We completed a 16 km round trip hike to Cape Split in the Minas Basin, Nova Scotia. Despite all the dire warnings! I set off with Lyn, Tim, Simon the Dog and one of our trusty TC1100’s one early afternoon. The highest tides in the world are in this neighbourhood and, Wow, nature is spectacular here despite the windy and rainy feel to the day.

(Simon the Dog is very literate and clever!)

We used to live in Toronto and this photo reminds me of Ontario and the Canadian shield. Here is a painting from Tom Thomson (’Group of Seven‘) called Byng Inlet (Georgian Bay, Ontario). Windy comes to mind. 
Another ‘group of seven’ member, F.H. Varley, painted "Stormy Weather", Georgian Bay.

And when you arrive at the cliffs the views are spectacular. Here the tide goes out at Cape Split (oh and notice the TC1100).
According to this website: "The currents [here] exceed 8 knots (4m/s), and the flow in the deep, 5 km-wide channel on the north side of Cape Split equals the combined flow of all the streams and rivers of Earth (about 4 cubic kilometres per hour)."
In case you like to visit this amazing spot, here is a map and additional information. Go to Scots Bay and there will be a few signs for you to follow. Note that you should have good footwear and take proper precautions since Cape Split is a do-it-yourself-hike.  

We discussed this wonderful hike during our podcast OnTheRun with Tablet PCs with James Kendrick and Marc Orchant. Listen to the podcast here. 

Tomorrow we’ll post a few additional Cape Split photos. 

 
I said during Sunday’s OnTheRun with Tablet PC’s podcast (with James Kendrick and Marc Orchant) that the TC1100 is like an egg: the perfect food. Just like an egg, the TC1100 integrates the keyboard (the white) with the slate part (the yolk) in a perfect union.

The TC1100 is a source of high-quality mobile hybrid computing and a significant contributor to the overall satisfaction level of Tablet PC users.

In our house we are lucky to have two eggs.

Listen here to the entire podcast. 

James Kendrick of jkOnTheRun and Marc Orchant of the Tablet PC Weblog and the Unofficial Microsoft Weblog invited Tabletology.com Lynette and me to participate in their Podcast OnTheRun with Tablet PCs # 5. We had great fun discussing a variety of topics. 

Listen to the Podcast right here by clicking the mp3 player!

Well, this is no surprise, but I just noticed how one of the two the smartbuy TC1100 models  (PR092UA#ABA - English / PR092UA#ABC - French) on the HP Canada website is not available any longer.

The second smartbuy product is still available (PZ096UA#ABA - English / PZ096UA#ABC - French) and so is the standard model (PX284AA#ABA - English /PX284AA#ABC - French).
 

Hello Flybook! All 2.7 pounds of you (Listen up HP, that is what reasonable people call ultra-portable – not the TC4200 which weighs 4.5 lbs). Flybook is a Tablet PC kind a creature without Windows XP Tablet Edition. It features an 8.9 inch display and, oddly, a Transmeta Crusoe (1 GHz). US$2,490.

Flybook comes with 512 MB or RAM and a 40GB hard drive (upgradeable). And lots of pretty colours to choose from.

"The use of Microsoft tablet PC is not needed as Flybook has already preinstalled the parascript rite-pen software, which is able to recognize one’s writing and automatically convert it into text or with a command of the stylus you can send e-mails with the notes that you wrote on the screen." 

Parascript spun off its pen and internet subsidiary and merged with EverNote. I know EverNote has Tablet PC related software but I have not tried any of them (go to Evernote’s website to download  a freeware version of EverNote 1.1, a note taking application for both Tablet and non-Tablet PCs). I am curious to find out whether and how this particular no-windows-Tablet-PC-parascript-EverNote setup limits or expands Tablet PC features.

Would you consider this to be a Tablet PC?

Check out the Flybook website, Evernote ritePen and an extensive review of Flybook in the NYT.