Missing my PDA

I'm traveling around in Korea now and it's got me thinking about all the digital accessories I tote. Ever since my Clie died a few weeks ago, I've been trying to live more simply... with out a PDA. I bring around my PSP, my iPod, my IXY 400, and my Vodafone handset so that I can have:

1. a portable game console
2. a PVP
3. a mass storage device
4. a portable PDF viewer
5. an MP3 player
6. a digital wallet
7. a 4MP digital camera
8. a crude planner
9. a crude to-do list
10. a cell phone

But I miss having

1. an E-book reader
2. a real planner
3. a real to-do list
4. all my addresses
5. a portable document reader
6. a digital notepad

With the new Palm TX Hyun-joo bought me for Christmas I'll also have

1. WiFi
2. Bluetooth

Photo Mosaic Software

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Hyun-joo came up with a great idea to incorporate a mosaic into our wedding invitation. I didn't do a lot of checking around, but this software seems pretty decent.

The plan is to use poraits of everyone we'd like to attend the wedding to create a mosaic of something... we don't know what that'll be yet. Think of it as a surprise.

Recording for the podcast

I know, I know. I just gotta get the thing finished and published. I've got a lot to do in the next few days before vacation... stuff for classes... stuff for korea... x-mas stuff... and ofcourse the podcast. I've been wasting my time trying to figure out how I'm going to conduct field recordings, like interviews. My damn R-1 keeps giving me the "Low Battery" warning and dies during recording, even when I have new batteries in the thing! I'm using the factory supplied memory card and I don't want to go out to by yet another card just to find out that my R-1 doesn't work. What a pain in the ass. I paid over $300 for the R-1 and it's been unreliable at best! Don't buy one. The unit is made of flimsy plastic and the control knob pops off entirely. Don't buy one!

Damn I hate Education

Maybe more accurately, I hate the administrative end of Education. I'm trying to teach a CALL course here at KTC using Macromedia Flash in my Fifth Year Computers and English class. This past year I've been trying to teach them how to use Flash in different langauges. The students are all using Japanese versions of Flash MX and I'm using the English version of MX 2004. I end up having to teach the Ss on an individual basis, because I can't even make handouts for them since the screen captures look entirely different than their own screens. This sucks!

Worse yet, I don't know how to turn this situation and these complaints into a constructive alternative where I can work the system to my students' benefit. Damned if I'm not an idealist.

Pix from keitai to computer

I just got a prepaid Vodafone handset by Sharp and I've realized that I don't have a way to get my pictures off it anymore! I used to use the infrared port and send them to my Clie, but since my Clie died... I've lost the ability to get my pictures. I can't even email them since I haven't sucessfully been able to send an email. This blows. I have an infrared port on my laptop and on my portable printer, but I can't use them to access my pix. Waah.