Prior Art: Kindle Currency Plugin

Before starting, let me make it clear that a) I don’t own a Kindle and b) I don’t  think it has a plugin architecture. But a) I will eventually (or one of its descendants) and b) it really should.

So, what I want is a plugin similar to the dictionary widget. That one allows you to look up a word in the current text you are reading. In this case, however, it triggers on currency amounts.

Suppose you are reading Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea (which, oddly enough, I am) and you see a line of text that reads

For a fare of twenty francs, the vehicle went down Broadway
to Union Square, took Fourth Ave. to its junction with Bowery St.,
turned into Katrin St. and halted at Pier 34.

I want to select twenty francs and have the plugin determine the publish date and tell me what that is in today’s US Dollars. Simple. To the point. And for me, incredibly informative.

Remember, as with all my “prior art” entries, if you make it and sell it, I want my cut.

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Last Night – A Summer Mixtape

I made a mixtape for you. Well, not you, but the rest of you.

The flow follows a night out for me. Starts off a little slow and cheesy, then gets kind of electro, frenetic, and mashed up, and then finally ends up on a slower tip.

Tracklisting

  1. Magic – DJ Agent 86
  2. Static – So I’m Jo
  3. A Cause Des Garçons – Yelle
  4. Fixin The Thrill (Villians remix) – Dragonette
  5. Remedy (Crimes Against Disco remix) – Little Boots
  6. Groove Is In The Girls – Dunproofin’
  7. Phantom On The Bottom – DJ Paul V.
  8. Intergalactic Human – DJ Earworm
  9. Insight Tricks – Zenit Incompatible
  10. Diskow Heartbeat – Celebrity Murder Party
  11. Hanging On The Fax Preset – GaraGara
  12. Tell Me – Panic Girl
  13. Pearl’s Dream (team9 remix) – Bat For Lashes
  14. I Like Watching You (Diamond Cut remix) – Cinnamon Chasers
  15. I Can’t Tell You Why (revised) – Chromeo

Download it here

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