Author: Eugene

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Yay pedestrian/bike lanes

According to an article in last week’s Post & Courier, the city wants to spend $800k for pedestrian and bicycle lanes for Highway 17 bridge that takes traffic from West Ashley into downtown Charleston.

This is fantastic news, and a much needed route for pedestrians and cyclists to commute between downtown and West Ashley. If the pedestrian/bike lanes follow the proposal outlined in a 2007 feasability study (PDF document) then it would also provide that “last mile” connection with the West Ashley Greenway.

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Connections

I’ve always been fascinated by network node diagrams and seeing how things are connected. This is my Facebook network generated by an application called Nexus.

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Counter surfing Barkley

I’ve been getting fairly regular updates from Barkley’s new owners about his antics, most of which make me laugh (BTW, if you’ve ever adopted a rescue dog that lived in a foster home, send them updates…we love to know that a dog we fostered is doing well).

Being a pretty tall dog, counter surfing comes pretty easy for Barkley. I always kept an eye on him when he was in the kitchen and made sure there wasn’t anything edible within reach. It didn’t keep him from trying to counter surf though. At his new home, he seems to be having a little more success.

this is what happened to the flour i’d spread out on the counter to knead dough …

A floured countertop with some of the flower cleaned off

when i pointed to the counter and said “no!! no! no barkley!” he just wagged and wagged his tail

A black Labrador retriever with a flour covered muzzle

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Gadget quandry

So with the demise of PalmOS and related Palm gadgetry, I now find myself forced to make a decision regarding my future handheld gadgets.

What do I get next when my T3 dies?

8 years ago when I got my first PDA, a Handspring Visor Platinum, I didn’t think I would be using it for much other than keeping track of the occasional appointment and contact info. It didn’t take very long for my Visor to become a pretty integral part of my daily routine and for me to become more than a little dependent on it. The dependency only grew when the Visor was replaced with a Tungsten T3.

Now all of the handheld form factor gadgets out there are some kind of cell phone type device. I’ve survived this long without a cell phone and really don’t feel any urgent desire to get one. I really don’t need another monthly bill right now either.

What am I looking for in a handheld device? Basically something that will do everything that I can do with PalmOS 5. PIM apps (calendar, to-do, contacts, notes) are a requirement. Some kind of simple database app would also be very nice. Has to turn on quickly and have good battery life (5+ hours continuous use). When I first got my T3, I poo-poo’d wireless, but now I’m thinking it might be nice to have in a handheld.

There’s the UMPC world, but those things are pretty freaking expensive and they’re not really geared toward what I want out of a handheld device. Plus I’d probably be stuck running some variant of Windows and having to use Outlook for the PIM functions that I want. gag.

I suppose I could cruise EBay and gather up a stockpile of T3s or T5s to keep me going for the next few years. I could possibly be convinced to consider an Apple iPod Touch too. Maybe it’s time I entered the cell phone world?