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Ozymandias
I met a traveller from an antique land
Who said: “Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert . . . Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed:
And on the pedestal these words appear:
‘My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!’
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.”
“Coimhéad fearg fhear na foighde”
Beware of the anger of a patient man.
I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough without ever having felt sorry for itself.
In a room where people unanimously maintain a conspiracy of silence, one word of truth sounds like a pistol shot.
So, Christmas happened. I’m home. And I just realized a perfect gift for my father. You talked about a mini computer type deal that was just a word processor, screen, and keyboard. My dad is a facebook addict and also wants to put his hand written manuscripts and novels from his younger days into physical hard copy that’s legible. But due to the facebook addiction, he gets on the computer and is looking at memes rather than writing. I went to look for your posts, couldn’t find them (it’s probably due to the ham and drinking, rather than your new site). What was it called again? His birthday is in a few months, so it’s not pressing.
Also Merry Christmas!
Ham and drinking messes up your memory. Tell everyone you know. It should be on a PSA. Probably more valuable than the subsidies to scientists to study pig farts in Thailand.
I have a Dana. They’re cheap, used, and abusable. I mentioned it here. There are pros and cons. I’ll respond in greater detail shortly.
Some more details from one of the only people who uses a Dana.
First of all there’s a thing that’s called a Neo that’s vaguely more primitive. The Dana runs a Palm OS which is an “upgrade” and likely a bit of a PITA. I’ve never used a Neo but if I had to do it again I might go with the Neo. YMMV.
Second, the Palm OS loses it’s memory if the battery goes “extremely dead”. (Which will happen if you go more than a couple months without using it.) All this means is that you need to reset the calendar and other details but I recommend ALWAYS SAVING YOUR STUFF ON AN SD CARD. Don’t use the onboard memory for your files. Good news is a tiny SD card will last you forever. You only need a very small one. A few megabytes is fine. Cramming 32GB in a device this primitive might work but why bother? (I’m not sure if the Neo can handle an SD card.)
Third, the rechargeable battery is worth the cost. I bought a fresh rechargeable 5 years ago and I’ve beaten/frozen/cooked the thing for years. It still works fine. A charge lasts weeks and for enough hours of typing that it’s basically irrelevant. When I travel I don’t bring the charge cable. I would have spent more on AAs.
Fourth, once you pry your dad away from Facebook make backups somewhere else. (You do the backups… don’t let Dad get stuck in Facebook again!) If he’s like the average “dad” he’ll cram his life’s work on an $8 SD card and then lose it somewhere. This isn’t a Dana/Neo thing… it’s just good backup practice.
Fifth, every dad should write his story. I wish mine did. Every time he writes a “chapter” tell him thanks and buy him a bottle of scotch. 🙂
Good luck.
A.C.
P.S. Please keep in touch. I want to hear how the Dana/Dad idea works.
A merry Christmas to the Curmudgeon home! Here’s hoping everybody is happy & overfed!