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Here’s the thing: I’ve had a Handspring Visor for quite some time now. A year or so, anyway. I used it extensively at first. And then I got my cellphone, and tried to start using its PIM (personal information management) software instead. It didn’t work well. So I stopped using my phone for my PIM needs, but I never started using my Handspring again.

So now, I’m going to attempt to start using my Handspring again. In order for me to get into the habit of using it constantly, I have to make it worth the effort. As part of my worth-enhancing efforts, I’ve installed a neat lil’ program called handX webLog onto my PDA. It’s essentially a stripped-down blog program. I write entries on my PDA wherever I’m at, and the program saves them. When I hotsync my PDA whenever I get home, it uploads my entries to a folder on Journal Arcana. I’ve hacked together a PHP script that then reads the last six day’s worth of entries from that folder and displays them in the sidebar labeled ‘Mini-Weblog’. If anyone is interested in the script I’m using, leave a comment or email me to let me know. It’s tiny: it weighs in at just under 500 bytes.

I think I’ve accumulated enough tiny scripts to make it feasible to have a ‘Downloads’ page. I might get started on that sometime this weekend. It could include my PHP scripts, JavaScripts, PERL scripts, and probably some cellphone wallpapers and ringtones. Because a lot of people end up on this site by searching for ringtones and wallpapers on Google (for whatever reason), and I feel bad forcing them to leave fruitless.

Anyways. I’ve also added a couple of new blogs to my blogroll, so check them out. I’ve been reading Chris Pirillo’s weblog daily for quite some time now. The only reason he hasn’t made my ‘Daily Reads’ list earlier is that everyone else ~already~ links to his blog, meaning I could get to his blog easily through someone else’s, so I didn’t see the point. But I always got to Chris’s blog through Jason’s blog, and his blog was recently maliciously hacked. The other new blog (mes absurdités) publishes in both French and English. I’m hoping to keep my rudimentary French knowledge alive by keeping myself immersed in the language. :)

Okies, time to go. I think Megan and I are going out to eat, and then probably grocery shopping, before I start to look for a party tonight. *g*