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Old 07-04-2008, 12:30 AM   #1
Gideon
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Location: Norman, OK
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Automating without Whispernet

Okay... so I'm in the middle of moving to the edge of the town where I live. Maps show I'm covered by Sprint's 3g network, but that' bull. I can get the dreaded "1x" connection on my Kindle but it more or less refuses to connect.

This kind of takes the joy out of getting up and reading the paper on my device instantly. Now, having worked at Sprint, I know that there isn't jack I can do for my coverage. And at some point in my day I'll head to the office where I can get a connection. And I can, of course, go the Amazon website and download it and then attach it to my computer and place it in the proper place. But I really don't want to do that.

So here's my question... is there anyway to automate the process? I'm on a Mac (OS X.5). And I'm not proficient in Applescript or anything else along those lines, so please keep that in mind in the answers. I'm willing to do some work, but I don't have time to learn to program (I am in the middle of moving, after all ).

Ideally, I'd like to attach my Kindle when I go to bed and then at a certain time my computer will logon to the Amazon site, head to the right page, hit the link for the new version and then move it to the Kindle.

Now, I realize I'm really shooting here. I can set things up to move files already on my computer, but I have no idea how to automate something like this. Any (detailed) help would be greatly appreciated.
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