# Birthday SQUEEE! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 25, 2012, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthday-squeee/613952 "2012-02-25T14:10:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthday-squeee/613952/1 "2012-02-25T14:10:05Z")
The spouse has given me a Kindle Fire as an early birthday present. **SQUEEE!!!** I had been wondering why he was asking me about my Amazon account. He already had it set up and linked and with the Netflix app installed. I may never be seen outside my room again… The only problem is that he wants to play with it, too. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthday-squeee/613952/2 "2012-02-25T14:16:11Z")
Yay! I got a Kindle Touch for Christmas and it basically made my entire year. Tell him to get his own! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthday-squeee/613952/3 "2012-02-25T14:19:19Z")
Well, Happy Birthday. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Hanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b3f665/32.png) [@Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanna)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthday-squeee/613952/4 "2012-02-25T16:24:43Z")
I got one for Christmas and I love it so much more than I expected to. I got a Dodo case for it and it makes it that much cooler. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthday-squeee/613952/5 "2012-02-25T23:59:54Z")
A “Dodo” case…? I’m thinking of getting a kit and making a tooled leather case for it. ---
**Author:** ![Hanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b3f665/32.png) [@Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanna)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2012, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthday-squeee/613952/6 "2012-02-26T15:16:02Z")
[Dodo case](http://www.dodocase.com/products/dodocase-for-kindle-fire). It makes my Kindle look like a little journal, and it protects it. I’m not talented enough to make something myself and I really didn’t like most of the other choices. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2012, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthday-squeee/613952/7 "2012-02-26T20:47:12Z")
Happy birthday! I think one of the cases that allows you to prop it up would be more helpful (like [this](http://i.imgur.com/r7ROB.jpg)). The Fire is heavy compared to other Kindles, and it would be nice to not have to hold it up constantly. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2012, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthday-squeee/613952/8 "2012-02-26T21:52:11Z")
Is heat build up a concern? I notice it does get warm when I’ve been using it for a bit. I’m still favoring a tooled leather case (in part because I’m a leatherworker so making one is right up my alley) and my spouse can probably make us an easel. He’s muttering “steampunk” so things could get interesting. Alternatively, when I showed him the Dodocase page he said “Hey, I can make one of those…” Yeah, he can - I’ve seen his mad bookbinding skills, at one point he used to design and make slipcovers for a living. We sort of handy around this house. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2012, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthday-squeee/613952/9 "2012-02-26T21:55:08Z")
> [@Hanna](#): > > [Dodo case](http://www.dodocase.com/products/dodocase-for-kindle-fire). It makes my Kindle look like a little journal, and it protects it. I’m not talented enough to make something myself and I really didn’t like most of the other choices. Wow, that really does look like a journal. I bet that would be a good way to prevent theft. I saw there were some that looked like old leatherbound books, but the colors are just terrible. There are some ugly cases out there. Mine’s [purple](http://www.shinyshiny.tv/2011/10/10_top_covers_skins_accessories_kindle.html?pic=2). ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2012, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthday-squeee/613952/10 "2012-02-27T15:40:04Z")
Happy Birthday! And you’re gonna love that Fire. I upgraded our Kindle’s to Fires last Christmas; SWMBO and I are still discovering new things they can do. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2012, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthday-squeee/613952/11 "2012-02-27T20:29:10Z")
Look to see if [Oberon Designs](http://www.oberondesign.com/) has something for your Kindle. Someone here told me about them, and I was really regretting getting a case from B&N for my Nook. I am drooling over their stuff.