The Digital Reader

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The theme of this year’s CES was “Going Green”. It’s an excellent idea, and I would like to make a small contribution.

A lot of companies ignored the theme this year and they gave out their press kits on thumb drives. Rather than let them pile up (like I have done before), I’m giving them away.

I have far more than I need, so I am hoping to find some nonprofit group or institution that could use them. I have a pile of about 36 thumb drives in all sizes and shapes (mostly 1GB, but I’m not sure). If you want all of them or just  some, leave a comment.

Update: All were shipped on Saturday.

Amazon released another free app for the Kindle today. As you can see from the image at right, it’s a map type of puzzle game. The goal is to link the beginning and end of the puzzle. But to do that you will also have to go through several intermediate points. It looks like fun.

As always, this app only works on the actual Kindles, and you have to have a US address in order to get it (but you can cheat).

Hamster Habitat

In case you’re interested, I’ve collected all the free Kindle games: 17 Free Games

I’ve just come across a service for giving away digital content. Pay With a Tweet has been in the news a lot this past week, but most of those stories slipped by unread. I actually first found this on Twitter, which is a testament to the concept.

This service is based on a very old situation. Users want free stuff and creators want publicity. But that old situation comes with a problem: how do you trade one for the other? Pay With a Tweet was created to solve that problem. (To be honest, it didn’t seem like much of a problem until this service came along to fix it.)

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