One of the jokes during the introduction of the mouse was that it was
something like drawing with a pencil with a rock tied up to that hand.

And yes, I recognise this love/hate relation with a cellarphone.
In my previous function I had a very good secretary:

See used Outlook to send me urgent free SMS messages on my silent
cellarphone when I was in a meeting or so.
(I only had to set my phone in a recieve mode on the website of a Dutch free
provider.)
If you use this service - in Outlook - you only get a confirmation message
with a little commercial talk in it.
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Hinsley [mailto:johnhinsley at blueyonder.co.uk]
> Sent: woensdag 13 februari 2002 12:02
> To: squeak-dev at lists.squeakfoundation.org
> Subject: RE: Squeak goes SMS?
> 
> 
> On Wed, 13 Feb 2002, you wrote:
> > Well, maybe am I going to fast, but in the next generation 
> wireless services
> > you will pay for an open connection, not for 
> connection-time, so browsing
> > will then no longer kill your budget.. ahum, I fear that 
> you do not have any
> > budget anymore if you hire such a line..
> 
> That's true! In fact, I was given the 'phone. I hate mobile 
> 'phones so much
> that it took me a year to use up the £5.00 credit that was on 
> it when I got it.
> And while I quite like the idea of texting (I can convince 
> myself that it's
> email!) I can't get on with those silly little buttons (it's 
> like playing with
> the Game Boy, but much less fun) which is why doing it from 
> the Rolodex seemed
> a good idea (at the time).
> 
> Cheers
> 
> John
> 
>  >  > > -----Original Message----- > > From: John
> Hinsley [mailto:johnhinsley at blueyonder.co.uk] > > Sent: 
> woensdag 13 februari
> 2002 10:53 > > To: squeak-dev at lists.squeakfoundation.org > > 
> Subject: RE:
> Squeak goes SMS? > >  > > 
> > > On Wed, 13 Feb 2002, you wrote:
> > > > Rethinking this question I was wondering if it is not more 
> > > interesting to
> > > > create a WAP-view for SWIKI pages (including browsing support.)
> > > > 
> > > >
> > > 
> > > Could be, but I'm all out of something to test it on: most of 
> > > my problems I
> > > tracked down to having el cheapo pay as you go Orange mobile 
> > > which simply won't
> > > work with most (all?) of the free SMS services.
> > > 
> > > My future won't be Orange, but there's still £20 of credit on 
> > > the damn thing!
> > > 
> > > Cheers
> > > 
> > > John
> > > 
> > > --  They're afraid, very afraid...... According to CRN 
> > > magazine, Microsoft staff
> > > discovering Linux in use will have now access to a special 
> > > 'escalation' team.
> > > Now, where did I put that stake and mallet?
> > > http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/01/16/0310222&mode=
> > nocomment
> -- 
> They're afraid, very afraid......
> According to CRN magazine, Microsoft staff discovering Linux in use
> will have now access to a special 'escalation' team.
> Now, where did I put that stake and mallet?
> http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/01/16/0310222&mode=
nocomment