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       Stardate:  20201204.1602
       Location: Kitchen Table
       Input Device: pa1mOne3 Tungsten|E2 / pa1mOne IR keyboard
       Audio: Fans and gurgle from humidifier.
       Visual: Bowl of ramen, placemats, Sonim XP5700
       Emotional: Hungry, resting.
       
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       I decided to switch gears here and use my pa1mOne Tungsten|E2.  It 
       has been awhile and it is good to see that it is still in OK shape, 
       as I left it.  The device is part of my non-stop device charging cart 
       [1].  
       
       I wish today's devices could still have battery doors and users could 
       replace them as they needed to.  Some of my devices do, but the way 
       they make them to be disposible now, not likely.  So the ones without 
       a door or have rechargeable batteries, I need to put them on the cart 
       for charge rotation.  The joys of owning and maintaining old 
       electronics.
       
       With the network stuff I phosted about last time, I have been thinking 
       about my data consolidation.  Prior to cloud stuff, my data (calendar, 
       memo, tasks, contacts, pics, etc.) was simple.  I synced a PDA with my 
       desktop, made backups, and that was it,  Then I started getting newer 
       Palm devices and there was not much change with the way I sync'd and 
       backed up.  I would even use the old device as a backup, regularly 
       syncing then data.  I did this for many years, sticking with the palm 
       platform for my Personal Information Management (PIM) needs, swapping 
       out for newer palm devices until palm as a company started falling 
       apart and devices on the PalmOS platform started to disappear.  Even 
       when I switched to the Nokia N900 smartphone, I ran GarnetVM and 
       synced my PIM data as I had before.
       
       After I stopped using that device for daily use, which I had to since 
       the cellular provider stoppped supporting 2.5G, my PIM data was a bit 
       all over the place and the methods of using the data was not 
       consistent.  I kept trying to find a system that would do the 
       integration and allow me to use whatever device...without living on 
       someone else's hardware.  I was even thinking of building my own 
       database for PIM stuff, but didn't really have the motivation to do 
       anything about it.
       
       So these days, my PIM stuff is loosely tied to my nextcloud server 
       running on an old laptop on my network.  The integration is not as 
       easy and as simple as the palmOS hotsyncing days and I haven't put a 
       whole lot of time into finding a decent workflow for my needs.  I 
       think this is something that I should revisit and would help put my 
       mind at ease in regards to organization and functionality, as well as 
       trusting my methods with my data.  Who knows, maybe going back to 
       PalmOS devices might be my best bet.  For the meantime, a 
       brainstorming list:
       
       Necessities: Calendar, Contacts, Tasks, Memo
       Nice haves: photo/file/database syncing
       If it is on a server, it needs to be mine.
       Preferably internal to my network.
       Options for sync with Nextcloud
       Options for syncing with PalmOS
       Options for syncing with Linux
       Accessibilities from a Windows device
       Accessability from CLI/shell
       Compatibility with old platforms
       Options for shared calendar/data with household.
       
       My folks have a tree in their front yard that was uprooted from the 
       weight of the snow and ice and the winds from last week.  My mom 
       told me about it this evening and there was sadness.  I never 
       grieved for a tree before, but for this one I feel a loss.  I knew 
       this tree since 1981.
       
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