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Insider's Release Starts in September

We will be shipping "Insider's Release" chumbys starting in September. For the Insider's Release we will be sending an email to those of you who asked to be notified when the chumby became available (starting with those who contacted us first!).

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(From Gizmodo.) I'm already signed up, so I imagine I'll get my invitation pretty soon. More fun!

More gadget lust. More! More!

Portable Media: Nokia N810 Internet Tablet Officially Announced (Gizmodo)

As we foreshadowed earlier, the Linux-based Nokia N810 internet tablet is now official. The little PC that's scarcely larger than the palm of your hand hooks up to the internet via Wi-Fi, and also can snag a Bluetooth connection with your cellphone. With its highly desirable slide-out keyboard, looks like some tough competition for the iPod touch.

It also adds GPS capability with tons of preloaded maps complete with points of interest to get you where you want to go. It has 2GB of internal storage, but when you stick a 10GB memory card in there, you can be well stocked with music, too, or view videos on its 4.13-inch 800x480 wide touchscreen.

While that's the same rez as its Nokia N800 predecessor, the N810 improves upon that with a 20% brighter screen and a 400MHz processor. Shipping in November, it's a pretty good deal at $479.

With a camera, keyboard, and GPS, all you need is a bluetooth phone and you have it all. Tempting.

In case you're wondering why N doesn't just add cell phone capability, it's actually pretty obvious when you think about it. The form factor isn't really very good for a phone, and it will already talk Bluetooth to whatever you have in your pocket. This way they don't have to negotiate with the carriers about which features to lock down (the way Apple had to), and don't have to supply multiple versions for the various incompatible cellphone technologies.

Walkies

(Cross-posted to healthy_fen.)

Stopped off at Long's this morning on my way to work to pick up some alpha-lipoic acid and a knee brace (plus a couple of other items which don't come into the matter at hand).

Today was cool, overcast, but not raining -- at least when I set out. There were a couple of light sprinkles while I was walking, but I ignored them. I was unable to get my heart rate over 120 on downhill segments; in fact, I was halfway around the pond before I got up to 120 at all. Went around four times, at which point I was feeling a few odd pains and decided not to push my luck.

I had the new knee brace on the right knee, and had no trouble with it. There was some pain in the left knee when I was most of the way back; I sat down on a convenient phone electronics enclosure and slipped on the old knee brace, which I had put in my pocket for just that eventuality.

Very little shin pain; either I'm gradually working past that point, or I wasn't pushing the pace as hard as I thought I was. Probably the latter, considering.

Stats: time: 45:39; avg: 122; max: 144.