John at mypalmlife is looking for a Palm application that will synchronize with his desktop bookmarks and import them into the Web Pro web browser. I've also been looking for the same solution. John points to three different solutions, some of which might be good starting points. (I tried FavoGo, but the conduit threw an exception on the first try.)... (more)
January 2004 Archives
From Brighthand I learned that the first Palm Pilot was demonstrated at Demo '96 by Jeff Hawkins and Ed Colligan. I've been here over five years and I'm not even an old-timer. No mention of this anywhere on our website, but I suppose it's not a major milestone or anything. The Company Backgrounder does mention that the first Palm Pilot... (more)
Today Joel Spolsky wrote Please Sir May I Have a Linker? which starts as a rant on the lack of a linker in .NET but brings up some valid issues about the need for end-users to install the .NET framework. Over time, more and more users should have the framework, especially as it starts being bundled with Windows. But, Joel... (more)
This is just a quick plug for my good friend Griffin Bonini who is running for Superior Court Judge in Santa Clara County. I don't think I've ever voted for a judge before, but I'll be sure to vote this time. Griffin Bonini for Judge... (more)
Now playing wth Vegablog which is a blogging client for Palm devices. Testing by writing this post from my Tungsten C over 802.11 wireless. It's missing a few features like category handling and editing of existing posts, but works well and seems like a good starting point. Link: www.bitsplitter.net/vegablog/... (more)
Recently I needed to clear off some old PC hard drives and searched for a useful utility. I found SDelete (for deleting individual files and clearing unused disk space) and Darik's Boot and Nuke (for erasing entire drives). (more)
The recent discussions about how strict aggregators should be when reading invalid or ill formed feeds (e.g. RSS or Atom) brought to mind an idea: an automatic service that checks your feed for validity and send e-mail whenever it finds a problem. The service would be an aide to web site authors, alerting them to any problems with their RSS/Atom... (more)
I'm still using Bloglines as my aggregator and have found it quite useful. Yesterday they released Bloglines for Connected PDAs which is a version optimized for small devices. If you connect to the main page (www.bloglines.com), it will automatically redirect to the mobile page if it detects a PDA browser. I tried it on my Tungsten C (802.11) and Tungsten... (more)
When providing feeds for a web site (RSS, for example), there tend to be two camps: those who provide full entries and those who provide just an excerpt or summary. In the latter case, the rationale is often to drive readers to the web site to read the actual article. However, that can be inconvenient for people who follow hundreds... (more)
Portable USB drives (loaded with flash memory from 64MB, 256MB, and up) have become quite popular and are really handy for carrying files or data around. What I really needed was a way to synchronize my files, so I turned to an open-source package called Unison for the answer. (more)
