Disclaimer
Before you begin to read my journal below... you have to understand - I'm not a geek, and I'm not gonna be a geek. I just happen to like inventions, and I believe if we are all willing to try out new stuff, our fellow engineers will have more opportunities to fulfill our duty for the benefit of humanity...

Got some extras to sell off? Follow the Marketplace link, and you will learn how to open an online store for free and take credit card payment from your orders in real time.

If you have seen a Yahoo Store before, this works more or less the same, but while Yahoo Store charges $100 or more a month, this service is entirely free. The Shopping Cart Software featured in the link of course is written by me =), but I've given the source code to a company, who, in exchange, provides the hosting service. I also have written some other freeware/shareware .. if you are interested, let me know and I'll post more links.

Compu Workshop will show you my new toy - Agenda VR3. It's a pure Linux (Go Tux Go!) PDA. Currently it's not yet available in the consumer market, but I have a developer version, which is cool. The whole OS is upgradable as you wish.

Aug 27, 02
Ok..I burned my linux PDA while doing a boot prom upgrade..hahaha..O well..it wasn't anyone's fault...the rechargable NiMH AAA battery doesn't have enough voltage to finish the flashing...but...that doesn't stop me from exploring my handy toys.

So, I bought a new PDA. It's a Handspring Platinum Visor + Visorphone combo, which is running the Palm 3.5.2 OS and it allows me to connect voice/data through my GSM sim card. Cool..but much more affordable than the Treo package! I've been able to surf internet, receive sms, send fax and make voice calls through the Visorphone. I'd also tried making internet connectivity via irDA (infra red) link to the built-in wireless modem of my Ericsson T39 at 56K. So far I'm very impressed although 8MB memory is not enough. I've also got this little guy to support Big5 Chinese characters and have a free Chinese bible on it. My next goal is to make downloading scanned images from my HP Capshare wireless handheld scanner 920 possible so I can emulate a real fax operation. Right now the Palm OS is not taking TIFF file transfer via irDA too well.

Jan 31, 03 (Chinese New Year Coming La)
Erm.. I know it seems like I only update my web page once in a year haha.. well...I have a lot to say actually, but I just don't have time to update. Well...guess what? I bought a new palm-like handheld before Christmas. It is great! It's the cheapest one in the market, but it works great (ok..I heard many ppl complain that the high resolution screen is a garbage to play games, but hey..I can't play games anyways due to nightmares, so I don't really care). Right, it's the Sony SL-10. It only has 8MB ram, but you can get a good priced memory stick anyways, and you can install programs on the memory stick and use MSMount (free) to load it. Regarding my lovely HP Capshare 920 handheld wireless scanner, guess what, I finally figure out how to beam the TIFF file to my palm and send it as an attachment of email, so you can virtually have a "fax" machine on your palm. Now, I'm waiting for my bluetooth memory stick (my New Year present from HK) so I can use bluetooth to get online with my T39 rather than infraRed which is good but not yet perfect. Indeed, palm is great, and I installed Chinese viewer on it, and I can put the whole Chinese NIV bible there.