another.shuffle.in.the.works?

Apple's 1GB iPod shuffle is completely sold-out on their online store and won't be available 'till mid-January...hmmm, now that Mac World Expo is fast approaching I get a warm fuzzy feeling that another iPod is in the works...an iPod Invisa perhaps? :D

»»washable optical mouse...will we see washable PCs in the near future?
»»feeling all tangled up? Wisair has the perfect solution

random.links

»»Booting Linux on the Treo 650. Oh Yeah!
»»Audi A6 + Apple Front Row + SEK750i. Integration galore
»»W-Zero3. Too sexy for my pocket? :D

serendipity.online

No, i will not be talking about the movie. Instead I'm going to blog about some of my recent freeware-related discoveries. You see I used to be a Downloads.com junkie, checking out each and every freeware released till I got bored in trying out the same thing over and over again. Fortunately a new batch of applications has again revived my interest in trying out freeware applications. I guess the main thing here is that these applications are interesting because they either introduce a new concept or they improve existing ones. I hope I can encourage you guys to try it out and maybe enjoy them as I did.

First on my list is Konfabulator, a widget based application with probably the weirdest app name ever, maybe thats the reason why Yahoo! changed it to Widget Engine when they bought it. It used to be a commercial app later made freely available by Yahoo!. It's definitely an innovative application that is arguably the reason why Dashboard came out for the Mac. I have reason to believe that Apple copied the concept, if you don't agree with me then that's your problem not mine :D
Anyway, should you download Konfabulator make sure you include my favorite widgets

1. The Weather Widget
2. CPU Portal
3. Memory Gauge. I need to know if things are getting too heavy resource-wise
4. My Songbook.com. Did I mention I'm a tab junkie too?
5. Nestat. Shows a graph of network activity
6. Nibble Time. I'm a geek and proud of it :D
7. Dictionary. Because I don't carry one
8. What to do?. Just to keep things organized
9. Calendar. Because I hate the default
10. iPod shuffle player. I'm going to keep this for a few days more
11. Google Images
12. Lazy Launcher. Quick silver clone...because I still don't have a Mac :D

*UPDATE: If you downloaded Widget Engine (Konfabulator 3.0) Lazy Launcher won't work, they might have done drastic changes to the engine which caused the widget to crash(or it could just be the widget author's fault). Anyway, I need Lazy Launcher more that the other widgets so I reverted the installation back to v2.1.1, as the old saying goes "if it ain't broken, don't fix it!"


Second on the list is Picasa, an image/picture archiving utility brought to you by Google.com. Did you notice the trend these days? big dotcoms buying cool apps and making them available to the public for free...or is it really free? :D
Picasa is by far the best in its class, It's fast, unobtrusive, and very user-friendly.
I do hope application developers follow their design philosophy, as I had the grandest time using their application. It works just the way I expected it, no need for manuals, nor online support.

Third and fourth will be Writely.com's Web Word Processor and Numsum.com's Web Spreadsheet...although both are still in beta phase, these are not your typical office software applications, these are FREE online apps, which means you don't need to install anything to make it work except a modern day Internet browser (who doesn't have one nowadays?).
Writely.com uses ASP.NET to deliver a rich online-based word processor experience for their users, offering amongst other things a spell checker, auto saving and get this...collaboration!

Numsum.com on the other hand is an AJAX-based (thats Asynchronous Javascript and XML...not the detergent :D ) online spreadsheet that is fast, reliable and relative easy to use. It doesn't have a collaboration feature as of the moment though, But if you take a closer look you'd realize that both are actually very revolutionary apps...no more MS Office plus your data is available anywhere you go.

I guess that should be enough for now, I'm be scouring for more "cool" applications such as these. Btw, this is a bit old but its one of the first online applications that caught my attention. have fun!

gadget.list.for.the.holidays

Christmas is just around the corner, here's a list of some interesting (but definitely not a priority) gadgets you might want to check out.

I guess nokia finally run out of numbers to use
»» Nokia E60 , Nokia E70 and the blackberry-ish Nokia E61!
Or you can hold on to your cash and wait for next year...you'd probably saved enough to buy the N91 :D
»»Laptop case that goes "spread eagle" on your desk!
»»the i-Bob nano! plays video and costs half the price
»»A funny clip for the iPod haters/lovers
»»Can't find someone to listen to your type of music? get the SEGA iDog

PUG@D + Microwarehouse+Blugre = PARTY!

Blugre incooperation with Microwarehouse and PUG@D(PDA Users Group of Davao...I promise not to commit the same mistake Jim :D ) held a well attended and very successful WiFi Party the other night, this is supposed to be Davao's first WiFi Party and I've heard PUG@D will hold another one next month. The first 50 registrants via email got free coffee as well as some of the few early birds at blugre cafe.

A two-piece live band supplied the much needed jazz music to soothe the attendees caffeine infused nerves :D Someone took my coffee cup without me knowing hehehe I ordered choco loco instead, my favorite cold concoction at Blugre.

Microwarehouse also presented the new PalmOS PDAs to hit the market(Palm TX and the Z22) along with the previous models like the Tungsten T5 and the LifeDrive as well as Apple products like the iPod family (shuffle, mini, nano, iPod video). Models, wearing skimpy shirts strutt their stuff...err the devices :D generating wide smiles from the male crowd. The fun part was when Andre of 3G-Com announced a contest where anyone with a WiFi device can participate. All we have to do is answer 11 questions and email the answers afterwards. The first email to arrive and got the 11th question right gets the bonus prize. The sender who gets the most number of answers will receive the grand prize...a 512mb iPod shuffle. Honestly, if any of the participants read my blogs they would have gotten 10 of the 11 questions right [laughs]. I'm pretty glad it was a contest because I've never been the one who gets lucky with raffles, I'm as random as one can get (so I'm like the shuffle in some ways hahaha). To make the long story short, I walked home with a wide grin on my face and an iPod shuffle in my pocket. I didn't get the nano for my x'mas.wish.list but hey! I'm not complainin' :D

Thanks to all the event sponsors, especially Microwarehouse, I definitely had a fun night!

computing.zen!

After two days of taking a slightly damaged (long story but everything works) Powerbook 1.5Ghz G4 for a spin, I discovered why Mac switchers never went back to Windows, and why Mac users never bothered to look at other OSes. Everything just makes sense....but don't take my word for it, go and try one out. It might cost you an arm and a leg but with a Powerbook who needs a leg :D

High.on.ideas.but.low.on.power?

Firefox.com is giving away a dual-processor, Firefox-skinned Alienware machines (price tag: $4700) to the three developers who can extend firefox in ways that are worthy of such raw computing power. Probably the most amazing bounty I've seen online. Maybe its time for me to really learn XUL :D

another.one.for.the.xmas.wishlist

Palm T|X , a.k.a. Tungsten T5 incarnate, >reviews have been sprouting all over the place, seems like Palm finally made a PDA worth buying after the T3. Althought it has only about half the memory (128mb, but only 100mb usable) than that of the T|5 and sports a 312 Mhz processor (as oppose to 416mhz for the T5), it does include built-in WiFi and Bluetooth enough to satisfy any road warrior's needs. I'm still waiting for a chance to demo the unit, but as it is, the T|X is one cool tool for those you have skipped the PDA upgrade bug for so long.

Palm is also offering a free service to promote the new product. Hmmm, I hope it works on my T|5...wish me luck

btw, Apple also released their video iPod, which is basically an iPod Nano with a dose of multivitamins...oh well this is going to be one expensive list :D

random.links

»»My my Palm wants a triple whammy, rumours of a Symbian-based Treo is circulating. After an almost unbelievable alliance with Microsoft on the Treo 700w, Palm's next move might just be a Treo700p? :D

»»Digital.guitar.stompbox.smackdown. Might come in handy during gigs...im adding this to my christmas wishlist.

yet.a.nano.music.player?

Sorry for the pun guys, i just can't help it. I attended the CISCO breakfast club this morning but instead of checking out CISCO's offerings I found myself testing out and playing with the iPod Nano (thanks to Grace of Microwarehouse). Contrary to my blog title, the iPod nano is definitely not your average mp3 player. I'm not really a big fan of mp3 players, as i feel that my pda can do more than this tool can offer, but the nano is a definite exception. Just think, its about as thin as a chicklet pack (if your familiar with it), stores 2GB of music, sports the same click wheel technology and get this...a colored screen!

Like always, this iPod does not disappoint when it comes to playing music (Even if I was listening to the Big Brother Theme :D ), the audio quality is definitely top notch, which I attribute to the exceptional senheiser earphones that Apple bundled it with.

The price is about the same as an iPod mini but this one looks way better and more handy.IMHO, we're definitely going to see a sharp drop in iPod mini sales because of this. Lastly, some of the iPod nanos are known to scratch easily, so unless you find battered-looking Nanos as fashionable, I suggest you get some sort of protection for it...or ask Apple to retrofit it with carbon fiber :D

On an unrelated but equally important note, an OSS awareness campaign is being sponsored by DabawGNU. I hope you guys can come.

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»»Firefox 1.5 Beta is out!
»»Anders Hejlsberg & LINQ. Something tells me i'll be C#-ing soon :D
»»Dumping Windows for Linux?. Read on

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»»The iPod Nano comes in black & white...oh my iWant one :D
»»Who's afraid of software piracy?
»»Linux scores in Thailand
»»Microsoft tried to recruit Eric Raymond :D

VOIP.wars!

They say talk is cheap. Google thinks it should be free. Google is getting pretty aggressive these days. I wonder how Google Talk fares with the likes of Skype and Gizmo?

HotSyncing.the.T5.via.WiFi

I have always enjoyed the freedom that wireless technology offers, especially when it comes to portable devices like PDAs/handhelds and notebooks it makes them truly portable, so imagine my surprise when I can't successfully sync my T5 with the Palm Wi-Fi card i just bought. The T5 just gave me an error stating it can't find my pc or something like that and I was freaking out because PalmOne's knowledgebase doesn't mention anything about this.
I was curious why it didn't work, the T5 wasn't the culprit as I was able to hotsync using the included USB cable as well as via Bluetooth. Network connectivity issues was nil with my old Tungsten C so I can't understand why a newer product such as the T5 would have problems. WiFi connectivity was also not an issue, we have both an 802.11g and 802.11b network in our office and using the T5 (and a Wifi card) to browse the Internet and for checking emails was flawlessly simple. I can even ping the T5 and have it ping a remote pc on the network, but again I was clueless as to how a simple network hotsync was not possible with it. After days of testing different configurations (some even hilariously stupid ;D just because I got so bored with it) I finally narrowed down the problem and provided a fix. It seems that the hotsync application found on the T5 (possibly brought by firmware fix v1.1?) had a bug, it cannot recognize a pc (on this case your primary pc) on a network if you provided a name (yes, weird huh?). The solution is to leave it blank or replace it with two exclamation marks("!!").

To make matters easier for would be T|5 WiFi hotsync-ers(pardon the expression) i'm posting the "complete" and in this case, corrected guide :D (excerpts taken from PalmOne's website)

Preparing your PC
Before you can synchronize wirelessly, you need to set up your network computer for synchronizing.

1. Right-click the HotSync Manager icon on your system tray and select "Network" (make sure it is checked.)
2. Set up your username.
1. From the HotSync Manager menu, select Setup
2. Click the Network tab and select your username if it is not already selected
   
3. Click OK , and then synchronize your handheld with your computer using a local connection, that is, thru cable/cradle or bluetooth. Its important to note that this step must work without errors before proceeding.

Preparing your handheld
Follow these steps the first time you synchronize wirelessly to set up your network connection on your handheld.

1. In the Applications/Home screen, select HotSync
2. Select Network in the Modem Sync Preferences dialog box:
1. Open the menus
2. Select Options, and then select Modem Sync Prefs.
3. Select Network.
4. Select OK.
   
3. Select the service for your Wi-Fi network
1. Select Modem.
2. Select the service box.
3. Select the Service pick list and select Wi-Fi.
4. Select Done.
4. Verify the Information about your computer is correct.
1. Open the menus
2. Select the Options menu and then select Primary PC Setup
3. Leave the Primary PC Name blank, but verify that the IP address of your computer is correct on the Primary PC Address field.
4. Select OK
   
5. And we're done

Btw, leaving the Primary PC name blank might be a problem the next time you inspect the configuration because it will be filled up with the correct name and again will prevent it from hotsyncing, the best way as far as I'm concerned, it to replace the Primary PC name with two exclamation marks ("!!"'), works flawlessly on my end. Hope this is a big help to those of you trying the same thing. 'Till next blog ;D

not.so.random.links

The Treo 670 is real...and they got the videos to prove it. First, the Mac goes x86 and now Windows on a Treo? the sky must really be falling :D

Forget Multiplicity, the opensource community has the latest and coolest app called Synergy. I've been waiting for an app like this and now its finally here, not only does it support multiple monitors but it also supports multiple OSes as well. Beat that! Now if only it allows me to teleport ;)

random.links

»»handhelds get a price cut!
»»4GB SD cards are out!. Hope the 2GB sd card's price goes down as well
»»Tapwave|go. do. play. killed?

weekend.life.driver

I'm supposed to write a full review of Hamachi but I guess I'd blog about my latest gear acquisition first lest I forget to write about it again. Besides, I'm not finished evaluating Hamachi just yet. Anyway, after 2 weeks of deciding and about a week of 'PDA-less' existence, I finally submitted myself to the urge of buying one. I phoned microwarehouse(palmOne distributor in Davao) and inquired about their latest offering,The LifeDrive. Palm (they already dropped the PalmOne moniker guys) came up with a so called 'mobile manager', a new line of handhelds (the LifeDrive being the first product in its category) that basically 'carries all the essentials of your busy life and use them as you will' in other words, listen to what all the Palm users have been wishing/ranting about for years and slap a 4GB harddrive in the mix :D



The new device sports built-in WiFi (802.11b) and Bluetooth (yeah, finally they listened) it uses the same 416Mhz processor as the Tungsten T5 and IMHO, has the best form factor that Palm has ever released. Audio output coming from its internal speakers is considerably better than all the older Palm units, and pairing this with a set of very good Senheiser earphones would make the LifeDrive a very capable audio/mediaplayer (it supports *.asf movies too). Although not a direct competitor for the iPod but considering that the LifeDrive is more than the usual PDA gives it a more compelling reason to buy. I would go to the extent of saying that the LifeDrive is the swiss knife of the PalmOS-based PDAs, but like the usual swiss knives we use, its not necessarily the best tool for a certain job.

The LifeDrive's main advantage is its internal 4Gb harddrive...imagine the number of documents, audio, movies and other data that you could store, on the other hand, that is also the LifeDrive's achilles heel...while older PalmOS-based PDAs are known to be lightning-fast in loading applications in memory, the LifeDrive lags tremendously, of course some users will disagree with my statement, but anyway I was a Tungsten C user so permit me to say that it was, as I have experienced, very slow for my taste. The system waits for the harddrive to spin so there really is a considerable delay. There is a 3rd party application called Sharkcache that is supposed to fix this, I downloaded a demo copy online and played around with it for a few hours, Unfortunately the application is limited to only 4MB of ''cache"(out of 4GB), there are reports of users getting huge improvements in application load times but in my case I have to be honest that the speed boost was not noticeable.

The LifeDrive is basically a very good concept that was poorly implemented. Bugs are always common on a first generation device, but when you pay Php 30,500 ($1=PHP 55) for a handheld you'd expect it to be worth every penny.

I eventually decided to return the unit and got a T5 instead. I finally convinced myself that I was better off using a universal keyboard + T5 + WiFi card + Nokia 6230, very bulky I know but they all fit in my pocket and more importantly it works...better than I expected :D

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"Happy 27th birthday to the boy who lived...and became a man. God bless and may the prophecy of good health and wealth come true" --flo

Got this SMS greeting from a good friend and an obvious Potter fanatic :D thanks flo, and yes I owe you a free lunch! (yes I will read the book, promise!)

I'm finishing my LifeDrive review this weekend, hope to put it up online by monday.
Longhorn is long gone! well they changed the name anyway, and moved the release schedule to 2006. With a new OS coming we might need a new approach to application interaction, suddenly the computer UI in Minority Report seems so real.

»»http://tactiva.com/tactadrawmovielarge.html
»»reactions on the name change...its supposed to be a big deal?

hamachis.that.doggie.in.the.window

Want a secure zero-configuration VPN for your LAN gaming needs? Check out Hamachi. A detailed review later guys, I need to finish a few things up first.

random.links

Parabolic Heat Transference Case Mod - another classic example of using a chainsaw when a knife would do :)
I've been scouting for stompboxes lately, so far this has the most disturbing name. Hypnorays and magnetic cannons, the next generation WOMD. And lastly, another reason why we should learn Phyton.

HP.Trade-in.Promo

Wifey and I went to the mall the other day, HP held a cool promo participated by its partner stores here in Davao. All you need to do is bring an old printer(any brand) working or not and replace it with any of the 3 models they are offering. Obviously this is a marketing effort by HP to push their entry level printers (because they can't compete with Canon in this market segment) as well as selling a lot of ink in a few weeks time :D...the concept actually worked and there were a lot of people interested. We eventually exchanged an old defective HP printer for a brand new HP PSC 1315, of course we had to shell out PHP 2,999 but for a printer/scanner/copier valued at PHP 4900+ I think thats a good deal already. We had to wait for a two hours before the unit arrives but thats ok, at least we don't have to wait for 1-2 weeks (like the people on the next both). Incidentally they were also showcasing two gadgets(Ipaq h6335 and Ipaq rx3417) subject to the same trade-in scheme except that you'll have to trade it for a mobile phone instead and get PHP 10K off from the regular price. Looks interesting, so I talked to the product rep. and ask him about the device. Of course my first question was how fast is the rx34127? and he answers "it has a Samsung processor". Ok so maybe he didn't hear me right, so I asked again "I'm deciding on which one to get, how would you compare this with the h3665?" and he tells me "the h3625 has an OMAP processor sir"...OK...I'm pretty sure it wasn't going anywhere so I guess I'll have to ignore his answer, play with the gadgets and judge it for myself :D

I never really liked the h6365's form factor so even if it has a cool package(triple wireless) I opted to skip it. Besides, the 29K tag price (after the phone trade-in) made the decision even easier :) so I toyed with the rx3417 instead and it seems pretty cool. It has Bluetooth, IR and WiFi, a camera (but the cam was not that impressive) and a good LCD screen except I found it to be a bit dull compared to most models. The system response wasn't as fast as I wanted it to be but overall it was a good device. At this point I really wanted to buy it. I told the rep that i'm buying it except that I don't have a mobile phone for exchange, so he tells me to go buy an old one so I can have it exchanged for the rx3417. I insisted that the bottomline was for them to push the products right?(because not a single person bought any of the rx3417s anyway) so why deny me the purchase. After a few minutes of convincing, the rep still wouldn't allow me to buy it without a phone for trade-in so I told him to forget the whole thing because I'm no longer interested. The supervisor cuts in and tells me to reconsider and forget about the phone, I can now buy it if I want. And I was like What??!!! Man, I hate it when that happens...so did I bought it? Nah, too much hassle...I'm getting a T5 tomorrow ;)

pda.dilemma

After more than a two-week hiatus I finally got to blog, a lot has happened the past few days that has diverted my attention. Well, anyway i'm back and this time suffering from day1 of my PDA withdrawal syndrome :P . I sold my Tungsten C the other day without thinking of a device to replace it with and now im in search, 'again', of a possible candidate. I'm down to 4 options as of the moment

1. Get a LifeDrive and carry along my Treo 600
-LifeDrive offers Bluetooth + WiFi
-LifeDrive costs around Php 30,000!

2. Get a Treo 650 dump the Treo 600
-No WiFi option for me
-costs around Php 39,000!
-I basically need to sell my Tungsten C and Treo 600 for this

3. Get a Tungsten T5 + Nokia 6230
-Swap my Treo 600 with wifey's 6230
-Pair the T5 with the 6230
-Buy a WiFi card for the T5

4. Stay with my Treo 600
-I need more screen estate

Still too many choices, I could just take option 4, save a lot of money and forget everything. But I guess I'm forever a technolusting geek, and I must admit that with these gadgets around I can no doubt double or even triple my productivity.

So while I mull over this otherwise trivial matter, you guys download and play around with Google's latest toy. Oh btw, Big Brother is watching :D

random.links

Google Code: Summer of Code program is a nice way of making use of your summer rather than just wallowing on a caribbean beach...because if I can get the $4500 bounty then I can wallow on a caribbean beach anytime of the year, right? ;)

Some cool ideas for Gaim, Ubuntu, GPE/Opie/Familiar and Samba!

Sacha Chua is m|ph guest blogger for june

linux.on.iPaq.episode2

For the second installment of our Linux.on.iPaq series, I'm going to give you guys a tour and have a much closer look on how a little patience and a few finger-crossing moments can do so much to improve the usual iPaq experience ;)...I'd also like to point out that Opie supports landscape mode (which is not supported by PocketPC 2002) which obviously enhances the viewing/editing of spreadsheets, documents as well as webpages.









Btw, after installing Familiar 0.8.2 there are a few minor things you should do.
The default password for OPIE is blank, so you might want to change it first(you can use the usual passwd command for this)

Familar's 802.11b wlan support is excellent on my iPaq. All i needed to do was setup the SSID and the WEP key(optional). Once you have Internet connectivity, you should run these commands

# ntpdate -b time.handhelds.org
# ipkg update
# ipkg upgrade

this will sync your iPaq's system date/time as well as show the packages that you might want to install.

linux.on.iPaq.episode1

A fellow PUG@D comrade has reintroduced me to the Familiar Project and got me excited about the endless possibilities of zapping..err modifying your PDA's OS. Althought I have known of the project for quite some time now, I have not mustered enough guts to use it, since no. 1: Its too dangerous when you don't know what you're doing and no. 2: Even if you knew, its not a guarantee that you would not render your device into a useless paperweight (and void your warranty!). Ok, so now that you guys have been warned I can proceed. This btw is not a definite how-to guide (lets be clear on that), I guess there are a lot of "better" sources online. This is just my contribution to the community and hope that someone trying the same thing can pick up ideas from what I did.
So after a few months I finally decided to try this out and I did so by reading first...and then read some more (just to be very sure). Basically on the software level you need 3 things, a bootloader(boot strap program), the actual Linux distribution for your device(Familiar v0.8.2) and a GUI environment (you can choose between GPE, Opie) if you don't like the default console interface. I then downloaded Familiar distribution version 0.8.2 (with Opie as GUI). Take note that I'm using an iPaq H5450 and Familiar's bootldr does not support the display(meaning no interaction of the iPaq's screen) and CF/PCMCIA. Having said that, you are only supposed to use a host machine runnning a terminal emulator (such as HyperTerminal) connected to the iPaq via a serial cable (the usb connection is apparently not enough).
Ok, so lets start by installing the bootloader, there are a lot of options on this one but in my case I used ActiveSync because I already had it installed and my USB connection is way better than the serial port when it comes to file transfers (note that this will be the only time I'll be using the USB connection). The idea is to copy the bootloader files to the device and then create a rom image of your current device (as a failsafe) so that in the event that you might encounter a problem and probably decide that you're better off going back to PocketPC, you can actually do it without doing irepairable damage to the iPaq.

Follow the instructions carefully on installing the bootloader using Active Sync

If everything has gone well, you have successfully installed the CRL bootldr program, which can run either Linux or PocketPC. As yet, your PocketPC image is intact and should restart normally; the next step actually installs Linux (the fun part!).

Installing Familiar 0.8.2 with a serial line

You will need a serial sync cable, serial sync cradle or the dual USB/Serial cradle. You will also need to use a terminal program such as Hyperterminal (you can also use minicom and kermit but hyperterminal, more often than not is already install in your Windows PC).

1. Hold down the joypad and push the reset button on the iPAQ. You will need to remove it from the cradle to access the reset button.
2. When the iPAQ buzzes, release the joypad. The screen will not change from whatever was previously displayed (blank, PocketPC, etc). If the iPAQ does not stop vibrating, remove the AC adapter and the battery, then reinsert the battery and the AC adapter and perform try this step again. On my first try the iPaq actually stopped responding (heart skipping at this point), but I managed to restore it by following the step above.
3. Make sure the terminal emulator (in my case, Hyperterminal) is up and running, and is properly interacting with the bootloader. Proper interaction consists of being able to issue commands, and get responses (e.g. the help command should return the bootloader usage). Your terminal emulator must be set to
   bits per second: 115200
   Data bits: 8
   Parity: None
   Stop bits: 1
   Flow control : None
   
   Failing to use these settings will lead to trouble, so double and triple check all settings
   If you cannot interact with the bootloader, make sure your terminal settings are correct, the iPAQ is properly connected to the host computer, and the iPAQ is actually on. If everything seems fine, try restarting the host terminal emulator and resetting the iPAQ again.
   
4. At the "boot>" prompt, issue the following command: load root

5. Proceed to send or "upload" the jffs2 file (if you selected Opie it should be opie-image-h3900-20050407140814.rootfs.jffs2) with ymodem, using the terminal emulator.

   Note that the bootldr now expects ymodem by default, but hyperterminal uses Xmodem as the default file transfer protocol. So make sure that before sending the file you have set the Protocol to Ymodem

• 
• When the upload is done, you should see something like:
  
• And finally, the cross-your-fingers portion of our activity ;)
  

6. At the "boot>" prompt, issue the following command: boot

   Linux should now start booting.

On the next blog I'll be showing the results of our little experiment ;)

reboot!

After months(close to a year maybe) of waiting and trying to squeeze it in my free time, I finally managed reincarnate my defunct blog (digital.kitchen), tweaked and relabelled it. One of these days I will explain why I had to sacrifice digital.kitchen and put neural.brew in its place, but for now I'm hoping to finish some, if not most, of what I have started in digital.kitchen and probably talk about more interesting tech-related(for the most part) stuff.

In the meantime I do have a few interesting links to visit.

Protect the women of your life? I do get the feeling women would prefer their privacy than having this installed on their underwear. Stalker's tech tools perhaps? or would you rather want a bugbot on your innards. A nice cool hack that makes your winXP Home go Pro! (read the EULA first guys)