009, 07:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Constant Reader

Thought I'd add pictures of my screen savers...

After shuffling things around, I've got a pile of images on my Kindle for the power-off loader to cycle through; of them, the one that I think best matches the feel of the non-author images in the standard screensaver set is this one:

Although this one is funnier to have displayed when it comes up:

sirbruce · 04-11-2009, 10:58 PM

Does anyone know the font that the Kindle 2 uses in it's "author" screensavers?

clarknova · 04-12-2009, 08:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sirbruce

Does anyone know the font that the Kindle 2 uses in it's "author" screensavers?

Yeah, it's Linotype's PMN Caecillia, the Kindle's serif font.

sirbruce · 04-12-2009, 06:22 PM

Thanks.

sirbruce · 04-22-2009, 10:20 PM

According to Patrizia over on the Amazon Kindle boards, version 0.2 of the screensaver did not block her "update" of 2.0.3. And after the 2.0.3 update, her screensaver hack still works. People with 0.4 though seem to be blocking the 2.0.3 update. Is it just because of the firmware string?

chilady1 · 04-22-2009, 11:03 PM

Quote:

According to Patrizia over on the Amazon Kindle boards, version 0.2 of the screensaver did not block her "update" of 2.0.3. And after the 2.0.3 update, her screensaver hack still works. People with 0.4 though seem to be blocking the 2.0.3 update. Is it just because of the firmware string?

Yeah I saw that also sirbruce. I still have the 0.3 hack and my first question is where is the 0.4 hack? Second, I had to remove the custom screen saver, do the update and then re-install as you have posted on the boards. I wonder how it is that she was able to get the update automatically without removing the custom screen savers. Interesting.

Sidnicious · 04-22-2009, 11:39 PM

You're all awesome (especially clarknova, in this case) for getting started on the K2 hackin'.

If anyone's feeling a little meta, I whipped this up for ya.

I didn't spend too much time on the image itself, but now have a pixel-perfect template in Photoshop for replicating the stock screen saver look. If anyone wants an image Kindlefied (I'm not going to attempt to replicate the etching effect) or if you want the PSD, drop me a PM. Caecilia LT Std (the font) is required.

sirbruce · 04-23-2009, 10:56 AM

Here's a new one I started using Monday (JSWolf had the same idea):

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04-01-2009, 11:28 AM	#166
Constant Reader Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: FL. Device: Kindle 2	Thank you, thank you, thank you! I now have Stephen King greeting me every time I pull back my amazon cover!

04-01-2009, 12:46 PM	#167
Constant Reader Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: FL. Device: Kindle 2	Thought I'd add pictures of my screen savers...

04-01-2009, 02:20 PM	#168
sirbruce Provocateur Posts: 1,859 Karma: 505847 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Columbus, OH Device: Kindle Touch, Kindle 2, Kindle DX, iPhone 3GS	I won't post all of my new screensavers but this is one of my favorites:

04-01-2009, 09:34 PM	#169
daffy4u I'm Super Kindle-icious Posts: 6,734 Karma: 2434103 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Long Drive, Calinadia Candafornia Device: KDXG, KT, Oasis	I use the same picture of King as a book cover for a bibliography "book" of his works I created on my Kindle

04-03-2009, 09:43 AM	#170
girlzilla Lizard in a Tutu Posts: 17 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Houston, TX Device: Kindle 2, MSI Wind	I think Amazon is not allowing custom screensavers because of all the naked ladies that might show up and degrade their image. For those that have never seen a Kindle, there's still this 'shock and awe' and that might turn to 'shock and horror'. Oh the horror of naked ladies!

04-09-2009, 02:34 PM	#171
srmalloy Enthusiast Posts: 28 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: Kindle 2	I'm having an odd problem with my screensavers; I applied the 0.4 screensaver hack, then replaced the stock screen savers with a set of new images. Recently, I added additional images to the screen_saver directory, but my Kindle appears to be unwilling to recognize them, despite having performed several resets on the device. Is there a limit to how many images can be in the screensaver program's "loop"?

04-09-2009, 07:29 PM	#172
sirbruce Provocateur Posts: 1,859 Karma: 505847 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Columbus, OH Device: Kindle Touch, Kindle 2, Kindle DX, iPhone 3GS	It doesn't recognize new images until you restart your Kindle.

04-11-2009, 10:58 PM	#174
sirbruce Provocateur Posts: 1,859 Karma: 505847 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Columbus, OH Device: Kindle Touch, Kindle 2, Kindle DX, iPhone 3GS	Does anyone know the font that the Kindle 2 uses in it's "author" screensavers?

04-12-2009, 06:22 PM	#176
sirbruce Provocateur Posts: 1,859 Karma: 505847 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Columbus, OH Device: Kindle Touch, Kindle 2, Kindle DX, iPhone 3GS	Thanks.

04-22-2009, 10:20 PM	#177
sirbruce Provocateur Posts: 1,859 Karma: 505847 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Columbus, OH Device: Kindle Touch, Kindle 2, Kindle DX, iPhone 3GS	According to Patrizia over on the Amazon Kindle boards, version 0.2 of the screensaver did not block her "update" of 2.0.3. And after the 2.0.3 update, her screensaver hack still works. People with 0.4 though seem to be blocking the 2.0.3 update. Is it just because of the firmware string?

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04-22-2009, 11:39 PM	#179
Sidnicious Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2009 Device: Kindle 2	You're all awesome (especially clarknova, in this case) for getting started on the K2 hackin'. If anyone's feeling a little meta, I whipped this up for ya. I didn't spend too much time on the image itself, but now have a pixel-perfect template in Photoshop for replicating the stock screen saver look. If anyone wants an image Kindlefied (I'm not going to attempt to replicate the etching effect) or if you want the PSD, drop me a PM. Caecilia LT Std (the font) is required.

04-23-2009, 10:56 AM	#180
sirbruce Provocateur Posts: 1,859 Karma: 505847 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Columbus, OH Device: Kindle Touch, Kindle 2, Kindle DX, iPhone 3GS	Here's a new one I started using Monday (JSWolf had the same idea):