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[-] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I collect vintage laptops, and my wife makes bespoke kitten mittens. Our budget is $6.2 million.

I also love using a Palm Pilot because it helps me commit notes to memory rather than just collecting them for later. You’ll be surprised how well you retain information when you enter it into a Palm, using the stylus to peck in letters deliberately. There’s also nothing quite like the satisfaction of hot-syncing your appointments and ideas while your Palm sits in its cradle.

This cat is off his rocker, and needs to start taking his adderall.

[-] xyzzy@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago

I collect vintage laptops, and my wife makes bespoke kitten mittens. Our budget is $6.2 million.

What

[-] MantisToboggon@lazysoci.al 11 points 1 week ago

That's dumb as shit.

[-] Deebster@infosec.pub 7 points 1 week ago

I still rememberb the Palm Pilot input alphabet - every letter is represented by a single stroke and it was fast-enough and very accurate.

[-] DmMacniel@feddit.org 4 points 1 week ago

Graffiti was interesting but after s while of using it becomes second nature.

[-] heavydust@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 week ago

You didn't get a palm pilot to play games

Actually we did. There was a lot of good games. Also I don't believe the author ever had one if he forgets this important detail.

[-] Badabinski@kbin.earth 2 points 1 week ago

I fucking loved the games on my Palm Pilot. Started with an old OG Palm Pilot when I was 7 or 8, and I kept rocking them until high school when I had a TX. Soooo many good games, and the later ones could play mp3s.

I'd probably never go back, though.

[-] SinningStromgald@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Someone should tell them about airplane mode.

[-] DmMacniel@feddit.org 3 points 1 week ago

But in airplane mode you could miss something.

On a PDA you can't as there isn't something you could miss in the first place.

[-] peteyestee@feddit.org 4 points 1 week ago

No one cares about hipsters.

[-] DmMacniel@feddit.org 4 points 1 week ago

Well you cared enough to look and comment.

[-] fratermus@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 week ago

I loved my Palm devices.

[-] XTL@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I was just thinking the other day that I really wish I still had a Psion. Tolerable screen and keyboard. Slim and funny form factor. Runs for days on a few AAA, and rechargeable AAA at that. I used to play chess and read ebooks on one on train or bus rides. Never liked EPOC(?), but it was really efficient.

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