Brian Jepson’s Weblog

One of the nice things about Windows XP Service Pack 2 is the
integrated Bluetooth support. One of the bad things is how
that integrated Bluetooth support doesn’t do things that the
vendor-supplied drivers did (see this
Bluetooth Adapter Setup for the Palm Tungsten for some details).

With a little bit of effort, you can set up an incoming PPP connection
even under Windows XP Home, that lets you use your PC as a Bluetooth
LAN Access Point for your Palm.
(I’m using the
Belkin F8T003 v2 Bluetooth Adapter, which Windows XP Service Pack 2 supports out of the box.)

Here’s how to set this up (if you’re reading this in an aggregator, you
may need to click here
to see the whole article):

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ArcadeTones: “With
hundreds of monophonic ringtones and a growing collection of polyphonic
ringtones, ArcadeTones is your #1 source for gaming and entertainment
ringtones. Best of all, it’s all free.”

Dave Taylor: Ubuntu
Linux, Yellowdog Linux and Mac OS X, all on one PowerBook

Tom
Hoffman: “For those of us of a certain age, the Xerox machine was as
pivotal and empowering in our adolescence as the weblog is today.”

I just hacked a PS/2 keyboard plug into my Commodore 64
30-in-1 Direct-to-TV joystick. It’s really easy. Here are
the instructions I used, and Here are the
pictures I took.

AS220 has
decided to open up the smashy fun to all who need to vent some anger
and help demolish the old performance space and cafe (weekdays 10-6pm,
until May 10). BYO gloves and hardhat.

AS220:
“This stage once held up Green Day! Now it’s firewood!”

Providence
Journal (registration required): “Six inches longer than Donald
Trump’s…” (so that’s what this is all about)