Progress, and lack thereof...

[alexpgp]

I picked up a Windows Me upgrade for the eSlate, hoping the upgrade would cure the ills with which this machine is afflicted.

Dream on, Romeo.

Well, at least I have enough legitimate previous versions of Windows to allow me to install the beast on some other machine, thereby putting off the seemingly inevitable transition to the Next Thing, Windows XP. The eSlate goes back to being a Linux box once I get back from this trip.

At least the performance of the unit hasn't degraded.

I am also the proud owner of a half dozen AA rechargeable nickel-metal hydride batteries. Now I have to figure out how to keep track of which ones are charged and which aren't, as I use them (not a problem if you only own one set, but owning only one set limits you).

My frivolous purchase for the trip was a 12 CD set of Schubert, including his "Unfinished" symphony. I plan to listen to the entire set several times while here.

Cheers...

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[jdcatron.livejournal.com]

How I do it:

have two containers (right now I use ex-ice cream containers that live next to my bed -- but ziplock bags, etc would work, dependant on how portable you need things to be). Lable them "live" and "dead". Place used batteries in dead. Periodically (this is an every night thing for me, but then I own entirely too many battery eating devices) take newly charged batteries from charger, place in 'live', take dead batteries from 'dead', place in charger.

*shrug* it works okay for me.

JD (who has noticed that rechargables don't seem to hold a charge so well over long periods of time -- or, when you happen to have enough batteries that some get stuck on the bottom of the pile for a few weeks, they end up dead, even though they start out live)

[alexpgp.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's kinda along the lines of what I'm thinking, too. How long after you charge one of these batteries do you have to use it before it kinda-sorta discharges on its own?

Of course, for me, the issue is moot right now... mostly. I've been running my PalmPilot on a set of rechargeable AAA batteries, and prior to leaving, I replaced them with the "other" set, which turned out to have less charge than the set that's been in the unit.

I'm pretty sure I charged those batteries a few weeks ago, but not certain. I'm thinking maybe I have to develop scheduling skills when it comes to charging batteries, which is going to be a major pain, methinks.

Cheers...