2 entries tagged computers

RSS feed broken today, sorry

Last night I hacked the code that generates the archive web pages for my weblog (or whatever it is this site is) so that the headings of the supplementary articles also have link anchors. In the process I broke my RSS feed slightly—it got confused by the id tags. (while remaining technically valid according to the RSS validator). This has now been fixed, so that (a) all articles have an HTML link target and (b) all articles are linked to from the RSS feed.

Small objects of desire

I’have had a Palm 3 for some time (creaky old 2-MB model). I used to say that when I upgraded it, I wanted that to be next upgrade for my phone, as well. That product now exists in the form of the Handspring Treo, a compact palmtop with a phone built in, and Jo has one. Sadly Handspring don’t consider Grafitti an asset in a device aimed at non-Palm-users, so the 180g has already been air-brushed out of history in favour of its keyboard-sporting cousin. The problem is the Treo does cost rather a lot more than, say, Adrian’s entry-level Sony Clié, which is similarly compact and has a high-res screen. I really don’t know which I would prefer as the successor to my clunky old Palm 3.

Actually the fact is I don’t need to replace my disfunctional old Palm 3; I frankly don’t use very much, not the way Jo and Jeremy use theirs. Its main failing is not its memory size but its size—justa little bit bigger than pocket sized (unlike both the Clié and the Treo). I have admitedly upgraded my Alcatel Max DB phone (the same model that caused mpt so much confusion) for its smaller successor the 311, but that is still one of Virgin’s cheapest handsets and I only rarely use the thing. I have absolutely no need to upgrade either of them. Annoyingly.