[pct-l] Journal by digital voice recorder

[chelin at teleport.com (Sharon & Chuck Chelin)]

Good evening, Dude,

I think many of us, me included, get wrapped around our own axles trying to
apply the latest technology to every problem.  It reminds me of the story
about how NASA supposedly spent an obscene amount of treasure developing a
ballpoint pen that would reliably write in a zero-g environment.  The
Russians thought about that for a while, then gave their Cosmonauts a
pencil.

As I write this I am also downloading all of the trackpoints of my latest
trip from the GPS memory to my computer mapping program, after which I will
probably pitch the marked-up paper map.

Steel-Eye


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "dude" <dude@fastmail.ca>
To: <mellowmarky@cox.net>
Cc: <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2004 2:37 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Journal by digital voice recorder


> that does sound great, but since I am stupid-crazy about weight, I'd be
> concerned about the extra weight of a palm.  I wonder if I can get a
> wrist watch with a notepad/pda thingy built in???  I've seen the Timex
> Ironman Data Port pda watches that synch with Microsoft Outlook and I
> was thinking about getting one, but I I don't think you can jot notes
> on it.
>
>
> > I take lots of pictures when I go hiking and I prefer to jot down
> > notes for each picture. I used to use a pencil and a small pad of
> > paper but eventual got a Palm Pilot specifically for this purpose and
> > it works great. It fits easily in my pocket so it's easy to get to and
> > I don't notice the weight and when I get home I can sync it to my
> > computer where I have easy access to my notes rather than having to
> > fast-forward or rewind an audio file. The size of a text file is not
> > an issue and I've never had to replace the batteries during a trip.
> >
> >
> > Mark
> >
> > -----
> > Have fun or die trying - but try not to actually die.
> > http://www.AboveCalifornia.com
> > Got Mac OS X? Get the AboveCalifornia Sherlock Channel:
> > sherlock://www.AboveCalifornia.com/sherlock/SherlockChannel.xml?
> > action=add
> >
> > Wanna frag? Add the ..::LVL Sherlock Channel and get the newest Quake3
> > maps:
> > sherlock://www.AboveCalifornia.com/sherlock/LVL/SherlockChannel.xml?
> > action=add
> > On Sep 28, 2004, at 8:46 AM, dude wrote:
> >
> >> One thing that I thought the voice recorder would help with is
> >> documenting photos.  I always seem to come back from the trip and sit
> >> there and look at several of my photos and say "hmmm.  now was this X
> >> lake or Y lake?"  did the recorder help with that at all?
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