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Gris - Dec 04, 2005 8:42:54 pm PST #5836 of 10003
Hey. New board.

Over the last 48 hours I have used my Treo to:

  • Make several phone calls
  • Store the contact information for the pizza place across the street, for easy pre-ordering speed
  • Add several tutoring sessions to my calendar
  • Send many text messages
  • Take a picture of the snow and christmas lights on the Columbia campus and send it to my parents
  • Read Pride and Prejudice
  • Listen to music - specifically, the Wicked and Avenue Q soundtracks
  • Record my weight and reps for an upper body workout in a spreadsheet

It did all of this so well that I am amazed. It is my new favorite device ever - sorry, old 30 GB iPod that I no longer have, you did not have the advantage of always being in my pocket no matter what.

I am sad that the next Treo will be Windows Mobile.

DXMachina - Dec 05, 2005 4:07:07 am PST #5837 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

Growing pains for the Wikipedia. [link]

le nubian - Dec 05, 2005 7:40:35 am PST #5838 of 10003
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

I know quite a few people who don't take wikipedia seriously. I think it is fine for what it is: gives you quick information on a wide variety of topics. People really need to use google to get a bigger picture on any person or thing. Not sure why anyone would want to use wikipedia as the only source on anything.

§ ita § - Dec 05, 2005 7:43:06 am PST #5839 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I think wikipedia is a great idea and a marvellous starting point. But I do agree with you, LeN. I'm not citing it in any serious context -- it's just easier to start reading there than somewhere like Encyclopedia Britannica.

le nubian - Dec 05, 2005 8:10:16 am PST #5840 of 10003
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

Britannica doesn't have some of the more pop culture kind of stuff either.

Nutty - Dec 05, 2005 2:45:29 pm PST #5841 of 10003
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."

I particularly enjoy the weird off-branching fact-following I can do on Wikipedia, which is theoretically possible on a digital encyclopedia, but NSM in practice. Also, most encyclopedias don't go into the obsessive detail that Wikipedia encourages. The baseball slang entry is full of slang people don't even use any more (and plenty people do), and it's just too specialized a topic for an actual refereed encyclopedia.

DXMachina - Dec 05, 2005 2:53:47 pm PST #5842 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

it's just too specialized a topic for an actual refereed encyclopedia

Yup. Today's featured article was about Arrested Development. I was also using it to look up a lot of stuff about specific naval warships that you'd never find in Britannica, but would in something like Jane's Fighting Ships.

le nubian - Dec 05, 2005 4:08:58 pm PST #5843 of 10003
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

Is this a new feature of wikipedia?

[link]

I like the "controversy" flags. I went to the discussion and found it illuminating.

Tom Scola - Dec 06, 2005 1:40:37 am PST #5844 of 10003
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

Is this a new feature of wikipedia?

Nope, they've had that for a while.

The iTunes Music Store is now selling shows from NBC, SciFi and USA, including Battlestar Galactica, Law and Order and Monk.

Jon B. - Dec 06, 2005 3:26:33 am PST #5845 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

I have two very large files I need to get to someone (350MB each). My server doesn't have room. I tried yousendit last night and it gave me no love. Any other suggestions other than mailing him a CD?

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