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Originally Posted by yvanleterrible
This is interesting and something I've wanted to do for a long time.
But yourself being an Iliad user, have you started implementing these features or are you still far away? I know the paper and wireless features are not there yet, but how is your implementation of the Iliad at work?
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I can use wget to "mirror" web sites to my SD card to put into the iLiad. For the most part, this works well, depending on how the web site is set up. I have my local weather report and the ACM Tech News working.
Books in open formats are no problem. A few clicks in OpenOffice and a Save As PDF, and I have a book all set for the iLiad.
Reference books, however, are a problem since they aren't in an open format. I suspect that as more eInk readers are available and the demand for reference eBooks goes up that places like O'Reilly will make an option for iLiad PDF available.
Right now, my iLiad is on from 8:30am until 4pm. I snatch page reads during pauses in my work (mainly waiting for our steam-powered mainframe to get me the data I need) and while at break and lunch.