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Two Things that Drove Me Nuts Today

There's always something that gets under my skin. Today it's "regime" and "my philosophy".

Using the Kobo Sudoku App

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As I posted yesterday, I discovered a Sudoku app on the Kobo Touch. Today I'm going to show you how to use it.

Sudokobo

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I discovered a nice little Easter-egg on the Kobo Touch: a Sudoku game. Tap the "settings" icon, then tap the "About Kobo Touch" menu. Go to the last page (page 4) by tapping the navigation arrows. Under "Special Thanks To", tap "Richard Penner", which is in smaller type than the other names. Sudoku!

Touchy Kobo Touch Doesn't Sync

I've been using the Kobo Wireless since Christmas 2010 when my sister gave me one. I had some issues getting it to start up properly, so when my wife presented me with a Kobo Touch today, I expected I'd have a few issues as well. Not surprisingly, I did.

Hard to the Core

I was reading Electric Spec's interview with Robert Sawyer , and paused over his comment regarding his WWW trilogy's Webmind character as being the hardest writing task he'd ever set for himself. That made me wonder about my own hard tasks. So, here's a quick rundown, unprioritized, of writing tasks of all sorts, set by myself or someone else, that were sometimes insurmountably difficult, and often resulted in failure.