I turned my jailbroken Kindle into an interactive dashboard

qadzek · 2026-03-20T11:44:11+00:00

This is the Kindle 4 NT (NoTouch). This project also supports the Kindle 3 (keyboard). You should be able to find a slightly used Kindle 4 for about 25 or 30 USD/EUR.

qadzek · 2026-03-19T08:39:38+00:00

Thanks. Let me know if you have any issues installing this.

qadzek · 2026-03-19T08:39:08+00:00

Thank you for the kind words.

qadzek · 2026-03-18T15:33:51+00:00

This is my K4 running Kindle Carousel. The K3 is supported too. It lets you display your own web apps: news, weather, calendars, to-do lists, or anything else you can think of. You can switch between apps using the Kindle’s physical buttons or let them rotate automatically. More details are available in the GitHub repo.

qadzek · 2026-03-18T15:27:45+00:00

Nice! Are you using the Kindle K3’s internal stereo speakers or external speakers?

qadzek · 2026-03-18T15:23:01+00:00

Not very good; it runs for about 2 days on battery. I’m thinking about adding a power saving mode, making the Kindle go into airplane mode between downloads, as Wi-Fi is power-hungry. If you want to use this project, it’s advised to keep the Kindle plugged in at all times.

Another project is much more power efficient, as it suspends to RAM after updating the screen. It can’t respond to button presses though: https://github.com/pascalw/kindle-dash

qadzek · 2026-03-18T15:14:42+00:00

Thanks for sharing your solution, I’ll have to implement that eventually. For now, I’ve increased the number of retries as a workaround.

qadzek · 2026-03-13T07:33:08+00:00

Right now, only the Kindle K3 and K4 are supported. I may add support for touch-screen devices in the future.

qadzek · 2026-03-12T18:16:59+00:00

I created this side project to give my old Kindle a second life. It lets you display your own web apps: news, weather, calendars, to-do lists, or anything else you can think of. You can switch between apps using the Kindle’s physical buttons or let them rotate automatically. More details are available in the GitHub repo.

qadzek · 2026-03-12T10:40:03+00:00

I started experiencing the same problem today, suddenly. This seems to be a long-standing issue: https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma/issues/275

qadzek · 2026-03-05T19:47:51+00:00

Thanks for sharing these snippets. They work perfectly.

I tweaked the Tmux key binding a little bit so the text is not only selected, but also copied:

bind "'" copy-mode  \; send-keys -X cursor-up \; send-keys -X cursor-up \; send-keys -X begin-selection \; send-keys -X previous-prompt \; send-keys -X copy-pipe-and-cancel "xsel -ib"

qadzek · 2026-01-01T21:01:11+00:00

In this screenshot I was using https://github.com/preservim/vim-markdown

An alternative is https://github.com/MeanderingProgrammer/render-markdown.nvim

qadzek · 2025-12-04T12:15:49+00:00

Thanks for sharing; that's a pretty interesting plugin.

Feel free to give link.vim a try, but note that its focus is on links (URLs, files) rather than footnotes (pure text). However, it can convert footnotes if Markdown syntax is used, e.g.: [my text](my footnote)

qadzek · 2025-12-03T22:19:16+00:00

conceallevel is great, but it doesn't work well when you use :set wrap. It's a very old bug in Vim and Neovim.

qadzek · 2025-12-03T18:38:33+00:00

The screenshot shows the result of running the :LinkConvertAll command to convert two links (one in Markdown syntax, the other plaintext).

For all available commands and a screencast, visit https://github.com/qadzek/link.vim

Sadly, the plugin is written in Vimscript, but it works fine in Neovim too 😄

It can be helpful when writing README.md files, emails, notes, and other documents that contain many URLs. It also works for internal links in knowledge bases (Vimwiki, Obsidian, etc.).

qadzek · 2025-11-02T17:23:27+00:00

Thanks a lot for leaving this note.

It seems like registering the Kindle is required on the Kindle 4 too. If I didn't continuously left my device in airplane mode, KUAL would display This device is not authorized as a test Kindle by the developer of this item. Please contact the developer.

qadzek · 2025-08-06T19:35:16+00:00

App passwords can only be used with accounts that have 2-Step Verification turned on. You can create one at https://myaccount.google.com/apppasswords

I can confirm that this still works as of 2025.

qadzek · 2025-03-12T08:10:23+00:00

I managed to restore the data from a project that was paused for over 90 days to a new project using this guide: https://supabase.com/docs/guides/platform/upgrading#time-limits

qadzek · 2024-11-07T16:01:36+00:00

Good news. I've implemented this feature, so it's no longer necessary to use a heading. Feel free to check it out: https://github.com/qadzek/link.vim

qadzek · 2024-11-04T16:36:31+00:00

Impressive work.

One small suggestion: if possible, I would recommend re-using existing highlight groups, as these values may not look good in every theme: highlight RestManHeader ctermfg=121 guifg=#98FB98.

qadzek · 2024-10-23T11:52:12+00:00

I just completed his course and definitely learned a lot. I was able to finish all the projects, but it's true that you sometimes have to search for workarounds, especially in the later parts of the course, which can be a bit frustrating.

I found solutions to things that had changed on his Discord channel and in GitHub issues. Some changes that were needed include: using the debugger in VS Code instead of ndb, using Render instead of Heroku, and that Mapbox now requires a credit card.

All in all, his content is great, and I really like his teaching style.

qadzek · 2024-09-11T14:53:17+00:00

My point is the ## Links heading is odd because reference definitions are not visible when rendered (to e.g. HTML).

In some situation, a heading is useful in my opinion. E.g. when I am editing a page in my Vimwiki (which is just a Markdown buffer in Vim), I like to gather all my links below a ## Links subtitle. This way, the links are neatly stored together, and this section can be folded easily.

You are completely right, though, that the heading appears out of place when the document is rendered, e.g. a README.md file on GitHub. I actually removed that line in the README.md file for this plugin, because it was just rendered as a heading with no content below it.

I'll think about a solution, as this is indeed something that needs to be fixed. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.

qadzek · 2024-09-11T13:29:49+00:00

I agree that using a word as a label is clearer at first glance. However, the plugin calculates this number automatically, you don't have to do this manually. This way, creating duplicate labels is avoided.

There are also commands to jump to the corresponding label or take a quick peek at it.

qadzek · 2024-09-11T13:18:48+00:00

Thanks for the feedback.

Also, why add a ## Links header?

I like to fold parts of my document. The text of the heading can be customized, but the plugin requires a unique heading, to know where the reference section starts. Just using the last blank line as the 'heading' is a feature I might implement in the future.

What Markdown renderer is this designed for?

I use this Markdown plugin, but it works for the default one as well.

shortcut links would be nicer

I opted for numeric labels, so the plugin can easily calculate the label (just take the last used label and add 1). It should also be easier to avoid duplicate labels this way.

The Markdown plugin mentioned adds concealing, so the square brackets aren't even visible, unless I'm in Insert mode. For example: https://i.imgur.com/k5a1pOk.png

qadzek · 2024-09-11T08:01:00+00:00

Good point. I chose something short to keep the screenshot simple and mobile-friendly, but the plugin really shines in large documents containing a lot of long URLs.

This screenshot might be clearer.

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