I have put a bid on eBay for a ZipIt device. I tried to buy it through amazon.com, but none of the retailers would allow it to be sold outside the USA. Therefore I just searched eBay and found one for bid. Only one, and no buy-now button. I guess since the device sells for only US$99 there is not much of an after market of people wanting to buy the device. What does it do? Well, mostly instant messenger. It is a small 802.11 device that runs linux and runs only a small MSN type program. With Linux added you can then use SSH to connect to a server, and then maybe have a text based web browser so I can surf the net without a PDA or a laptop.

I got the PCB dinished. It must have taken about two hours to make what appeared to be small changes. I just need to change two connectors, and move around some components. I expected it to take a while but not that long. Still, if I was more experienced it would have taken a lot less time.

Now I have some programming to do… TeamTrack needs an upgrade to allow me to do proximity based reporting. That is, when someone is within 100m of a location then use it for reports rather than the suburb day. But only when you are close.

As a short break I have been watching some Mythbusters, produced by ‘Beyond International’. This is a cool program shown on Discovery, and also SBS. For those who have not seen Mythbusters, it is two Hollywood Special Effects People looking at Myths such as if it is better to walk or run in the rain. Qantas shows this on some of their long haul flights. Great show.