Organiser II for shopping
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We decided to visit a  supermarket amid current quarantine. The overall
risk of  the COVID-19  is seem  to decrease  but in  our area  there is
unusual rise of new cases. Anyway, we  needed some food so visit to the
supermarket became inevitable. We of course used stuff like respirators
(covered  by another  protector to  be  in line  with regulations)  and
gloves and so.

But what  to use for  shopping list? I didn't  want to use  any regular
device which  the would require  some disinfection procedure  which can
damage it  (I don't have an  UV light at  home). All that Palm  cases I
have are cool but at the end in order to use them one has to expose (at
least partially) the front side of the device.

The only device for which I have waterproof case is the PSION Organiser
II. I have got  it for fun but it's quite useful.  IT is waterproof }at
least for splash water  - I tried several times to  clean it with water
an other  liquids and nothing  leaked to  inside) and it's  also pretty
massive. Still, the Organiser can be  controlled as usual - all buttons
are available  through case's keyboard  and screen is under  the (still
readable) transparent protector.

The only issue is its size.  The Organiser II is already massive device
by today's standards and the case add some 0.5-1cm in every dimension.
So people in the supermarket looked strangely on me.

The  second  problem is  the  software.  The  "LZ" type  devices  (with
four-line  screens) have  the Notes  application (essentially  a simple
text editor) which is enough for  a short shopping list. But I selected
the  older "XP"  model with  two-line display.  It's less  expensive to
obtain and (which is important) the letters on its display are HUGE and
easy to  read. But  this older  thing has no  "Notes". I  tried several
approaches (I even thought about writing my own shopping list program)
but finally decided to use the PALM Spreadsheet and put one item in one
row. It's  a bit  stupid but it  worked perfectly. For  the next  use I
might prepare a customised spreadsheet with expected prices but for now
it was just what I needed.

I always thought that people who  use spreadsheet programs just to keep
lists of text items are too simple. Now I'm doing the same...