Palm integration for Linux?
This is a valuable cause … Open Source Palm Sync for Linux, etc. … which opens up a whole new line of potential applications for integrating the Palm world and the Open Source world of Linux, etc. I have to say that as I eye the Linux marketplace in corporations, there are a number of software capabilites that I see as really required. Palm support is a good one to have!
ColdSync 2.1.0-20010415 (Development). PalmPilot synchronization tool [freshmeat.net]
Radio posts and browser windows …
I have started to create a target window for all of the links in my posts … and I’m going to experiment with this for a while. This creates a new browser window which I reuse for all links that a reader selects. I tend to like this operation a little better, and am going to see what I can do to make this work the best. We’ll see how it goes.
Another BASIC for Linux …
Wow … it’s coming quickly … so who will make the Glade integration, or the first Visual Basic work-alike on Linux?
FBASIC 2.1.3 (Default). A Microsoft MBASIC-compatible interpreter. [freshmeat.net]
A very good analysis and proposal for presence and IM support …
As usual, this is a very good discussion and arguement for why Jabber makes sense!
An Invitation to Opera. There is a movement to encourage Opera to include Jabber support in their web browser. [JabberCentral]
Another form of wired connectivity …
As I have been studying the ways that I believe I will want to connect to the Internet with my wearable computers, I have broken the connectivity into four core segments … or now maybe five. I can see where my wearable is going to have a number of connectivity options always available … both wired, for higher speed transfers, and wireless, for mobilty and ease of access. These segments are:
I originally did not have the ‘Wired Power-line’, but have recently been talking with a local company called Inari who are sending me some of their products to test. I can see where I might want to network while I’m recharging my batteries …
This article reinforces the discussion about Power-line networking:
Net Access: Socket to Me. The day may come when all you have to do to get online is plug your computer into a regular wall socket. Don’t hold your breath, not in America anyway. At least, anytime soon. By Julia Scheeres. [Wired News]
Ok … who’s going to compete?
Anyone else want to join in and have some fun?
In Search of the Sexiest Geek. Technology companies might be tanking, but that hasn’t dulled the spirit of the people who are building the new economy. Geeks from around the country are signing up to compete for the title of Sexiest Geek Alive. By Brad King. [Wired News]
So when a laptop becomes a handheld … what then?
I like reading these articles and seeing the conclusions that they make. I agree that the size and convenience are a huge factor … but what happens when a laptop becomes a handheld? Or a wearable computer appears? The PC vendors, and Intel, are not sitting still …
Handhelds gaining the upper hand. Laptop use drops after workers are given BlackBerry e-mail pagers [CNET Tech News]
Very cool … ScriptBasic for Linux …
I have always believed that BASIC is the language for the rest of the people. I learned it at a young age, and still use Microsoft’s Visual Basic to develop quick apps and prototypes … it is a very powerful scripting language … and complies well also. One of the Linux resources that I have wanted for a while is a good BASIC for Linux. If I were able to combine this with Glade … then I’d really be happy!
ScriptBasic 1.0b23 (Default). Linux/Win32 BASIC scripting language. [freshmeat.net]
It was only a matter of time … Metricom just won’t scale …
I have been following Metricom for quite some time, and have kept thinking about how I see things panning out for them. And I have kept going back to the fact that they are building a proprietary network, on proprietary hardware solutions. I just don’t see this combination as ever being successful. On top of this, they have to carry the entire financial burden of deploying their wireless network. It’s a cool idea, but I just don’t see where it fits into the future. The cell service providers are going to try to address the “mid-speed” data market, and I still think that widely deployed 802.11b networks are going to catch everyone off guard!
eWEEK: Compaq banks on rickety Ricochet for mobile. Compaq Computer Corp.’s decision to extend mobile Internet services on foundering Metricom Inc.’s Ricochet wireless network is raising questions about the offering and fueling speculation that Metricom may be ripe for a takeover. [Tomalak’s Realm]
The brain is forming …
This post got me thinking once again about my mission to explore the formation of the ‘brain’ of the human organism. What’s facinating is that I truly believe that Dave, and Radio, are good examples of the first massively distributed neural networks of memetic transfer and replication. Using Radio, you are able to publish a stream of memes, created by the streams of memes that you are receiving on a moment by moment basis. So you can subscribe to meme steams, just as a neuron receives signals from numerous other neurons. And you can create a meme stream which effects other neurons … wow … is the brain of the human organism forming?
DaveNet: The Web is a Writing Environment. [Scripting News]