Archive for October, 2002

tiny things are fun

This is neat. So neat, I made a Newton version.

Things you love to see when you login:

Thu Oct 31 08:56:03 EST 2002 Migrated to larger RAID subsystem (from 80GB to 800GB). Oh Stan, you wacky Sun guy you. There’s only 646GB free on that array, you sure that’s enough? Happy Hallowe’en.

fly away on my zephyr

Jon, what happened to your site? WALT was an experimental technology developed between Apple and BellSouth to create a telecommunications device that utilized Newton technologies. Now that one has been found, however, it appears that WALT is more likely a Mac in sheep’s clothing. That’s too bad for those who bid on it thinking that […]

I have seen the future, my friends…

I can’t believe that someone has finally done it after all these years, but below is a screenshot of my Newton MessagePad 2100 emulating a Palm Pro (PalmOS 2.0 ROM): The emulator is still unreleased pending bugfixes, adding features like serial/IR support and working Graffiti, and clearing up some licencing issues. But it exists. And […]

This I cannot believe. Please,

This I cannot believe. Please, someone give the US Patent Office a good swift smack with the clue-by-four. Pleeeease. Friday we’re going to the Erin Smith Band show in Toronto! Are you? ThinkGeek has done some remodelling. I still want a Linux fish for the back of the scooter, and a C.H.I.M.P. for my monitor.

vroom vroom

Okay, so that was a lame title. Whatever, I’m too tired to think of a good one now. My entire weekend was filled with taking my motorcycle safety course with the CMA. It’s a pretty intense 3-day affair (Friday evening, and all day Sat & Sun). I pretty much went from knowing nothing about driving […]

the joys of owning a used vehicle

One more thing had to get fixed on the scooter: the nut that holds the clutch in fell off. That’s not a good thing, BTW. Scared the hell out of me when it happened: I suddenly lost all power and horrible grinding noises came out of it. It didn’t take long to get fixed, at […]

knee_deep_in_php

PHP really is a joy to work in. Ahh, PHP. Work is much nicer now that I actually get to write code, and I know what the project has to do. The scooter is now fully licenced, safety certified, and plated. It got new rear shocks, a new rear tire, and a tune-up at the […]