Tribute To An Old Workhorse

I am always a generation or three behind getting the latest gadgets. My friends have their Kindles and Nooks and iPads, and I have ........ [drum roll please] .......

My Dell Axim X5. A Pocket PC. From 2003.

Yes, it has a blazing fast 300MHz processor and all of 32MB of RAM. But with SD and CF slots, it can hold whole libraries. It's also an MP3 player, a voice recorder, and a whole lot more. Heck, you can even edit Word docs and Excel spreadsheets (If you're crazy enough to do that on the 240 X 320 screen). But the best part is that the battery will (still!) last all day. No, it doesn't have WiFi, though you can add that, and even browse the web.

Doomed by being ahead of its time.

It's been my faithful eBook reader for 7 years, and I pay it tribute! Now, when will it die so I can get one of those cool new gadgets?

Cylinder O' Smell

One of the unwritten rules of life is the Cylinder O' Smell. It works like this:

Each human being is encased by an invisible 3 ft. (1 m) cylinder. Any smell, good or bad, emanating from a person should not be detectable outside their Cylinder. Very simple.

There is a good reason for this rule. Inside the cylinder is personal space (yes, the size of the cylinder varies by culture). Outside is public space. You invite people into your personal space, smells and all. Assaulting the public space with your odors is an uninvited invasion.

Note: The Cylinder O' Smell is about odor and not about environmental allergies, which are a different discussion.

Interestingly, this rule applies equally to perfumes and gym socks. Some examples:

• You enter the lobby of a building and are nearly overwhelmed by the receptionist's scent enhancement (a mix of perfume, hair spray, body spray, and makeup) from 30 feet away. Bad
• Someone uses spray underarm deodorant in the locker room. Bad
• Mr. Evil (but, to my experience, never Miss Evil) wears their unwashed non-scent suppressing gym clothes. Very bad
• You wear subtle perfume/cologne and someone has to get real close to check it out. Sounds good to me.
• You nuzzle your S.O.'s clean hair. It smells wonderful. Very good.

You get the idea. The exception to the Rule is when everybody smells that way (hunting trips, marathons, makeover parties, etc.)

Next week: The Cylinder O' Sound, or headphones and earbuds.

Last Line From CNN Article on Facebook Outage

Why is it that the last line of news articles are often the best?

From a CNN article:

"OPB BREAKING NEWS: Facebook is down," read a message on Oregon Public Broadcasting's feed. "Worker productivity rises. U.S. climbs out of recession."

Back to Weight Watchers

I have been attending Weight Watchers again for about a month, after a year and a half hiatus. Even though I exercise regularly, my weight had crept back up. So far, my weight loss has been modest, but I am so happy that my head is back into it.

This works on so many levels

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