14. November, 2002 - high-tech goodies (and baddies)
- Hiptop Nation is
wireless blogging for the Hiptop masses.
Looks like it could be cool. And the Hiptop definitely is cool.
- In contrast, the Nokia's New Phone Straddles Two Worlds article from InfoWorld doesn't even admit the existence of the Hiptop (aka Sidekick). I commented in the discussion there, and shot off an early morning email expressing my disappointment in InfoWorld and PCWorld. But it's the web, where people can fact-check your ass, so hopefully the disinformation will be corrected in short order. [boing boing]
- Followup: I got an email from Ephraim Schwartz, the author of the article in response my early-morning email. It said (in part):
I realize a cell phone is in the eye of the beholder but, the Hiptop is not "an ordinary cell phone". It is a converged device, more handheld than cell phone.
My point is that the Nokia isn't an ordinary cell-phone either. But in everyday use, my Hoptop does work as a cellphone (with a lot of other cool features).
- In further emails, it appears the whole disagreement here is on form-factor. The hiptop doesn't look like a cell-phone to Ephraim Schwartz (I think it does, in sort of a tricorder-esque way). The new Nokia doesn't look like a cell-phone to me what with those wings that hold the keyboard on it that are shown in picture accompanying the article at PCWorld. And we both need either more or less caffeine.
- I wish more people would read Configuring Mail Clients to Send Plain ASCII Text so I wouldn't have to wade through HTML mail.
- For Bulk E-Mailer, Pestering Millions Offers Path to Profit on as low as one in 100,000 people responding. Sigh. Good thing I've got SpamAssassin up and running now. It's doing a pretty good job of keeping me from ever seeing most spam.
- Send your name to Mars! NASA's going to burn a DVD with the names of everyone who signs up and then send it to Mars. [boing boing]
- The Beerometer is just too handy for words. Now if there was just one for Minneapolis.
- In another late update, I typed up a quick followup on what happened in court this morning. I was there because I was subpoenaed as a witness for the events from August 13th.
Copyright 2008, Dave Polaschek.
Last updated on Thu, 14 Nov 2002 12:08:25.