What a lovely day to gaze upon sunflowers, listen to @DoctorDeathray , and type on a Palm Wireless Keyboard with Bluetooth. (I have some very specific joys.)   more...

Posted: 2 September 2026  |  8:51 am

Content warning:I got another Palm keyboard

I found a Palm Wireless Keyboard with Bluetooth online last month. The listing cautioned that they hadn't found all the pieces; there's supposed to be a stand to hold the PDA while you type. I examined the photographs, compared them to others online, and concluded that the stand was folded up into the keyboard casing - not missing at all.

So I bid on it, and I won it, and it (eventually) came to me. Whereupon I opene   more...

Posted: 30 August 2026  |  12:23 pm

Today "Manic Monday" came on the radio. I wondered aloud how long ago Rudolph Valentino had died; hadn't it been a century ago by now?

According to Wikipedia, yes, about 100 years and just a few days: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolph_Valentino

The past is always closer than we think.   more...