Off to Mount Adams

At 5:13 on Friday afternoon it was 16.3 degrees (-8 with wind chill) on top of Mount Washington with wind speeds of 89 and gusts of 100 MPH (source), and that’s were I’m headed!

I’m day hiking Mt. Adams Saturday and should be back at the very latest Sunday by 2pm. If no one’s heard from me and I’m not back by then, I’d appreciate it if someone would grab a hair dryer and extension cord and come thaw out my frozen body.

Thanks in advance,
-POS

Treo 650 as a Bluetooth Modem on a PC

Since my only Apple computer is a Mac Mini, using my Treo as a Dial-Up Modem (DUM) over BlueTooth was neat, but not all that usefull. Now that I have a laptop from work, setting this up on a PC became much more practical.

At first I tried setting it up using only the information I used previously from Shadowmite’s guide, but was unable to get it working. I then stumbled across Bryan Shepherd’s guide which was much more helpful and ultimately got me up and running.

Like Bryan, I ran into the problem of having what looked like the beginings of a successful connection, only to have it fail when attempting to verify the Username and Password. By following Bryan’s steps incombination with the Palm Guide to set the APN on your computer and the “*99***1#” phone number, I was able to get this up and running.

Although I don’t like to simply repost other people’s information, with out any further contributions, I thought it was important to do so here to help verify this information since I found so many conflicting directions.

Windows Mediaplayer for Mac Discontinued.

From Slashdot:

According to News.com, Microsoft has had no plans to update or improve Windows Media Player and has instead thrown its weight behind a third party plugin to fill the void. Adam Anderson, Microsoft public relations manager, told News.com, ‘It’s basically a business decision for Microsoft. Like any other company, we have business priorities. Our focus really is in delivering the best experience to Windows customers.’

I for one am very excited to download and try this plug in and hopefullly rid my Mac Mini of the annoying Windows Media Player for Mac program/plugin (which rarely plays the streaming video files I want to see).