Filed under: Utilities, Productivity
Add PDA functions to your iLiad eBook reader
If you've dropped $700 on an iLiad eBook reader, it may have occurred to you at one point or another that this is a lot of money for a device that basically does two things: lets you read books and take notes in the margins.But one enterprising member of the MobileRead forums has taken it upon himself to add the feature set of a really old Palm Pilot to the iLiad. To be more precise, he's ported several personal information management tools from the GPE handheld Linux suite to run on the iLiad.
The suite includes a calendar, contact manager and to do list. There's no way to synchronize this data with your computer at the moment. But perhaps you'll be able to convince your significant other that it's worth buying a digital eBook reader if you can sell your Palm Pilot*.
[via jkOnTheRun]
*We wouldn't recommend replacing your Palm Pilot with an eBook reader. Might we recommend something in a nice Palm Treo flavor? Or perhaps an Apple iPhone, Samsung BlackJack, or even a used Dell Axim from eBay?
With Halloween fast approaching, it's a great time to get in some practice defending your territory against zombies. In Graveyard Shift, you take aim at zombies and other creepy-crawlies, blasting them into splatters of cartoony green guts. It's a casual first-person shooter, and it's very easy to get the hang of - use the mouse to aim, click to fire. Graveyard Shift has at least 15 levels, and it might even have some secret stages I haven't unlocked yet.
They key to getting good at Graveyard Shift is learning to use ...
