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Entries from November 2004

TROPICAL STORM OTTO Public Advisory Number 1

November 30th, 2004 · 1 Comment

Otto?!?  I thought the season was over?
Issued 4 PM EST TUE NOV 30 2004 [National Hurricane Center (Atlantic)]

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Pocket SharpMT

November 30th, 2004 · Comments Off

I just found pocket sharpmt. it lets me post to me blog from the new phone :)
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First Treo 650 hack: Enable the Bluetooth dial-up networking profile

November 23rd, 2004 · Comments Off

Hehe, I did the PDA to PPC-6601 yesterday… It was fun.

That was hella fast. The Treo 650 has been in people’s hands for what, like five or six days, and somebody’s already hacked the Bluetooth so you can use it as a wireless modem with your laptop (or if you’re super geeky, another PDA). This [...]

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Back online!

November 22nd, 2004 · Comments Off

One of my favorite sites is back online!  See what Dale has to say… And add this site to your aggregator! :)

OK, I got tired of waiting for my website to get back on-line so in the interim a good friend of mine suggested I just start blogging! 
I am trying to re-point the old DNS [...]

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Is the Treo 650 a Weakling?

November 22nd, 2004 · Comments Off

Ouch!  I wonder how much usable memory there is in the PPC-6601.. Oh yeah, it’s 128Mb…. :)

Consumer logic dictates that the Treo 650 should be a country mile better than the Treo 600, right? At least in terms of key specs like memory. But some eagle-eyed users are claiming that PalmOne’s playing some serious sleight-of-hand [...]

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PowerFilm rollable solar-powered battery charger

November 22nd, 2004 · Comments Off

Didn’t we talk about this, oh, 5 years ago?  It would be nice, but I bet it doesn’t catch on..  We are *so* deap-rooted to the notion of bringing stinkin’ batteries with us everywhere…

PowerFilm have created a roll of solar material that allows one to recharge cellphones, cars, and other rechargeable electronics with a rollable [...]

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Xcelis unlimited cellphone calling plan

November 19th, 2004 · Comments Off

Hey, this looks cool.  It’s not available yet for Sprint but when it is I may try it.

Since many cellphone carriers offer unlimited minutes for calls to users on the same network, Xcelis has capitalized on this and is offering a $10 per month plan that (in addition with your regular cellphone service fees) lets [...]

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Rumor: T-Mobile and Sprint Launching Ringback Tones

November 18th, 2004 · Comments Off

Hehe, I can’t wait…  Ringringring, bananaphone!!!!

Everybody is a lot more excited about these ringback tones than I expected. I’m sort of dreading them, myself, as I’ll now be forced to endure everyone’s humorous or nostalgic choices of music as I try to call them. On the bright side, it gives me an excuse to hang [...]

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Slim Devices’ Squeezebox now in four delicious colors

November 18th, 2004 · Comments Off

They also came out with 5.4.0 on the server software which is quite nice.  They added better support for other music formats.  They also are offering a deal where you ship them your CDs and they will rip them all onto DVD-ROM for you..

The Squeezebox, Slim Devices’ iTunes-compatible network player is now as colorful as [...]

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mGALSync 1.0.0

November 16th, 2004 · Comments Off

Super cool!!!  I am downloading this right now. :)
For you smartphone folks this should come in quite handy.

“Automatically synchronize your Outlook GAL to your Pocket PC!
mGALSync allows you to synchronize your Outlook Global Address List (GAL) to the Contacts folder on your Pocket PC device. Benefits include:

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