TKD testing

T and I tested up at TKD today. We've been a little thin on training lately, but we both somehow did very well. I remembered to relax today, I think this is the first testing that Master J.R. hasn't told me to relax.

Anyway, T is up to 2nd guep, red belt, and I'm to 3rd, blue with stripe. T has a required minimum of 12 months to go to get to black belt. This is where it gets serious with TKD. Up to red, they pretty much step you up if you can show basic proficiency in the requirements. Past red, you need to show proper attitude and dedication.

We had 3 kids graduate to red belt today. Red belts look great. T and I will almost certainly be sharing red belt status for a little while since it's faster to get from 3rd to 2nd than from 2nd to 1st guep.

Palm III retirement

A couple of weeks ago I resurrected my Palm IIIxe. It was working fine, but this evening I changed the batteries and it's kaput. So I guess I'm going to be using the Tungsten anyway. Just as well I guess, the new laptop doesn't have a serial port, and that's the way things are going. Since I *have* the Tungsten and a bunch of accessories for it, and I've already bought a new battery for it, I may as well use it. But I was kind of getting into using the retro Palm.