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Entries from March 2004

qset It’s a tiny little

March 30th, 2004 · No Comments

qset
It’s a tiny little app that adjust the quality of the picture taken by the Camera on the Treo. The quality of the pictures are pretty good and really useable. You can see from the pic below, of the junk left behind in Pizza Hut, there is a good level of detail in the shot

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Continuing the series.. App 2.

March 29th, 2004 · No Comments

Continuing the series..
App 2.

KeysCaps600
This has turned the Treo into a truly usable device. It means that you don’t have to press other keys prior the letter to get either the capital or the alternative character. It means that you can enter text with one hand, simply hold down the key for the capital, or [...]

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Getting around to writing up

March 28th, 2004 · No Comments

Getting around to writing up all the apps on my treo in one go, has turned out to be just too much of a big ask. So I’ve decided to talk about one app at a time..so let’s see how many apps we get too!
App 1.

Agendus v.7.06
Pretty much the first app to be moved over [...]

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Today leaving the office I

March 26th, 2004 · No Comments

Today leaving the office I asked for a cab and got a chauffeur driven car. A man dressed in a suit collected me and opened the door for me to the brand new Silver Rover 75. I was then whisked across Manchester City Centre being referred to as Dr Evans, was I warm enough and [...]

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BIC-TCP Binary increase congestion TCP

March 25th, 2004 · No Comments

BIC-TCP
Binary increase congestion TCP is one of three new protocols being examined by US universities. read more here

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I blogged on this on

March 25th, 2004 · No Comments

I blogged on this on my IBM blog but gizmodo is getting stories later than engadget..hmm..looks like engadget is winning the war.

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there’s a new version of

March 25th, 2004 · No Comments

there’s a new version of agendus out, version 7.06 and it uses the D pad..cool. just the other day I was thinking this needs some work. But hey it’s here now and works a treat..

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1. Clean up blogroll.. 2.

March 22nd, 2004 · No Comments

1. Clean up blogroll..
2. write that about me page.
3. fix the what listening/reading
4. possibly move to another ..still thinking this one through…still no happy with blogger
5. write to mfop2 as to why the title text doesn’t work.
6. get the rss reader going again..but handrss for the palm is great.

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This is more of a

March 22nd, 2004 · No Comments

This is more of a problem at work that with my own private email, but here’s a guide to controlling your email.
First of all there is the e-mail that they’ve read and there’s no action associated with it and they don’t need to keep it for reference. It shouldn’t really be in there any more [...]

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bloglines…

March 22nd, 2004 · No Comments

bloglines…

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the mess left behind after

March 20th, 2004 · No Comments

the mess left behind after todays family lunch at pizza hut - Sent from my Treo 600

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..i’ve ditched feedreader as it

March 16th, 2004 · No Comments

..i’ve ditched feedreader as it can’t cope with atom, btw atom was written by an IBMer, anyway..so I’ve been hunting around to find a decent one, i’ve already installed, failed to get working and ditched another tool, but I think I may have found the answer.

I use 2 PC’s a laptop at work and when [...]

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a peice on writing and

March 16th, 2004 · No Comments

a peice on writing and thinking to improve your journalism by Rebecca. The article goes over writing style and setting out time to think about what you intend to write. What with my spelling and grammer I need all the help I can get so I’ll try and read as much of it as I [...]

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this is funny to

March 16th, 2004 · No Comments

this is funny to see the guy so stumped and try and recover…via Russ Beattie

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I’ve purchased a 256mb card

March 15th, 2004 · No Comments

I’ve purchased a 256mb card from Expansys, it’s made by toshiba, but it’s got the expansys brand logo on the front so not a bad deal. I’ve managed to squeeze 7 albums onto it so far and there’s 60mb left, so I should get another 2 plus a few favorite tracks onto it.

My original calculation [...]

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