Fruit flies live longer it seems.
PalmOne‘s T5, introduced in October last year, is apparently already being EOL’d (end-of-life) to make way for new models, according to rumours posted at PalmInfocenter.com. The specs on the rumoured T|X look pretty good, and might be a promising replacement should my trusty T|3 die prematurely on me. None of Palm’s recent offerings (T5 or the LifeDrive) have had any of that ‘Wow’ factor to impress me enough to want either one. I think this is what a lot of people would have liked to see in a PDA a couple of years ago though.
Lets hope my T3 holds out for another year or so to see a Cobalt based PDA tempt me.
Another TD in the making?
With Ophelia ever so slowly making its way past NC’s Outer Banks, there is another tropical wave moving across the Atlantic that may bear watching.
From today’s 1130 Tropical Weather Outlook:
THE VIGOROUS TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED ABOUT 900 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF THE WINDWARD ISLANDS HAS CONTINUED TO BECOME BETTER ORGANIZED. UPPER-LEVEL WINDS HAVE ALSO BECOME MORE FAVORABLE…AND THE SYSTEM COULD BECOME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION LATER TODAY OR FRIDAY AS IT MOVES WEST OR WEST-NORTHWESTWARD AT 10 TO 15 MPH.
Do you think they’re bitter?
(names blurred out on purpose)
Ophelia finally getting underway
Looks like TS Ophelia (for now) is finally getting underway, although rather slowly. According to the NHC, it’s moving to the NNW slowly as a strong tropical storm, taking it away from us and toward the NC coast. Looks like it will still be lingering around being a bother for the next couple of days though.
From today’s 11 AM discussion:
THE LARGER CIRCULATION AND PRESSURE FIELD APPEAR TO BE MOVING SLOWLY BUT STEADILY TOWARD THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST. THE LATEST 12Z UPPER-AIR DATA INDICATES A SMALL MID- TO UPPER-LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE CELL HAS MOVED FROM WEST VIRGINIA TO NEW JERSEY DURING THE PAST 24 HOURS…DURING WHICH TIME THE HEIGHTS HAVE DECREASED BY AT LEAST 30-40 METERS. AS THIS FEATURE CONTINUES TO MOVE EAST-NORTHEASTWARD OFF THE NORTHEAST U.S. COAST…THE STEERING FLOW SHOULD BECOME MORE SOUTHERLY AND ALLOW OPHELIA TO GRADUALLY LIFT NORTHWARD DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. AFTER THAT…THE NHC MODEL GUIDANCE IS IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT ON THE CYCLONE TURNING SLOWLY NORTHEASTWARD AND CROSSING THE NORTH CAROLINA OUTER BANKS IN ABOUT 48 HOURS BEFORE ACCELERATING EAST-NORTHEASTWARD AHEAD OF A STRONG SHORTWAVE TROUGH AND FRONTAL SYSTEM.
ONCE OPHELIA NEARS THE COAST OF THE CAROLINAS WHERE SSTS DROP BY ABOUT 3F-5F…THERE MAY BE SOME EROSION OF THE INNER CORE CONVECTION. HOWEVER…GIVEN THE LARGE SIZE OF THE RADIUS IF MAXIMUM WINDS…ONLY SLOW INTENSITY CHANGES UP OR DOWN SHOULD OCCUR BEFORE…DURING…AND AFTER LANDFALL. UPPER-LEVEL OUTFLOW IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN QUITE FAVORABLE FOR THE NEXT 36-48 HOURS…SO SOME MODEST STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE AND OPHELIA COULD PEAK AT 70 KT BEFORE LANDFALL OCCUR.
More toys
The latest addition to my collection of phantoms, the Hoffman 3D Brain Phantom from Data Spectrum showed up at my desk yesterday. It’s got some refinements compared to an earlier version I worked with several years ago that make it easier to reassemble if it gets taken apart.
It’s a pretty cool phantom made up of a bunch of different plates with patterns cut out to simulate radionuclide uptake in the brain. Looking forward to doing a few projects with this one (that list just keeps getting longer and longer).