For the past 3 years, i've used a Dell Axim X50v as my take-everywhere computer. It has served me well (i typed some of this article on it), but is on its last legs now, and i'm a bit unsure about where to go next. Mobile computing has changed a lot in the last 3 years, and i'm not sure whether the same type of device is still viable. Also, the problems of mobile computing whilst using Linux on the desktop are still troublesome.

The main things i used my PDA for are (in rough order of priority):

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This spambot attack is continuing to have a residual tail:

Current statistics are: 7713 messages greylisted from 3407 unique IPs.

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If i thought yesterday was bad, today was worse. The most sustained part of the attack happened between 02:30 and 09:00 today:

Here's the weekly graph:

Let's hope we're through the worst of it now!

Today, my mail server had its first-ever spambot attack. On my normally quiet system, over 2500 messages from over 1200 unique IP addresses were greylisted, and over 650 messages from more than 550 unique IP addresses made it through my greylist and were caught sending spam to invalid addresses on my system.

This graph shows the effects on my otherwise quiet server:

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I'm studying Greek exegesis as part of my M.Div, and i've been lamenting my lack of a really good software tool for translation and exegesis.  The way my workflow (following a manual, pen & paper process) generally unfolds as follows:

1. Read through the verse in Greek.
2. Parse the forms of nearly all verbs (excluding some of the most common ones).
3. Check my parsing against the morphology in my Pocket e-Sword or Logos 2.1 software.^[1]
4. Note any vocabulary unfamiliar to me, including parsing the particular form in the text and noting the definition.
   
5. Translate the verse for myself.
6. Note any questions, comments on translation, or points of debate from an exegetical perspective.
7. Check the textual variants in the NA²⁷ and/or UBS⁴.  If any of them present themselves as likely alternatives to the text, repeat steps 1-6 for the changed text.
   
8. Check my translation against a more literal English translation such as ESV, NASB, or RSV.
9. When i've reached the end of the pericope or chapter, read through some commentaries and revise my translation, textual choices, and notes in the light of my reading.
   

This is a fairly laborious process that could use some software assistance.  Here are the parts of the process i think could benefit most:

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