10 October 2001 | 13 October 2001 |
General
Attendance
Wednesday
Saturday
Manny Amorim Leon Blevis Jonathan Castellanes Rob Bowen Alvin Chin Dave Dickson Stephen Cook Sean D. Evans Ernie do Forno Larry Nason New member Geoff Edgecombe Russell Scheer New member Phil Ehrensaft Bryan Glaholm Dave Hanson Ron Kolthoff Bob Lang Art Liem Peter Thomas Sue Thomas Robin Wright
Topic - Hacks
Some people seem to shy away from Hacks simply because of their name. The term Hack was actually coined by the creator of Hackmaster, Edward Keyes, and are actually called System Extensions. In order to use a Hack, you need another piece of software on your Palm, a System Extension Manager. There are several System Extension Managers available, including the original, Hackmaster, the freeware X-Master, and the most versatile of them all, TealMaster.
System Extensions (Hacks) simply add functionality to the PalmOS that isn't already built in (thus extending the system!). These files run in the background while you do your work and simply "intercept" calls to the system and perform a task when needed. There are many hacks available for the Palm and Sean has created a 12 page list of the more popular and useful ones. The document can be found here in Microsoft Word format. This list is but a fraction of the available Hacks.
Sean highly recommends both TapPad and BatteryLog
TapPad is a protective overlay and software driver that adds a numeric keypad and common editing functions to the Graffiti area of any Palm OS device. With TapPad, often used operations like cut & paste, cursor movement, and backspace, as well as *forward delete*, are only a single tap away. Want to learn more? Click here.
BatteryLog will monitor the batteries in your handheld and give you an estimated date for their replacement, based on actual usage of your handheld. Features. Want to learn more? Click here.
Prizes
Prizes were determined by means of a blind draw.
Member | Prize | Member | Prize |
| Manny Amorim | Executive Cover Pack | Rob Bowen | PowerRun |
| Jonathan Castellanes | Palm V Styli | Paul D'Auvergne | Palm V hard case |
| Alvin Chin | 50 Great Utilities CD | Larry Nason | A Big Hairy Palm app. |
| Stephen Cook | A Big Hairy Palm app. | Russell Scheer | Executive Cover Pack |
| Ernie do Forno | LUMOS by DigitSense | ||
| Geoff Edgecombe | Ababall by Iambic | ||
| Phil Ehrensaft | Scribble Chameleon m100 | ||
| Bryan Glaholm | Palm T-Shirt | ||
| Dave Hanson | Leather Belt Clip Case III | ||
| Ron Kolthoff | Leather Belt Clip Case V | ||
| Bob Lang | MGI PhotoSuite Mobile Edition by MGI | ||
| Art Liem | PowerRUN | ||
| Peter Thomas | Clie Stylus | ||
| Sue Thomas | LUMOS by DigitSense | ||
| Robin Wright | PowerRUN |
A special thank you to our sponsors for their support of Canada's Premier PUG. Please visit their websites to see a collection of other impressive products to help you get the most out of your Palm.
Respectfully,
Rob Bowen, Vice President, Canada's Premier PUG
Sean D. Evans, President, Canada’s Premier PUG