If this whole PDA technology frenzy just hasn't done the trick for you, then maybe the real killer app has finally come along. Forget contact management (boring), forget handwriting recognition (snarble farg), and forget about having a mobile calendar (to tell you when the PDA warranty expires): what you really need is a PDA massage!
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? An update on the nightly midnight fax caller. It appears that setting modem speeds really low doesn't change how the fax operates. Oh, well. Still, this morning I found a fax in the incoming folder which breaks down the in-tank inventory of some gas station in Manchester. Diesel volume is 11909, regular unleaded is 5143, and super unleaded is 1399. Temperature clocks in at 64.65 for diesel while the unleadeds are a more modest 62.5. Is this the life of a CIA/FBI data snoop? Pouring over reams of electronic straw looking for a needle? Is it possible that there's a hidden message in this fax? String all of the numbers together, modulo with the date, backwards, and decode using an octal base upshifter?
Probably just a wrong number.
Today's mystery picture is the "naughty child" which you should click on to find out the details. I can give you a hint: energy. There are a few energy related stories rolling around today. One of interest comes from Applied Digital solutions, who announced their new micro-energy generator technology. These little ceramic disks can create a volt and a half from body heat. Current output is quite low, probably sufficient for a wristwatch, and you'd probably have to cover your body with a few hundred to power an MP3 player or PDA. If you are the worrying type you can wonder if it's possible to turn up the bass on your MP3 player to high and accidentally get hypothermia.