In playing with the Nokia 700, it seems silly that Nokia has limited the device to two connectivity realms – wifi and bluetooth phones. There is another type of bluetooth access- via a PAN, or Personal Area Network. I’m only just starting to see what the 770 can do with BT, but already I’ve found…
Nother test from OPML
This is my first test from the Macintosh version of the OPML editor. Dave released a new version of wp.root yesterday and it seems to support catagories on your blog. So I’m trying it out. I read about it over at Nomadic Coder. Wow, I didn’t realize that the editor understood a link- it just…
Go Root
I feel like it’s time to enable root on my 770. I want to setup some things and its hard looking around and searching for things without having access to everything. Fortunately, getting root is super simple on the 770. The MaemoWiki has an excellent page on it, but if your in a hurry, all…
770 Reader meet OPML Editor
One OPML reader that did agree with the OPML output by the Liferea RSS reader in the Nokia 770 was the OPML Editor written by Dave Winer. Go figure…
RSS on Nokia 770
So I just got my 770 yesterday, and it seems to be as good as I had imagined. I’ve installed some cool stuff, and am using it as I planned- as a replacement for my laptop around the house when I just want to surf and read the web and rss news… However, I didn’t…
Nokia 770 USB and Macintosh
You can access the RSMMC card inserted into the Nokia 770 on the Mac just as you can on Windows- just plug the USB cable into the Macintosh and after a few seconds a disk will pop up on your desktop. This comes in handy if you want to move a lot of files over…
RSS Wrangling on the 770
I was looking around the other day for some good gui blog posting apps for windows. But I was also looking for some good RSS readers for Windows… I ended up looking at RSS Bandit and the OPML editor from Dave Winer. The OPML editor is a bit of a trial, as I don’t see…
Nokia finally shipping 770
Nokia just informed me last night via email that my 770 (ordered back on the 15th of November, and promised to ship on the 17th) has finally shipped to me. There has been a fairly large amount of consternation regarding the release of the 770. Nokia apparently misjudged the popularity of the device at the…
Using OPML editor
Just like it says, this is a test from my 2nd attempt with the OPML editor and wordpress. Well, the title in that test post didn’t seem to go right. I’ve edited this with Ecto to make it more presentable…
Nokia 770
Did I mention that I’m anxiously waiting for my Nokia 770? They call it an internet tablet, but it looks like the next Newton (in a good way). Using real Xwindows and Gnome, this will be very interesting. There is a lot of talk here, in the forums at Internet Tablet Talk, and there is…
Posting Entries on XP
I wish there was a nice blog editor for Windows. Mars Edit and Ecto (both only available for MacOSX) are the best in the world. Too bad Ecto for windows sucks hard. I’ve even tried the new OMPL editor that Dave W. released, with his WordPress patch, but I can’t get it to work on…
Audio Books on the iPod
Since I’ve had my iPod Nano, I’ve really started using it with audiobooks. I’ve never listened to audiobooks before (in any format) but there is a certain type of book that really lends itself to an audio book. Plus I’ve really come to enjoy the force feeding of the book, not havisdng to actually hold…
PSP: Getting a Handle on It & Other New Things
I got one of these handles for my PSP. It makes it much easier to hold- it was killing my thumb to have it wedged in my hand like it does for hours. Why hours? Cause the cooled game I’ve played in years has been keeping me playing the thing: Midnight Club 3: Dub Edition…
GPS: TomTom 5 on the Treo 650
This great review of the new TomTom 5 for the Treo 650 at EverythingTreo reminded me how nice version 5 is. Despite the fact that I can’t load any voices on the Treo (support from the Belgians is not so hot), the interface in 5 is mostly the same as 4, is a bit cleaned…
GPS Madness 2
So while TomTom is cool for driving around and getting where I want to go, what about a real GPS? To really play with things like Google maps (by getting your own lat/long), for hiking and boating using TomTom on a Treo does little– if anything at all. So I got a Garmin Etrex Vista,…
VOIP via Wifi
I decided to try out a VOIP service at house, to take some of the load off my cell phone. I’ve been using my cell phone as my primary phone (business and pleasure, but I still maintain a land land for the wife) for a few years, and it’s expensive (and not getting any cheaper)…
Time Manager Pad for Palm
I’m always on the lookout for the best viewer application to see my appointments and tasks. For a long time I was happy with Agendus, but since was casing way too many problems on the Treo with chattermail, I’ve done away with it. I came across the best looking app I’ve seen for the Palm-…
BGP Routing Policies in ISP networks
For something a bit more technical, take a look at the below paper. It’s short (7 pages) and gives a great overview of BGP in ISP networks- why they do it, what it does and how you can have fun with BGP. I’ve often wondered about BGP is really used in these situations, but never…
ChatterEmail Update
Marc at ChatterEmail has posted 1.0.7rc1 which fixes an issue with ChatterEmail and the new firmware update from PalmOne for Sprint phones. This version will be released soon as 1.0.7 stable. I’ve installed it and not had any problems so far. Marc also seems to have an OTA updater!: http://update.chatteremail.com…
Treo Super Secret Hard Reset
I had problems with the Treo650 rebooting all the time- and it’s not a secret why it was doing it. There were two issues. First, accessing the data connection when the phone has low signal strength just reboots it. There doesn’t seem to be anything to do for this, short of some firmware from Palm…
Official Treo / Sprint BT DUN is here
Finally they made good on their promise. Palm One has the Treo 650 Updater 1.12 for sprint, which will enable Bluetooth DUN. As well as get rid of the annoying delay in dialing the phone. I’m about to take the plunge. Back in January I tried the hack for this, and it totally messed up…
Tiger is Good
Archive & Install is da bomb. Everything just works so far. I only have to upgrade VPN Tracker it seems. At this point I have no gripes, and I like the new mail (it seems way faster to me), but I should have just deleted all my existing email and let IMAP re-sync… instead Mail.app…
Napoleon Dynamite Soundset for Adium
I hope you are using AdiumX for your messaging needs on the Mac. But wait– now that iChat does jabber natively, perhaps it is a worth a look, once I get Tiger. But back to the matter at hand– namely AdiumX. How are you alerted via sound regarding changes in status? Might I suggest you…
Day Three- Still No Tiger for Me
So I still don’t have Tiger. Having fought so hard to keep my 10.3.9 machine working with firewire and usb, I’m actually able to resist the lure of a new Mac OS X operating system. I know it will make me angry. I’ve been hearing bad things about the new Mail.app. Which I rely on…
Incredibles on PSP
I just ripped the Incredibles from a DVD and stuffed it on the PSP. The total movie is amazingly only ~300 megs. And the quality is excellent, except for the scenes with the most motion (the kid running thru the forest). USB2 makes transferring the files quick- the G5 moved the 300 megs in under…