New approach

I CBA with my psion anymore. It has taken too long and too much effort to get to a state that isn't anywhere near usable for me. There now exists a version of Debian that ought to install, but I need something that can deal with the CF card I bought.. perhaps the CF card is broken, but I just can't get it going. Perhaps I need to install a linux machine to start things off, but hey.. I'll think about that *after* I have done this:

the new Asus Eee PC is out.. the 901, and OMG it's the machine I've been waiting for! recent Atom processor at 1.6GHz, 1G ram and a 20G HD. Linux (some Debian clone) installed and it just works! It's the right physical size (tiny) and has just enough horse-power and, thank the FSM, they made the battery last more than 3.1 seconds. I'll get java 1.6 on there, install ANTLR and whammy! I just have to wait for some availability in the local shop to go look at it (just make sure they haven't added an inch here, a lb there), decide if I want white or black then buy it online for 300quid-ish.

Inappropriately excited? Me? Oh yeah!