I had some plans for 2020 but there are several events (both global and
personal) which changed almost everything.
I almost have ceased to use laptops/notebooks as I have not travelled
and there have been no normal meetings (I usually use my work laptop
for presentations but there have been none). I once tried to use a
tablet on a meeting (just to read documents) but I don't thing that I
will use it once more (it's useless for my style of use, no matter what
brand/OS it is). I normally use my own GPD Pocket mini-laptop for
traveling but now I have little use for it.
For pocket computing: I still use a Palm IIIx (for reading in my bed
with Plucker) and the TRGpro as a PDA. But for shopping and in the
kitchen I (and my wife, too) use the PSION Organiser II LZ (plus PSION
printer).
Last year I used the Gemini PDA for the NextBike service. This year I
repaired my own bike. Thus I no longer need an Android computer to ride
a bike..
As a desktop I still use the OpenPOWER workstation (the Blackbird) with
the Fedora Linux. I have been more and more disappointed with this OS
(it's too experimental for me and it does not include many things that
I normally use ) but I still haven't enough time to replace it. I'm not
sure if the Void Linux is a good way for me, though.
I stated my SGI O2 for just a few times. Anyway I wrote more new code
on the O2 than on the Blackbird (but the OpenPOWER is much faster which
made it much more useful to hunt the bugs!). And I used my SGI Indigo
only for five or four times (I'm writing this post on that computer,
anyway).
Phone: Well, there is a problem. I have not wanted to carry my Punkt
MP01 everywhere (and to often clean it with aggressive substances) so I
have searched (and I'm still searching) for a second phone. Actually, I
use the Palm Tungsten (with a proper case!) as the secondary phone. I
tried the Nokia N900 but it's battery life is too short (and it has too
much moving parts to be easily cleaned). Then I tried the Palm Pixi (I
have 2 of them but one doesn't accept SIM card and I'm unable to
activate the second). Then I tried my old Nokia (the E52 I think) it's
nice but it's broken so it cannot be used as a phone. I tried to buy
the Palm Centro but after 3 months is is still not here. So I have no
hopes that it ever arrive. I didn't tried any OpenMoko (their battery
life are too short due their unrepaired hardware issues) no the Aquaris
E4.5 (my old Ubuntu Phone). The E4.5 has non-removable battery which is
somewhat old and it requires miniSIM (at the moment I do not want to
cut the regular SIM into mini size). I also tried my old iPhone 3G but
it does not start at all.
I also have noticed that I'm reading much more books from our library
(I mean actual paper books) than usually. I have not started the Kindle
for more than month if I'm not mistaken.
