One of the advantages I have of being a writer is that I never run out of ideas. My brain is always racing at the speed of light, spitting out raw data. Catching all of them on paper or even on my phone is impossible, but I accept that fact. It’s like fishing, you’re not going to catch every fish you see. But there’s also another problem.

There are days that I don’t want to write. I know I have always told you to write at least one sentence a day even when you don’t feel like it. But there are days when you’re so overwhelmed that you can’t do anything. Like your brain and body goes to the blue screen of death and you shutdown. What’s worse is that your writing brain still spews out idea after idea.

In that case, it’s better to shut down your writing brain or tune it out and not write. There are days when you just need a break. It’s also why I could never have a full-time writing career. I’d get sick of it.

So ask yourself: do I not want to write because I’m lazy or do I not want to write because my body and mind need a break?

#writing #body #declutter #mind #rest

“Brand-Name Believers.”

I have been writing with Keri almost 10 years. I get very excited for the songs we come up with. We’ve made folks cry, we have cheered folks up. We have traveled, we have played here in town. We have made a couple of records. We have made lots of singles and EP’s. I love this life. I wouldn’t trade it for anything. The next step is digging into that. 

We are making a 20-song studio album. Then we are turning around and performing songs for a live release in the garage. 40 tracks! A double-double. We want to perform always when we release something, so we are taking matters into our own hands there, and sharing that too.

The Horse’s Mouth is almost out there!

Right now we have to finish up the magazine: Sharmi Surianarain’s interview and Chris Triggs’ artwork. The Dino story, Doc’s review, insight from John Gilbert, and Marc Schuster showed up talking about vampires. Keri is busy putting us all together like she does. Very happy for the magazine. It feels good.

I have been writing a lot. I feel it. It happens. I think structures we build and policies that get passed are thinking that comes to life. My songs, to me, are like that. But they are my emotions that have come to life. I feel that very strongly at the moment. Maybe I am a little emotional.

Something old something new.

Keri and I write songs that hopefully have a nostalgic vibe but a current or relevant message. That is our goal on nearly every song. We love all genres, I think. But only relate to the songs in those genres that vibe or give us messages. So we go for that too.

This was 4 or 5 years ago at a songwriting showcase we were invited to play. It was a magical night. I love the pictures, still.

We are planning on toting our PA and Merch to house shows when album is complete.

House shows are amazing. Much of my life they happened impromptu, unorganized. But now there’s circuits! There’s schedules. There’s even money! My buddies, Jaime and Shannon, they sent me Shannon’s book about it. They’ve had luck with it, not just in payment. But it feels like another one of those “good” things like the magazine. Link to purchase book on Shannon’s website, HERE! (PS: I love the 80’s Kids Bandcamp!)

A safe record, but not playing it safe.

These are hard times. I think I am motivated to have good times because of them. It feels like the good times are now important. I want to be part of what helps, what heals. That includes some justice, sure, but it also includes some tranquil vibes. I have sought safety my whole life until Keri. Now that I have it, I’d like to help there with others, if only for the length of a song.

Kelly Kintner

Here is a YouTube premiering tonight at 5:00 PM if you like. “Dino’s Stash” is complete, it is mastered, and I made a video. Comes alive at 5 Central.

Tonight's game of choice comes from the NFL and has the (1-3-1) Washington Commanders playing the (5-0) San Francisco 49ers. With its scheduled start time of 7:15 PM CDT, I'll want to have my night rounds of meds and prayers completed before then in order to give everything my full attention. I'll be listening to the radio call of the game provided NFL +. It's unlikely that I'll be awake for the whole game; the brain will probably fog over by halftime, sending me to bed then.

ديما عندي مشكل مع البروجيات ديال المتصفحات

كيبداو زوينين فحال فايرفوكس ولا brave

من بعد كيقودوها و كيبداو يزيدو telemetry ولا دوك الاحصائيات المجهولة الخ

لا ا سيدي انا ما بغيت تعرفو والو على شنو كنشوف فالجهاز ديالي.

لهذا كننصحكم بجوج متصفحات اللي كنحترمهم “حاليا”

اللول هو Helium

اللي مصايب انطلاقا من chrimoum

و الثاني هو Librewolf

اللي هو fork ديال فايرفوكس

Happy and “safe” browsing!

Plasticman ™

Als het er op lijkt dat niemand deze driftig handelende wereld nog redden kan dan komt Plasticman hij dekt en hij wikkelt het grote gevaar in bubbelwrap de losbandige criminelen worden met stickers en tape vastgeplakt dan stopt hij de zware misdadigers in een container zak en voert ze van ons af in een grote dikke grijze container rolbak Plasticman er is niemand groter en beter dan Plasticman De door wanen malende man die zijn kanon had gericht op de bradende zon stopte hij pardoes in een bidon al het beroerde komt er in, krijgt een gemerkte zak er op 'n om zelfs het gevaar van rock'n de rollen heeft hij met gemak bedwongen gewoon in een merknaam medium gedwongen Plasticman, er is niks wat hij niet omringen kan het zit in de gekochte of gehuurde muren is de omlijsting van onze vensters op cul- en naturen is de deurpost voor boodschapjes en boven op vakantie zit om lijnen en draden waardoor het leven begint te spelen in iedere natie het zorgt overal voor brood onnodige variatie hij houdt het verse fris door het koud te maken in een aangelijnde stekker kast hij maakt het mogelijk dat elke drukke preker in een thuismediacentrale past Plasticman redder van de aarde heeft ware tijdelijke betekenis, echte plak waarde hij vangt criminele producties op in vaten stopt die veilig en wel zeker 2 meter onder niet zo vaste grond iedereen gaat er overheen terwijl ze iets bewaard in plastic dat lijkt op eten stoppen in hun malende mond Plasticman redder van iedere dag dankzij hem kunnen we blijven ontwikkelen en ontdekken voorkomen we veelvuldig lekken en andere oorzaken van een levensgevaarlijke overdosis vlekken Plasticman redder onder de redders de held van iedereen duidelijk beter hierin dan de man van staal, de zoon van aluminium, de achterneef van stof, de dochter van goud, de nicht van papier en de vrouw van baksteen allemaal gedateerd, overbodig, neen, wil je de wereld echt redden dan kun je niet om Plasticman heen aangezien hij als enigste van het superhelden reservoir wel om de wereld heen kan Plasticman de planeet Rommul die ene met een vuilniszak erom daar is het land van de oor sprong van onze grootste held Plasticman daar is hij voor ons doen en laten geboren zijn moeder was Tupper Ware zijn padre Rubber Zolen toen die planeet smolt door de te dicht naderende zon was de zoon van familie Zolen blij dat hij hier verder kon, ons omringen met alle dingen alles ontzettend ingewikkeld maken voorkomen dat men zomaar iets of iemand kon aanraken ruimte voor tekst en tekens op alles wat is of lijkt te zijn veroorzaken en meer van dat soort levensreddende interventies uitvoerig uitvoeren en liet iedereen verantwoordelijk voor dergelijke complexe processen ontzettend goed boeren De allesvernieuwende Plasticman kwam wederom op volle toeren Plasticman is de superheld waar onze planeet mee door het ruim kan zweven waarvoor we om de alles aanhoudende lichtbron handeldreven en vooralsnog met alle drivers laten meedrijven ons met al zijn vele vormen hebben mogen laten inlijven, het strak zittende maar makkelijk los rakende heldendom voorlopig laten beklijven we betalen er mee en doen het er voor het zit er dik in en het gaat er mee door we draaien er om heen en staan er voor op we hebben het achter de rug en het staat op de kop Ja Plasticman omdat zonder zo'n hoog ontwikkeld man het leven zo niet verder kan.

JOURNAL 19 octobre 2026

11:00 téléphone laconique Voulez vous bien sortir un instant ? À l'entrée du terrain – je ne peux pas l’appeler jardin il n’y a que des graviers, une énorme voiture noire, c'est un suv je crois. Je descend sur la pierre de seuil la portière arrière s'ouvre. ok. Je me retourne, A me fait un petit signe de la main et j'y vais. L’inévitable capitaine est là qui me fait signe de m'asseoir avec son sourire qui cette fois ne me paraît pas narquois.

Vous voyez qu'on se retrouve, me dit-il, je suis content de vous revoir. Vous savez qu’on vous estime beaucoup ? Et moi je vous aime bien même si je sais que je vous agace. Mais c'est une opinion personnelle nous ne sommes pas là pour ça. La voiture a démarré et roule au ralenti, on n’entend aucun bruit. Nous savons que vous acceptez notre offre, mais je dois l’entendre de votre bouche. Acceptez-vous d'accompagner madame xxx (il prononce son nom à la perfection) dans sa mission en Ukraine ? Répondez par oui ou par non... Je vous remercie. Nous vous demandons de protéger madame (de nouveau parfait) de ne permettre à personne de l’approcher ou de la toucher qui ne soit identifié avec certitude. Du moment où vous embarquerez dans l’avion au moment où vous remettrez les pieds au Japon, personne de plus, dès l'embarquement, vous vous exprimerez exclusivement en Japonais vous oublierez que vous maîtrisez d'autres langues. Vous voyagerez en tant que secrétaire de madame xxx, petite japonaise ordinaire. À votre départ nous vous remettrons un téléphone de service en échange de votre téléphone personnel, il sera rigoureusement interdit de l'utiliser pour un usage privé. Il me donne alors 3 séries de chiffres à retenir dans l'ordre. Je dois les mémoriser. Suivent quelques directives dont je ne dois pas parler. Il me demande de répéter les chiffres dans l’ordre. Parfait. Pendant tout ce temps je voyais le chauffeur jeter des coups d’œil dans le rétro intérieur. Sur un signe de tête la voiture s'arrête et exécute un demi-tour, on rentre. – Puisque vous ne demandez rien pour vous, je vais quand même vous dire ceci : nous n’avons pas vu venir le deuil qui vous a frappées, nous ne pouvons pas surveiller tous les hommes jaloux du Japon mais je vous promets que nous ferons tout pour retrouver votre amie si elle est trouvable et nous ferons en sorte qu'elle ait une sépulture décente. D’autre part, puisque vous vous posez la question, nous ne sommes absolument pour rien dans l’irruption de votre délicieuse protégée. Enfin je vous remercie pour votre collaboration et vous précise afin de ne pas brusquer vos respectables convictions politiques que vous ne collaborez pas à un gouvernement mais pour une autorité qui dépasse les partis, que je vais nommer : le Japon. Eh oui comme vos ancêtres que vous reniez pourtant.

La voiture était arrivée devant l'entrée à nouveau et manœuvrait pour pouvoir repartir. Il m'a souri franchement. — C’est la première fois je crois qu’on emploie une petite souris dans un français parfait ! Rassurez-vous nous ne lisons pas tout, seulement les choses qui nous intéressent. J'étais sortie sans un mot un peu sonnée — Attendez ! les trois codes dans le sens inverse svp ... — bien. Je vous aime bien vous savez ?

Hop la voiture a démarré sans bruit, électrique sans doute. J'avoue j’étais un peu sidérée. Jene sais pas quoi penser exactement. Je ne pense pas qu’il se foute de moi. J’ai tout raconté à ma chérie. Puis son téléphone de service a sonné. Elle a rendez-vous au sous-sol demain matin elle recevra ses instructions définitives. Le type au bout l'a remerciée sur le même ton que mon contact quelques minutes avant. Voilà. On est embarquées on sait pas dans quoi mais ensemble, alors on y va.

#Ukraine

Today at the Tiffany day concert there was a guy next to me that Was fine for a while until a song went on where everyone was dancing, and then he just elbowed in front of me and pushed me back, and he essentially got between me, and my group of friends separating me, and he was super rude about it, and when I like pushed him back, he got in my face and things started to escalate, and my friends just told me to swap sides to avoid the situation, and I do feel bad that it escalated at all, because I know that it takes two people to have a conflict like that, but at the same time I feel like otherwise this person is just directly getting to walk over me and Pond off the issue onto other people who had to compromise and I’m not sure what the correct thing to do was. We got there super early to be right at the rail, and this person just shoved me aside and went the route of escalating when confronted. I’m not sure what I should’ve done.

Freundinnen & Freunde der Weisheit! Hobbys sind gut für unser Wohlbefinden, sagt die Forschung. Aber warum ist das so?

Viele Menschen verbringen einen grossen Teil ihrer Freizeit mit Bildschirmen, Social Media oder passiver Unterhaltung. Gleichzeitig zeigt sich in der Forschung immer deutlicher, dass aktive Hobbys oft einen ganz anderen Effekt auf das Wohlbefinden haben. Entscheidend scheint dabei weniger die konkrete Tätigkeit zu sein als die Tatsache, dass Menschen etwas freiwillig, regelmässig und mit persönlichem Interesse verfolgen.

Hobbys unterscheiden sich von reinem Konsum vor allem dadurch, dass sie Lernen, Entwicklung und aktive Beteiligung fördern. Wer gärtnert, ein Instrument lernt, zeichnet, tanzt oder eine Sprache übt, erlebt häufig ein Gefühl von Fortschritt und Selbstwirksamkeit. Gerade diese Kombination aus Kreativität, Konzentration und persönlichem Wachstum scheint psychisch stabilisierend zu wirken. Studien bringen Hobbys deshalb mit höherer Lebenszufriedenheit, weniger Stress und einem geringeren Risiko für Depressionen in Verbindung.

Interessant ist auch die Unterscheidung zwischen kurzfristigem Vergnügen und tieferer Zufriedenheit. Passive Unterhaltung liefert oft schnelle Ablenkung, während Hobbys eher ein nachhaltiges Gefühl von Sinn, Identität und persönlicher Entwicklung fördern. Viele Menschen erleben dort Fähigkeiten oder soziale Erfahrungen, die im Berufsalltag kaum Platz haben. Dadurch entstehen häufig Selbstvertrauen, Gemeinschaft und das Gefühl, „mehr man selbst“ zu sein.

Wer ein neues Hobby sucht, sollte laut den Forschenden weniger nach der „perfekten Aktivität“ suchen als nach ehrlicher Neugier. Oft zeigt sich erst nach einigen Wochen, ob etwas wirklich Freude bereitet. Entscheidend sei deshalb weniger Talent oder Leistung als die Bereitschaft, Neues auszuprobieren und einer Tätigkeit genügend Zeit zu geben, damit daraus echte Begeisterung entstehen kann.

Denkanstoss zum Wochenbeginn

„Die Ausübung eines Hobbys geschieht ganz ohne Ruhm, Geld oder Erfolg.“ – G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936)

ProductivityPorn-Tipp der Woche: Deadlines setzen – auch für kleine Aufgaben

Jede Aufgabe, egal wie klein, sollte eine Deadline haben. Das hilft Dir, schneller zu entscheiden, Prioritäten zu setzen und effizienter zu arbeiten.

Aus dem Archiv: Wenn die Uhr lügt. Chronos, Kairos und die Kunst des rechten Moments

Es gibt Tage, da fühle ich mich wie ein Gefangener meines Kalenders. Erinnerungen blinken auf, Meetings reihen sich aneinander, und selbst die Mittagspause fällt zugunsten eines „Lunch Meetings“ aus. In solchen Momenten frage ich mich: Ist das wirklich Zeit – oder bloss ein Abspulen von Takteinheiten? Und dann gibt es die seltenen Augenblicke, in denen alles stillzustehen scheint: ein unerwartet tiefes Gespräch oder das plötzliche Aufblitzen einer Idee. Diese Erfahrung führt mitten hinein in einen alten Gegensatz, den die Griechen schon kannten: Chronos und Kairos.

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Topic #Newsletter

I’m on the train, this is the start of my adventure, a journey into creativity and culture!

It’s making an extra stop now, a little bit longer than usual, outside of one of the most beautiful places in the world, but through the windows of the car, I see only a dark blue grey,

Because the lands are shrouded in the thickest fog,

So if someone, an elk?, ventures onto these train tracks, nobody will be able to stop the train from hitting it, and for the elk, the train — even with its headlights — will appear to be coming out of nowhere!

In this magical mist, the mind might wander; I could picture that I’m anywhere in the world, or other worlds or times,

But, I’m already where I want to be, the most beautiful place I know,

I hate this place, but I love it even more!

A few years back, Ahmed Naji (author of ROTTEN EVIDENCE), asked me to provide an illustration for an awesome short speculative satire he wrote for Art of the Working Class. Titled THE TANTA MUSEUM OF WHITE HISTORY, it is both funny and piercingly perceptive, and he just made it available on his substack.

It'll make you laugh-cry in the best kind of way. Highly recommended reading.

#work

“Chaque fois que j’entends un discours politique ou que je lis ceux qui nous dirigent, je suis effrayé depuis des années de n’entendre rien qui rende un son humain. Ce sont toujours les mêmes mots qui disent les mêmes mensonges. Et que les hommes s’en accommodent, que la colère du peuple n’ait pas encore brisé les fantoches, j’y vois la preuve que les hommes n’accordent aucune importance à leur gouvernement et qu’ils jouent, vraiment oui, qu’ils jouent toute une partie de leur vie et de leurs intérêts soi-disant vitaux”

Albert Camus, Carnets I, Août 1937

Je suis l’un de ceux qui jouent. Qui n’accordent aucun intérêt à cette affaire. Mais ces mots de Camus raisonnent particulièrement chez moi.

Je sais que ce jeu est d’une certaine manière malsain, dysfonctionnel et désespérant. Mais c’est malgré tout un jeu qui impacte ma vie d’une manière ou d’une autre, que je le veuille ou non.

Cette année sera la dernière où je ne voterai pas.

Many years ago (back when interest rates were reasonable), I was trying to buy a house. And so we visited house after house, trying to find the one that seemed just right and was within budget. One house we visited was particularly lovely, in a good neighborhood, well maintained with nice landscaping. It checked so many of the boxes. In the process of visiting the house with the realtor, we somehow learned that the owner of the house was deceased, and his parents were selling it. The house was tidy but had not been emptied of the belongings of the previous owner, who, judging from the contents of the house, appeared to be a man about the same age as me. Of course, I never knew the guy’s name or what had happened to him, but seeing the closet full of his clothes is something that stuck with me. You can learn a lot about even a complete stranger by looking at what they owned.

George Carlin said, “After you die, your stuff becomes your ‘personal effects.’” And what about those personal effects? Is a person’s estate carefully planned out so that each descendent will receive an appropriate amount of stuff? Both professionally and personally, I have seen families erupt in all-out war over the stuff that a parent or grandparent left behind. And not even the cash, but the stuff! Siblings never speaking to one another again because one claimed that chair from mom’s living room!

What about when the death was not anticipated? There are families who leave a loved one’s room exactly the way it was on the day the person died, allowing a portion of their house to become a silent museum of the decedent. On the other hand, there are families who rush to organize and clear out the person’s stuff as soon as possible. Both of these strategies make sense in their own way. In the former, the family is trying to hold on to the person by holding onto their stuff, and in the latter, the family can’t bear to look at the person’s stuff because of its connection to the one who’s no longer here.

When my brother died, the rest of us went to his dorm room to pack everything up and bring it home. It was an agonizing task. Some of his belongings made me laugh, such as the mint condition Whitney Houston vinyl. Some of the things in his room made my heart hurt, like the sizable collection of beer bottles (Christ, how much had he been drinking?). If you die suddenly, the people who survive will see all your stuff. Read your diary. Check the back of your sock drawer. Make sure you have a good friend to clear your browser history for you.

Most of us have too many belongings in general, even those of us who aren’t technically hoarders. Someday, someone will have to sort them out. Or have them sold in an estate sale. Or just throw the damn things out already, I don’t know why you’re hanging on to them anyway! Having so much stuff could be a call to live more simply, but it’s also a way of defining what mattered to someone. My dad had many books on his bookshelves that he had loved, and after he died, I sat in his office, reading their titles and thinking of the conversations he and I had had about them. He had also been a big fan of his cell phone, some sort of Samsung situation. While my mom quickly packed up and donated some of his clothes, his phone remains at home, powered on and with the bill still paid. I guess you never know when my dad will receive an important call.

As for my own stuff? Good luck with all the books, everyone. And the clothes from multiple decades. And so many journals! Yikes, what will happen when my secrets are out? However, don’t worry, as I’m not planning on going anywhere anytime soon. I’m still using this stuff. Most of it. What will all of this stuff say about me, when I’m no longer here to speak for myself? I still have a china tea set that was my grandmother’s. I have tshirts that belonged to my brother. These things have no monetary value, but they are treasures.

Archaeology is an entire discipline devoted to the things people leave behind. The things, and putting together stories that go with them. Future archaeologists may analyze my stuff and say, “Boy howdy, this one loved a cardigan!” Provided that my sweater collection isn’t rotting in some landfill by then.

Perhaps no one will want my stuff. About 99% of it is mostly useless. But I have saved unassuming things from the people in my life who are no longer here, and I would venture that they wouldn’t have guessed which things I chose to keep. Our stuff says a lot about us, but we can never really be sure of which stuff is telling what story.

Throughout the days and weeks I have many ideas that I think would be pretty fun to blog about. I typically write in the evening as the day winds down, and lately I’ve been fairly tired and/or brain dead. One thing I think is pretty neat that I did a couple days ago was trying out KOReader. I heard about it on an open source software forum. It’s an alternative operating system for E-Readers. It started off for Kindle and Kobo which is how it was named. Now it works on many different E-Readers. I can only speak to the Kobo side of things, that’s what we have and the only version I’ve looked into and applied.

At first I tried running a script to do it all for me, and I was having troubles. So I ended up just copying and pasting the different files into the Kobo and it worked great. It’s a pretty easy process on the Kobo and I’m enjoying it. Overall it’s a little snappier and has a lot more options, it’s intuitive and so far I like it better than the default OS. I’ve read that the battery lasts longer for most people, I can’t say one way or another on that yet since I’m only a few days into it. One great thing about it is that you don’t have to reformat the entire system. It launches from the original OS, you can use either OS – and if you wanted to get rid of the KOReader OS you can just delete the files and its gone. Pretty slick in my view. I also installed Plato at the same time, another OS option. I’d guess I won’t use that one, it is very simple without a lot of options. Good for people who like bare bones simple setups.

If anyone is interested I’ll share what I did and you could do the same. This works on the Kobo BW and Kobo Clara 2E. I can only vouch for this, because that is all I’ve done. But if you have another E-Reader just search around the internet for instructions for your model – I’d imagine it won’t be too challenging. The version I downloaded was a little older but it’s a package with all you need in one zip file which was very convenient.

Instructions for installing KOReader and/or Plato on the Kobo BW or Kobo Clara 2E:

Download the files – I’d recommend “OCP-Plato-0.9.45_KOReader-v2026.03.zip

Extract the files – I’d recommend extracting them on your computer not the Kobo. I also like backing things up. So I created a folder on my computer that I put these files in and also copied all of the files from the Kobo as a backup and reference.

Plug in the Kobo via USB to a computer and click the prompt on your Kobo to connect the two. With this you need to either use the USB cable that came with your Kobo or use a high data transfer USB cable. Some cheap cables don’t have high enough transfer rates to connect your Kobo to your computer for data transfers.

From your new extracted folder open it up and transfer (copy or cut) the icons folder, .adds folder, Kfmon.png and koreader.png into the root folder on your Kobo.

Also take the KoboRoot.tgz (don’t extract it) from the .kobo folder from your computer and put a copy of it into your .kobo folder on the Kobo. This file is to create the menu on the bottom right of your original Kobo OS to launch your new KOReader and Plato OS. If you do not want Plato or KOReader OS you can not transfer or delete the folder in the .adds folder of whichever OS you don’t want. You also can delete the config file in the .adds/nm folder.

I’ve read a few installation guides saying to install the KoboRoot.tgz first and then the KOReader OS, I did it all at once and it worked fine. Once installed disconnect the Kobo and it should automatically load the files and reboot. If it doesn’t just reboot it yourself. One of our Kobo readers auto installed and rebooted, the other did not and I manually rebooted the system by holding the button on the back. Once it started back up on the bottom right I had a new popup menu with KOReader and Plato as options. Click on the OS you want to launch and you’re good to go. Check the links below for additional guidance and help.

The KOReader OS does not come with a dictionary. You can connect to the internet and download one or directly add one manually to the folder .adds/koreader/data/dict. I honestly forget what I did, I tried a few and didn't like them and ended up with one from Stardict. I'll add a zip file of what I have currently as my dictionary. If you want to use that just download the zip file, unzip it, and put all the contents into your dict folder. I don't think you actually need all of that (like the _MACOSX folder) – but it's working so I've left it.

Additional information:

KOReader user guide

Alternative install guide or try this one for more information

Hacking the Kobo to avoid registration

File downloads:

OCP-Plato-0.9.45_KOReader-v2026.03.zip

Primary source download page

Alternative “OCP-Plato-0.9.45_KOReader-v2026.03.zip” download here if the original link fails

Dictionary option for KOReader

Awesome Ebook management software (Calibre)

There is more information on an older post called “DIY Tech Privacy.”