Archive for January, 2006

Getting rid of Bell: still a head-spinning exercise

Posted on January 6th, 2006 in house, my ramblings, networking, things i've learned, Vonage.

The debate at home about going VoIP with Vonage for our main phone line heated back up at home yesterday. It’s something we’ve been thinking about for months, and according to our calculations we’d save $40 a month – but it has two main impediments: We use DSL for our internet connection and are not […]

Software upgrade “shot in the arm” for Pepper coming soon…

Posted on January 6th, 2006 in Pepper Pad.

More info about the Pepper’s software update is around, and it’s oh so tasty. It’s also been officially announced – more coverage on Engadget. The applications page on pepper.com has been updated with the three major application enhancemnets coming in Pepper Keeper 2.1: MobiPocket Reader: looks like Pepper hooked up with MobiPocket for an e-book […]

Holidays Redux, and adventures in chipping

Posted on January 4th, 2006 in computers, newton.

It’s 2006 and I’m still writing Newton software. I whipped up a quick and pretty durn effective solution to get important yearly dates and holidays onto your Newton – convert Apple iCal public calendars to Newton packages. I call it Holidays Redux. In other news, it was like Christmas II at the office yesterday – […]