[the] Code Girl (aka UnrulyGrrl)

• B01b Teikei DA: Creating a Menu: Note Studio and Getting Things Done
  Finally, something in *english* that explains how to use TeikeiDA. It’s essentially a giant multi-page, multi-item clipboard of blurbs you can insert in any app
  (tags: palm)

• AnnoyingCoworker
  Let your coworker know about their annoying habits! — anonymously!
  (tags: web.misc)
• Zdocj: Freeware Text Editor for DOC-format Files on Palm
  (tags: palm)
• Freeware Palm: TexT by Saglam v1.0
  Text is a simple and solid text editor that developed under the GNU public license.

  It suports Palm DOC format and VFS files through UniForm component.

  UniForm is a common dialog for opening and saving files which can be called from every program an

  (tags: palm)

• Hipster PDA/Hacks - 43FoldersWiki
  (tags: organization hipsterpda)
• Codejedi Wiki for ShadowPlan
  (tags: palm)

• TeikeiDA: Start-to-Finish Screenies: Note Studio and Getting Things Done
  Using TeikeiDA on Palm to handle GTD stuff
  (tags: palm gtd)
• Desk Accessories (Links) | stdk.de
  Most comprehensive list of DeskAccessories(DAs) for Palm I have ever seen
  (tags: palm)

So I bit the bullet and bought myself a Palm Tungsten T2 off eBay “for my birthday”. I’ve had it over a month and I really love it. The previous owner beat the hell out of the screen and especially the Grafitti area. Just ordered a replacement screen from PDAParts.com. I’ll be replacing that this weekend.

The T2 is heavier and thicker than my m500 but since it’s a lot shorter, I can deal with that. The battery life is not fantastic, but I expected that. It helps that I use both an under/overclocker and a program that dims the brightness after a set delay. The screen is actually so bright it hurts my eyes and I usually use it at 5% brightness (yes that’s 5%). At night I can lower it to 2%. In the office under flourescent lights, 20% is the most I need.

When connecting it to my Linux pcs, I noticed that it appears under /dev/usb/tts/0 rather than /dev/usb/tts/1 (as the m500 did).

The fonts that it uses are just so nice and smooth looking. Reading ebooks is an even greater pleasure than it already was on my m500.

My biggest problem was this horrible high pitched squeal coming from the screen, even when it was more than an arms length away from my head. Unfortunately this is a problem common to the Tungsten T2, T3 and the E series. I found a thread on Brighthand about surgery to fix it by inserting paper/foil/plastic between the glasstop/digitizer and the LCD. I decided to use plain white office paper. This made the noise completely bearable…I don’t really notice it unless I actually hold the T2 within a few inches of my ear. The T2 was only under warranty by Best Buy, and they wouldve just given me a T3 (which I didnt want) instead of fixing my T2, so I figured I may as well give the fix a shot. The hardest part was getting the slider off — you need to bend a paper clip so that it can press two little holes at once to release the slider. Everything else was a breeze. Thank you Palm for using regular screws and not Torx on the Tungsten models. Otherwise I would’ve been SOL as I have yet to successfully remove a Torx screw from my m5xx series without stripping the heads.

All in all I love my T2. I am thrilled that I can use all the addons that I purchased for my m500 as the Tungsten series also uses the “Universal Connector”.

PDA #10 not only has battery that lasts just 3 hours, but also dust trapped under the glass.
PDA #11 did turn on…a few times anyway….after a full charge. Then it proceeded to give me Fatal Exceptions regularly, including
anytime an SD card was inserted or ejected…sometimes even before it had fully booted up. It was acting this wierd with *absolutely nothing* installed.

Crap.

I guess I have no choice but to go right to the palm T2. Having a hell of a time finding one that is 1)new and 2)has more than 30 day warranty.

I decided I wanted to give a color Palm a shot, so I bought a m505 about 2 weeks ago….got it for only around $35 (no software, cradle, nothing… and battery was completely discharged…..screen was covered with I don;t even know what). Without the backlight on (super battery suckage), it was hard to see the display. The battery also drained quickly even with the backlight off. So I bought a ‘high capacity’ replacement battery and a set of Torx screwdrivers. I got one screw off. The rest I think I just stripped. ooops.

So i just stumbled on an m515 (supposed to be the super succesor to the m505 with much better display) ending in 5 minutes (eBay of course) and only $20. The catch: It won’t power up even in the cradle. I came in at the last minute (literally) and put in a max bid of $50. I ended up getting it for only $33 (before shipping). I’m praying that the only problem is a totally shot battery. If so, I can use the battery that I had intended for the m505, and I just got myself a lightly scuffed m515 for a mere $33 when it’s selling most places for $130. Wooooooohoooooooo

and from that one week when I was using the Visor Deluxe, I felt that I just *had* to have wireless and did a ‘pre purchase’ of a wireless SpringBoard module on Amazon. Turns out yesterday someone was willing to accept what I was willing to pay (at that time anyway). Promptly charged to my CC and on its way to me. Even though I don’t want or need it anymore. Well I should be able to get good
money for it as it’s nearly impossible to find.

With my new script [perl], you can run full backups as often as you wish.

Backups are stored in dated dirs (ex: m500_backup.20040707-1610)

Requires: Perl and pilot-link