On his RSS oriented weblog, Ben Hammersley posted recently a citation for Raissa, a NewtonOS 2.0 RSS reader.
This is cool on so many ways, even though I have no chance of ever getting to use one (my newton(s) have been dispersed over the last few years, albeit with some reluctance, the better part of valor).
But dig. It uses RSS for news aggregation. On a handheld. No AvantGo necessary! It repurposes an old hardware and OS literally abandoned by its manufacturer in what may be described colloquially as a fit of pique. It is LGPLd (so Free and in Libre, but not Free as in Constricting).
There are so many keen things yet to be rediscovered....
Posted by esinclai at July 15, 2002 09:42 PM |
bwa ha ha... I have heard tell of
a) updated Newtscape work
b) similar for email
c) WiFi PC card drivers for Newton
I have
a) hispeed to the house
b) an airport wifi AP
c) an unused 40-bit wifi card
d) your old newton
e) time on my hands
Once, I thought it would be cool to use the Newton as a webserver. Now, the geeketry beckons. Should I do the dishes? Or breathe life into the lizard?
Posted by: Mike on July 16, 2002 02:31 AM