http://douglasjohnston.net/weblog random musings from a primate Mon, 09 Jul 2007 21:01:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Walking into a dimly-lit cabin on the shores of a subarctic lake, I thought I saw someone staring at me from a dark corner. I walked closer to get a better look. He wasn't too talkative. http://douglasjohnston.net/weblog/archives/2007/07/09/hospitality/ Although my confession here might cause those hanging out on the Newton mailing lists some degree of embarrassment for their newfound brethren (their technical aptitude, at least for hardware, seems to dwarf my own), I have to admit some trepidation, if not outright fear, in finally addressing the eternal problem ... http://douglasjohnston.net/weblog/archives/2007/07/06/love-and-chaos-or-fixing-the-emate-hinge/ My Newton MessagePad 2100 remains disconnected from my computer and the world at large while I wait for a) a Newton 2100 Serial Adapter Dongle; or b) Andriano's Newton-USB dongle. Thus I'm taking this time to play around with my Newton eMate 300 and a few of the available sync ... http://douglasjohnston.net/weblog/archives/2007/06/03/newton-syncing/ In two articles for DIYPlanner, one about the MessagePad 2100 and another about the eMate, I mentioned how I've got the decade-old Apple Newton bug. Given that the site is mostly about paper-based fetishes, there's only so much I can say there without upsetting the apple cart. (No pun intended.) ... http://douglasjohnston.net/weblog/archives/2007/05/27/yann/ First, to all those who have inquired, yes, I am still alive, in the same way a hibernating bear is. That's due to sheer exhaustion, to being stretched far too thin over the past six months or so. The new job, the new home, Conor (nearly three years old), Danny ... http://douglasjohnston.net/weblog/archives/2007/04/16/returning-to-life/