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Jul. 13th, 2006 06:08 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ewtOkay, PDA problem will be solved soon, at least for the time being; I've purchased a second-hand HP Jornada from the 560 series, and a CF wireless LAN card. This will probably be... rudimentary, at best, as far as internet is concerned, but better than nothing. And the need for a non-paper diary is getting quite urgent (before you tell me paper is fine, try having as many recurrent but sometimes-changing appointments as I do, and having to write them all in at the beginning of every week - an electronic diary is many orders of magnitude easier for me, also much lighter to carry around). It does need a new coin cell backup battery but I won't be sure what sort until it arrives. But those are easy enough to come by. For now, I wait for the post.
Of course what I actually want is a Palm LifeDrive thingum or equivalent shiny, and a targus stowaway keyboard thingum, and also a shiny shiny laptop, but one cannot always have what one wants. One can merely add such things to one's wishlist (which is still rather out of date, but I have other stuff to do than update it just now), and console oneself with the knowledge that in six month's time, one will always be able to buy more shiny for the same money as now.
I suppose for that matter if the Jornada works out well I could get a keyboard for it. No way I can get Sibelius on there though, and I'm starting to think this is Actually Important. You see, I've been doing some composition recently. Of my own volition, without threat of deadlines, and stuff. And once again, I can carry around a lot more music on a laptop than I ever could on paper. Maybe I'll get one of those mac things when I'm not skint.
Tried to iron my hakama; they really are buggers to iron. In the end I settled for hanging it up and using the steam function of the iron to get the worst of the creases out. I'll have to figure out how the hell to fold it up again, though. Oops.
Best do the washing up and start getting ready to go.
Of course what I actually want is a Palm LifeDrive thingum or equivalent shiny, and a targus stowaway keyboard thingum, and also a shiny shiny laptop, but one cannot always have what one wants. One can merely add such things to one's wishlist (which is still rather out of date, but I have other stuff to do than update it just now), and console oneself with the knowledge that in six month's time, one will always be able to buy more shiny for the same money as now.
I suppose for that matter if the Jornada works out well I could get a keyboard for it. No way I can get Sibelius on there though, and I'm starting to think this is Actually Important. You see, I've been doing some composition recently. Of my own volition, without threat of deadlines, and stuff. And once again, I can carry around a lot more music on a laptop than I ever could on paper. Maybe I'll get one of those mac things when I'm not skint.
Tried to iron my hakama; they really are buggers to iron. In the end I settled for hanging it up and using the steam function of the iron to get the worst of the creases out. I'll have to figure out how the hell to fold it up again, though. Oops.
Best do the washing up and start getting ready to go.
