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A Timely Dispatch From Captain Obvious
Jan. 3rd, 2008 07:53 amGreat googily-MOOGILY it's cold out there!
-The Gneech
-The Gneech
Jan. 3rd, 2008
Go Go, Gadget Notepad
Jan. 3rd, 2008 08:49 amThis "Palm T/X" needs a better name. "Handspring" was a good name; "Clié" was a good name. Neither "Palm" nor "T/X" are good names. Maybe I'll call it Smithers. Or possibly Widget.
Anyway, experimenting last night revealed that Smithers/Widget/whatever doesn't synch up with Outlook Express -- which means among other things that all that time I spent pulling down my gmail messages was wasted. ;P So if I want to integrate the contacts and calendar info (which was one of the big points of the thing, after all), I'm going to have to get a full copy of Outlook.
The interface is a little clunky, but that can probably be fixed with some tweaking. (One of the high points of the Clié was its very nice interface.) On the other hand, integrated WiFi is very nice, especially compared with the rubbish WiFi expansion card the Clié was saddled with.
I've got to dig out my old Palm applications and see if there's any worth installing; they consist mostly of cheapola games, tho, so most of them probably won't be. The main thing this one doesn't have that I really regret is the ability to record quick little movies -- like when the Brood X Cicadas come around. That's a fun little thing I'll miss.
-The Gneech
PS: Boswell? Palmy? Ms. Gooch?
Anyway, experimenting last night revealed that Smithers/Widget/whatever doesn't synch up with Outlook Express -- which means among other things that all that time I spent pulling down my gmail messages was wasted. ;P So if I want to integrate the contacts and calendar info (which was one of the big points of the thing, after all), I'm going to have to get a full copy of Outlook.
The interface is a little clunky, but that can probably be fixed with some tweaking. (One of the high points of the Clié was its very nice interface.) On the other hand, integrated WiFi is very nice, especially compared with the rubbish WiFi expansion card the Clié was saddled with.
I've got to dig out my old Palm applications and see if there's any worth installing; they consist mostly of cheapola games, tho, so most of them probably won't be. The main thing this one doesn't have that I really regret is the ability to record quick little movies -- like when the Brood X Cicadas come around. That's a fun little thing I'll miss.
-The Gneech
PS: Boswell? Palmy? Ms. Gooch?
Well This Ain't Good...
Jan. 3rd, 2008 10:54 amMy tauntaun froze before I reached the first marker!
...if you know what I mean. And I think you do.
I just wish I knew.
-The Gneech
...if you know what I mean. And I think you do.
I just wish I knew.
-The Gneech
Been a while since I did one of these, but I've not really been in a frame of mind to have my attention grabbed by art as often as I would like lately. Hopefully that's changing now. :) Meanwhile!
'visioncrafter - winter icon' by Louvelex
Some sorta half-kirin, half-jackalope, drinking hot chocolate. Works for me! :) Very atmospheric.
'Jamy - pointy' by Yamavu
A wolf-tailed bunny (or possibly bunny-eared wolf) randomly pointing at something in whitespace land. Art's like that. I love the expressive face on this one.
-The Gneech
'visioncrafter - winter icon' by Louvelex
Some sorta half-kirin, half-jackalope, drinking hot chocolate. Works for me! :) Very atmospheric.
'Jamy - pointy' by Yamavu
A wolf-tailed bunny (or possibly bunny-eared wolf) randomly pointing at something in whitespace land. Art's like that. I love the expressive face on this one.
-The Gneech
