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I am a dad, husband and software developer living in Trondheim, Norway. I love playing with tech, programming silly things and tinkering with hard- and software. I currently work at Sikt . Sometimes I write stuff, sometimes I make stuff, and sometimes I will put that stuff on this site.

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Rust (and Slint) on a Jailbroken Kindle

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I recently jailbroke my 7th generation Kindle Paperwhite. While my motivation probably should have been "breaking free from Amazon's clammy and tightening grip", the truth is I wanted a way to use it as a clock on my nightstand. I found this project and figured I could just make some adjustments to the code. And that…