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...bah, that was originally a reply to someone else further up in the thread. Oh, well. Information is still relevant!
Commented Apr 3, 2012 on Someone found my Kindle on the airplane this weekend. I'd really like it back. at WWdN: In Exile
Someone found my Kindle on the airplane this weekend. I'd really like it back.
I left my Kindle on an airplane this weekend (post-convention exhaustion will do that to you), and someone found it. I know that someone found it, because they've been using my account to buy games and books. Based on the purchases, I'm fairly sure the person who found my Kindle (which is named ...
https://www.amazon.com/gp/digital/fiona/manage/ref=ya_14#manageDevices is what you're thinking of. That lets you unbind a Kindle from an account, so the opportunist at least can't keep draining purchases off of the device. They can then bind it to their own account, as others have mentioned.
You can, however, call Amazon customer service and give them the Kindle's serial number, and they can set the Kindle to remotely lock (putting the Kindle into a 'call Amazon customer service' mode) next time it checks in with the Amazon servers. And you can get the serial number off of the 'manage devices' page listed above.
To contact them to get the device locked, go to the Kindle forum at http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/forums/kindleqna/ref=kindle_help_forum_bc_thread and click the 'Contact Us' button (which generates an obnoxiously long contextually-relevant link I didn't want to paste in here), and will get you in touch with someone.
Commented Apr 3, 2012 on Someone found my Kindle on the airplane this weekend. I'd really like it back. at WWdN: In Exile
Someone found my Kindle on the airplane this weekend. I'd really like it back.
I left my Kindle on an airplane this weekend (post-convention exhaustion will do that to you), and someone found it. I know that someone found it, because they've been using my account to buy games and books. Based on the purchases, I'm fairly sure the person who found my Kindle (which is named ...
I... actually periodically trawl my spam folder for really good, surreal sentences in spam mail and add them to my 'story fodder' folder. *hangs head*
Commented Mar 14, 2012 on I spent way too much time on this. at WWdN: In Exile
I spent way too much time on this.
So this incredibly entertaining bit of spam arrived in my inbox last night: I just want to thank Nash Morton (who I'm sure owns a yacht, wears the finest silk shirts and only the fanciest of pants) for giving my e-mail address to his friend, who is so concerned about how many wild runnings I m...
Apropos of nothing, I just have to say that I read 'WWAFNFUFFBNF' and got the mental image of someone stuffing their mouth with marshmallow Peeps. Which, at 12:45am, somehow struck me as hilarious beyond words.
Commented Feb 14, 2012 on I have a very important question for everyone attending JoCo Cruise Crazy 2. at WWdN: In Exile
I have a very important question for everyone attending JoCo Cruise Crazy 2.
Saturday, I'm heading down to America's Wang to get on a boat, because JoCoCruseCrazy 2: Cruise Crazier is setting sail on Sunday. I hope that it lives up to this video that one of the cruisers (who named themselves Sea Monkeys) created: I know, right? Check out the video he made last year, bas...
The AFK is awesome. I love that every time there's a menu change or new games added to the library, they release 'patch notes' on their blog.
Commented Sep 14, 2011 on The Poet and the Painter casting shadows on the water at WWdN: In Exile
The Poet and the Painter casting shadows on the water
Beer stuff! I wanted to make Jaime Paglia an oatmeal stout, because that's his favorite. When I went to the shop to get supplies, though, Greg (who owns it) told me that you really have to do a partial mash or all-grain to get it just right. I'm not quite ready for that, yet, so I went with my b...
A tavern for tabletop gaming would almost have to be called the "Dwarven Alehouse."
Though I suppose "Aeofel's Ales" would work, because then the regulars could be "Aeofel's Ale-o-philes."
Commented Sep 14, 2011 on The Poet and the Painter casting shadows on the water at WWdN: In Exile
The Poet and the Painter casting shadows on the water
Beer stuff! I wanted to make Jaime Paglia an oatmeal stout, because that's his favorite. When I went to the shop to get supplies, though, Greg (who owns it) told me that you really have to do a partial mash or all-grain to get it just right. I'm not quite ready for that, yet, so I went with my b...
Eureka: The Movie Musical RIDE presented in DIGITAL 3D! (Because if you're going to go over the top, you might as well shoot for orbit.)
Commented Aug 31, 2011 on Eureka: This One Time At Space Camp at WWdN: In Exile
Eureka: This One Time At Space Camp
In a few hours, I will be picked up and taken to the set for my last day on Eureka. Though I've known this day was coming for a couple of weeks, and I've been trying to prepare myself for it, I'm not ready. I don't want this to be over. I don't want to say goodbye to my friends. Monday, we had o...
Fair point, Tom.
Still, people used to driving gas cars often aren't really consciously aware that they spend more gas going up a hill than down, even if intellectually they know it. (A few of those who have ridden in my LEAF and then examined their own driving habits and gas usage have then remarked that they've realized the same principles apply to their gas cars.)
I wish there was a middle ground, something that could illustrate effectively to people how driving STYLE impacts efficiency, while still not generating range anxiety (or other wildly-inaccurate assumptions) as the guessometer does.
Commented Aug 11, 2011 on Showing EV State of Charge at Tom's Blog
Showing EV State of Charge
Nissan has done a poor job of communicating state of charge to LEAF owners. The
You're right that the miles-remaining meter is pointless in terms of actual feedback to an experienced EV driver, and an SOC value would be more useful in many cases. But that readout seems actually (and somewhat ironically) useful in educating non-EV-drivers on how things work.
Watching the miles go up/down has prompted more than one person in the passenger seat to remark on how they've noticed speed or terrain altering my range. Pointing to the kWh efficiency readout on the Energy Information screen, however, doesn't seem to 'click' for them in the same way; the mileage guessometer seems familiar enough conceptually that they can relate to it in a way they can't with the Energy Info screens.
Commented Aug 10, 2011 on Showing EV State of Charge at Tom's Blog
Showing EV State of Charge
Nissan has done a poor job of communicating state of charge to LEAF owners. The
Congratulations! :)
Commented Aug 19, 2010 on One year of Girl at Dana Claire Simpson dot com
One year of Girl
I did my first sketch of Girl one year ago, now. The development process can be slow, but the future looks bright.
I'm going to second this one.
Seriously, if ANY show attracts a demographic of people who would like to be able to watch episodes online, BBT would be high on that list.
Commented Jul 21, 2010 on If you could ask the cast and creators of Big Bang Theory anything, what would it be? at WWdN: In Exile
If you could ask the cast and creators of Big Bang Theory anything, what would it be?
This Friday, I'm moderating the Big Bang Theory panel at Comic-con. The entire cast will be in attendance, as well as series creators Bill Prady and Chuck Lorre. We only have an hour, which always goes by faster than we think, so I'm going to start out with a handful of my own questions before I...
You know, this is so true. For me, "Beastie Feastie" is the Round Table Pizza that used to be on 25th Ave in Seattle, right near the university campus. I remember having to climb on a chair to play that. And "Outrun" was the convenience store near my house, right by the slushie machine.
Commented Mar 10, 2010 on From the Vault: Uses Joystick Controller at WWdN: In Exile
From the Vault: Uses Joystick Controller
I'm sure it's an enormous surprise to learn that I've spent a lot of time recently thinking about games and gaming, so I've found myself looking through old blog posts for research, inspiration, and to confirm or deny that strange "I think I've written about this idea before..." tingle that's re...
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