Archive for October, 2005

Backing up One Big Text file

Sunday, October 9th, 2005

Using emacs org-mode means I am living in one big text file. One of the great advantages of this is that you are not locked in to some proprietary format, and you can do anything you want with it, as the format is very simple. It also means you can read it with […]

Upgrading Zaurus to OpenZaurus 3.5.3

Saturday, October 8th, 2005

Installing OpenZaurus 3.5.3

I finally decided to bite the bullet and upgrade my Zaurus to
openzaurus 3.5.3 (having not upgraded OZ for around 18 months or so!).
I had numerous problems, so have detailed all my trials and
tribulations (some of my own making) here in case it helps anyone
else.
Following the instructions on the OZ site I decided on […]

New Hipster PDA Templates

Saturday, October 8th, 2005

Further to the mass adulation I received from my music manuscript template (OK- 6 comments …. but they are funny), I decided to make some more customised templates with Scribus.
For each template I have made available the Scribus source file (.sla), a PDF file, a Postscript file (which you can just squirt straight […]

Guardian article on David Allen

Friday, October 7th, 2005

The
Guardian (UK) has an article about David Allen. If you have read the GTD books it’s not new, but good to see him getting this level of publicity.

moving to emacs org-mode

Wednesday, October 5th, 2005

[This post should be read *before* the previous post. Can’t even copy and paste in the right order! ]
I’m in the process of getting to grips with the emacs org-mode for my list management (I’m a fan of David Allens GTD stuff).
I have been using a Zaurus PDA for 2 1/2 years (Psions […]