Well, I have not had a lot of time to blog lately or post interesting articles. However, I do have a few articles that I wrote during the year but for one reason or another did not publish. So, I have labeled them 'Emptying the Pantry.' Some of these are a little dated, ie. March or April, but some are timeless. The first, listed below, is a comparison between my iPod and Lifedrive. A brief update on the article is warranted. I now use the iPod exclusively for multimedia matters. The Lifedrive has become too unstable to do anything productive on a multimedia front.
Second, Apple has not completely moved away from the Hard Disk drive, surprisingly, although I think that we may be seeing the last of the iPod Classics this time around.
On other more recent matters, the Foleo? Well, I think that there has been enough written by people who are much more knowledgeable than myself on this subject, so I don't think that my 2 cents are worth it. Right now Palm can almost do nothing right! I really hope that they improve over the next few months.
A special note to everyone in the Palm readership. You must, I repeat, must go to Mike Cane's exquisite series of articles entitled, The Palm Foleo Disaster Part 1.
& Part 2. (Part 2 is a lot better as it shows significant comparisons between Handspring and Palm and suggests that Palm's underlying mantra of keeping things simple which made it so successful earlier, may in fact be holding it back today and stifling innovation).
In regards to the Lifedrive itself, well I am actually looking into purchasing a Palm TX - It seems to have been well tested by many out there. The latency of the Lifedrive has finally approached my last nerve. Additionally, my infrared transmitter is acting up. I have given some consideration to setting up a solid state 'drive' but the more I think about it, the more it appears to be more of a side project than something that I seriously want to keep critical data on.
That of course leads to the question of the blog. Should I keep the name of the blog if I change devices or wrap it up? Your thoughts on this subject --- priceless.
LDD.
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Keep the name the same. You've earned a lot of respect around the community with your thoughts.
I think if you keep the Links live on the left side, then those diehards looking for information on the Lifedrive will find it there.
John A.
>>>The latency of the Lifedrive has finally approached my last nerve.
Hooooo! Me too! I am sooo sick of that fekkin orange light! Even with a Compact Flash card instead, the slowness is like fingernails on a blackboard.
Recently I've had stuttering with a large AVI via TCPMP. I think it might be due to fragmentation. I'm thinking of a Secure Erase and starting all over. All the vids I thought I'd carry and use ... well, I mainly view long things *once* and that's it. Music vids get more than one view. Strange how *having* it is different than my envisioned use.
Thanks much for the Foleo links too.
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