kindle-dash VS RootMyRoku

Instead of using a cronjob you can put the device into sleep and use the RTC to schedule the next wakeup (see [1]). This takes only very little power, as the device is only turned on for mere seconds and sleeps the remaining time.

[1] https://github.com/pascalw/kindle-dash/blob/main/src/dash.sh...

The stopgap solution for this is pascalw's kindle-dash[1]. I set it up on my jailbroken kindle and now it displays some headlines, my google calendar events, and the weather (via OpenWeatherMap API)

[1] https://github.com/pascalw/kindle-dash

This thread or this project might be what you're after. The first is a full screen browser, the second is replacing the screen saver image and going into sleep mode.

Hey HN, I built this project because last year I did a terrible job of actually taking time off work and needed a way to see just how overdue I was to take a day off.

Because so much is already automatically tracked in my calendar (e.g. the HR system adds calendar events for booked holiday), I just needed a way to query it to get the metrics I wanted.

Originally I used a Go MySQL implementation to evaluate queries but it was a bit buggy and didn’t support all the SQL I wanted. Now I’m using a full SQLite database for each user so you can really do some gnarly queries (recursive CTEs, window functions, the works).

Personally, I’m using QueryCal as a Grafana datasource to power a dashboard that’s displayed on an old Kindle on my desk (using this great project: https://github.com/pascalw/kindle-dash).

You will have to compete with much cheaper ideas like this kindle-based dashboard https://github.com/pascalw/kindle-dash

discussed a while ago here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25939042

Yup, they're already patching this. There's setup instructions and the vulnerable version here if you want to give it a shot https://github.com/llamasoft/RootMyRoku

Github repo with more information and instructions and FAQ: https://github.com/llamasoft/RootMyRoku