Monthly Archives: February 2004

 

February 28, 2004

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Fujitsu Stylistic 5010D Tablet PC

So I basically love this thing. It’s not perfect, but it’s very good. Even a short period of using it reveals a number of obviously frustrating shortcomings, but they are only meaningful in the context of how successful the slate PC can be.

 

February 14, 2004

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Digital Hand writing

This is pretty cool. l am writing this text using my Wacom tablet and XP’S built-in recognizer. Without training! l am going to have to start writing nice things about Microsoft. l am just winging it without reading any manuals. Clearly, neatness counts. okay, there has to be some way to train it. No mouse! [...]

 

February 14, 2004

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Handsfree Typing

I am writing this entry without typing. Several weeks into my Carpal Tunnel experience, typing remains a very difficult undertaking. I have now gone through a variety of user input devices including trackballs, optical mice, tablets and more. But the great surprise of the past few days has been the amazing quality of the built [...]

 

February 10, 2004

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Unbelievably Shoddy Software & Support

In trying to find a reliable way to synch my SonyEricsson T610 Phone with Outlook contacts, I discovered just how staggeringly bad their software and support really is. I’m embarassed by the hours I spent finding out, too. :-(

 

February 8, 2004

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Carpal Tunnel

After over 20 years at the keyboard I’ve hit a major roadblock that’s stopping me in my tracks. Last week I was diagnosed with carpal tunnel in both wrists and tendonitis in several places. It’s not clear how serious or long-term a problem this presents, but I must cut down my typing immediately, so posts [...]

 

February 2, 2004

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Gotta Get Hibernate

If you work with Java and databases, you really have to check out Hibernate because it’s so well done and it’s transformative in what it enables in the application. It’s doing all the O-R persistence for my Java classes on a new project and I’m very happy with it. I’ve included a short sample that [...]