Comments for My Southwestern Colorado: Motorcycling, Ham Radio, and More! http://dcasler.com Motorcycling (Dirt and Street) including GPS tracks; Ham Radio; Wildflowers; More Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:08:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Technician Class Ham License – On-Line Help for Your Self Study by dave http://dcasler.com/ham-radio/training/comment-page-1/#comment-2932 dave Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:08:39 +0000 http://dcasler.com/?page_id=2221#comment-2932 Hi, Dan, yes, I've been thinking about doing a set of videos for General. Not quite just this moment, though. I'm trying to get a book out the door. 73! Hi, Dan, yes, I’ve been thinking about doing a set of videos for General. Not quite just this moment, though. I’m trying to get a book out the door. 73!

]]> Comment on Technician Class Ham License – On-Line Help for Your Self Study by Dan aka KK4GDJ http://dcasler.com/ham-radio/training/comment-page-1/#comment-2927 Dan aka KK4GDJ Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:56:01 +0000 http://dcasler.com/?page_id=2221#comment-2927 Thanks.. Do you have a similar tutorial for the material for the General exam? Thanks.. Do you have a similar tutorial for the material for the General exam?

]]> Comment on Kindlegen and the OPF file by dave http://dcasler.com/2012/01/19/kindlegen-and-the-opf-file/comment-page-1/#comment-2890 dave Sun, 22 Jan 2012 22:27:12 +0000 http://dcasler.com/?p=2492#comment-2890 Well, not actually twice. You can skip the NCX file if you wish. But there's a feature on <em>some</em> Kindles that can take advantage of the NCX file. It would seem that one ought to be able to create a single HTML file and have it tell Kindlegen what the cover is and what the TOC is. But, alas, I have figured out how to make the single file tell Kindlegen what the cover image is, but not what the TOC is, hence the need for the OPF. I created the TOC in Open Office and told it to make all the entries be hyperlinks. Then I created the HTML file, then yanked the resulting HTML for the TOC out into a separate file, then "manifested" them in the OPF. To me it all seems absurdly complicated. However, we have to deal with the world the way it is, not the way it should be! Well, not actually twice. You can skip the NCX file if you wish. But there’s a feature on some Kindles that can take advantage of the NCX file. It would seem that one ought to be able to create a single HTML file and have it tell Kindlegen what the cover is and what the TOC is. But, alas, I have figured out how to make the single file tell Kindlegen what the cover image is, but not what the TOC is, hence the need for the OPF. I created the TOC in Open Office and told it to make all the entries be hyperlinks. Then I created the HTML file, then yanked the resulting HTML for the TOC out into a separate file, then “manifested” them in the OPF. To me it all seems absurdly complicated. However, we have to deal with the world the way it is, not the way it should be!

]]> Comment on Kindlegen and the OPF file by Sam http://dcasler.com/2012/01/19/kindlegen-and-the-opf-file/comment-page-1/#comment-2889 Sam Sun, 22 Jan 2012 22:15:06 +0000 http://dcasler.com/?p=2492#comment-2889 So you need to have the toc twice? Once as html file for display (item1 in your case) and once as ncx file for kindle itself (toc in your case)? Can't the html toc be contained withing the html file for the book? This way it could be tested just by opening the html file in a browser and clicking. So you need to have the toc twice? Once as html file for display (item1 in your case) and once as ncx file for kindle itself (toc in your case)?

Can’t the html toc be contained withing the html file for the book? This way it could be tested just by opening the html file in a browser and clicking.

]]> Comment on Kindlegen: Preparing Books for Kindle – Cover Image by Randy http://dcasler.com/2012/01/13/kindlegen-preparing-books-for-kindle-cover-image/comment-page-1/#comment-2883 Randy Fri, 20 Jan 2012 22:55:45 +0000 http://dcasler.com/?p=2477#comment-2883 OK, yeah: I've read your other posts now and see that's the more powerful approach, and should work for me. I have a huge backlog of books to Kindlize -- about 20! -- and this will help a lot. Thanks! OK, yeah: I’ve read your other posts now and see that’s the more powerful approach, and should work for me. I have a huge backlog of books to Kindlize — about 20! — and this will help a lot. Thanks!

]]> Comment on Kindlegen: Preparing Books for Kindle – Cover Image by dave http://dcasler.com/2012/01/13/kindlegen-preparing-books-for-kindle-cover-image/comment-page-1/#comment-2882 dave Fri, 20 Jan 2012 22:40:30 +0000 http://dcasler.com/?p=2477#comment-2882 Randy, you're right, most people use Word. The feature I highlight uses Open Office—I don't know the equivalent in Word. However, if you want to go into the HTML and make the adjustment yourself, you'll find it in the <code><head></code> area. The tag looks like this: <code><META NAME="Cover" CONTENT="Brett_Concept.jpg"></code>, where "Brett_Concept.jpg" is the file name of the cover image. Note that this works only if you feed the HTML directly into Kindlegen. If you use the OPF approach (see <a href="http://dcasler.com/2012/01/19/kindlegen-making-it-stand-up-and-sing/" title="Kindlegen: Making it stand up and sing!" rel="nofollow">this post</a>, a general overview of the OPF approach, or <a href="http://dcasler.com/2012/01/19/kindlegen-and-the-opf-file/" title="Kindlegen and the OPF file" rel="nofollow">this post</a>, a more detailed look at the OPF file). I have not yet figured out how to get Kindlegen to detect the table of contents directly. Rather, I've "graduated" to the OPF approach. Randy, you’re right, most people use Word. The feature I highlight uses Open Office—I don’t know the equivalent in Word. However, if you want to go into the HTML and make the adjustment yourself, you’ll find it in the <head> area. The tag looks like this: <META NAME="Cover" CONTENT="Brett_Concept.jpg">, where “Brett_Concept.jpg” is the file name of the cover image. Note that this works only if you feed the HTML directly into Kindlegen. If you use the OPF approach (see this post, a general overview of the OPF approach, or this post, a more detailed look at the OPF file). I have not yet figured out how to get Kindlegen to detect the table of contents directly. Rather, I’ve “graduated” to the OPF approach.

]]> Comment on Kindlegen: Preparing Books for Kindle – Cover Image by Randy http://dcasler.com/2012/01/13/kindlegen-preparing-books-for-kindle-cover-image/comment-page-1/#comment-2881 Randy Fri, 20 Jan 2012 21:53:17 +0000 http://dcasler.com/?p=2477#comment-2881 While this is useful -- and a helpful thing when Amazon's own site is <i>so</i> terrible at giving useful direction -- I could use a little more help. I don't use Open Office (or Word!) to create my HTML, since I want much more control over the output. What I want to know is, <b>what is in the generated HTML</b> that shows the cover image correctly and, more importantly, what HTML tagging "tells" Kindle that it's a cover image (as opposed to any other image)? While this is useful — and a helpful thing when Amazon’s own site is so terrible at giving useful direction — I could use a little more help. I don’t use Open Office (or Word!) to create my HTML, since I want much more control over the output. What I want to know is, what is in the generated HTML that shows the cover image correctly and, more importantly, what HTML tagging “tells” Kindle that it’s a cover image (as opposed to any other image)?

]]> Comment on Kindlegen: Preparing Books for Kindle – Cover Image by Ellie http://dcasler.com/2012/01/13/kindlegen-preparing-books-for-kindle-cover-image/comment-page-1/#comment-2869 Ellie Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:29:56 +0000 http://dcasler.com/?p=2477#comment-2869 Hello--if you want to email me directly I should be able to help you with your Table of Contents. I work in Open Office too and making a clickable table of contents for Kindle is real simple once you know how. I bought a video tutorial on it and I'm happy to share the info. Hello–if you want to email me directly I should be able to help you with your Table of Contents. I work in Open Office too and making a clickable table of contents for Kindle is real simple once you know how. I bought a video tutorial on it and I’m happy to share the info.

]]> Comment on Ham Radio Power Supplies: The 12-volt Question by Robert Smith http://dcasler.com/2011/03/21/ham-radio-power-supplies-the-12-volt-question/comment-page-1/#comment-2867 Robert Smith Mon, 16 Jan 2012 12:08:37 +0000 http://dcasler.com/?p=1244#comment-2867 Thanks for the info, KG4UGT Thanks for the info, KG4UGT

]]> Comment on Imogene Pass from Ouray to Telluride by dave http://dcasler.com/2010/08/23/imogene-pass-from-ouray-to-telluride/comment-page-1/#comment-2849 dave Fri, 13 Jan 2012 01:12:12 +0000 http://dcasler.com/?p=731#comment-2849 Lynn, the answer is yes and no. You can certainly ride your ATV from the Ouray side up and over Imogene Pass and part way down to Telluride. But ATVs are restricted from going all the way into Telluride, so you'll have to turn around and go back the way you came. I was able to do the loop (Imogene, then Ophir) only because my motorcycle is street legal. There is no place on the Telluride side for someone to pick your ATV up and trailer you to another pass. In Ouray County, ATVs are allowed on unpaved roads, but there are no loops that you can complete without needing to use an unpaved road. Lynn, the answer is yes and no. You can certainly ride your ATV from the Ouray side up and over Imogene Pass and part way down to Telluride. But ATVs are restricted from going all the way into Telluride, so you’ll have to turn around and go back the way you came. I was able to do the loop (Imogene, then Ophir) only because my motorcycle is street legal. There is no place on the Telluride side for someone to pick your ATV up and trailer you to another pass. In Ouray County, ATVs are allowed on unpaved roads, but there are no loops that you can complete without needing to use an unpaved road.

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