These files have been inherited from Pocketinfo, reproduced by kind permission from Steve Litchfield of 3lib
Languages and Grammar
German-English dictionary (Thanks to Martin Wesslowski)
A huge dictionary, composed from a german point of view. (Added 27th April 1999)
French-English dictionary (thanks to Jean-Yves Pontailler)
A large dictionary, composed from a french point of view. (Added 14th April 1999)
Common-use Latin phrases (thanks to Adam Brinley Codd)
...and their meanings (Added 6th Feb 1999)
Millennium advent calendar (thanks to Daniel Pope)
A word a day til the Millennium! The idea is that each day leading up to the New Year you either learn an interesting word or remind yourself of one you'd forgotten about. The words are placed in memo entries to prevent them from being visible until accessed.
Morse code and phonetic alphabets (thanks to: Charles Newgas)
Wit and humour:
50 life altering things we can learn from TV and films (thanks to Marc Cramer and Neil Jowett)
Updated 7 Feb 99
If I ever became an evil overlord... (thanks to Neil Jowett)
...indulge your power-crazed fantasies... just for a moment! Added 4th Feb 1999
Murphy's Laws (thanks to Milan Tjioe)
274 of the most famous real-life laws, variants of Murphy's original. Added 20th Jan 1999
I'd love to, but... (thanks to Marc Cramer)
A large database of ready-made but obscure excuses, for when you're looking to get out of yet another engagement...
Ultimate questions (thanks to Tim Richardson)
Feeling clever? Try answering these questions!
Famous quotations (thanks to Andrew Gibbons)
A HUGE database of 1500 famous sayings and quotes. Fully searchable in database form.
Pearls of Dilbert wisdom (thanks to Pontius P)
The 101 best blonde jokes (thanks to Matthew Smith)
All complaints to Matthew, please!
Witty sayings about Money (thanks to Vojta)
Famous laws (thanks to Dick Nelson)
Common sense laws (including Murphy's, Jones's, Malek's laws etc.)
The 101 best light-bulb jokes (thanks to Matthew Smith)
How many PocketInfo users does it take to screw in a light bulb? None, you're out and about with your palmtop and don't need electricity or light bulbs!
101 reasons why the chicken crossed the road (thanks to Matthew Smith)
...Reasons according to lots of famous people (satire)
Meanings:
Meaning of names (thanks to Rob Heerdink)
Names and derivations, especially useful when choosing baby names
The Physical World
Medicine
Disease classifications (thanks to Rob Heerdink)
DSM-IV database (a subset of the full ICD), containing diagnosis codes and descriptions of psychiatric disorders. These are widely used by psychiatrists and other physicians.
Nature:
World earthquakes(Thanks to Francis Reddy)
Records of the planet's worst earthquake disasters. Fields are Type, Rank, Region, Date, Magnitude, Location and Notes. Updated 10 Feb 99
Terrestrial Impact Craters (thanks to Francis Reddy)
Names, countries, positions, ages, and descriptions for 133 known terrestrial impact craters formed from collisions with meteorites, asteroids and comets over the past two billion years (Updated 22 Feb 99)
Underwater Features (thanks to Francis Reddy)
Names, positions, and descriptions for some 3,500 named features under the sea
Geology glossary (thanks to Francis Reddy)
More than 480 terms from geology and seismology, from A-type Earthquake to Zone of Accumulation(Added 16 Feb 1999)
Physics/chemistry
Half-life calculator (thanks to Adam North)
A spreadsheet which models the radioactive decay of any atom over a variable amount of time. Used to print graphs of decay and to work out the Half life of an atom. (Added 21 Apr 99)
Chemical reaction energy calculator (thanks to Tom Pratt)
Speeds up the calculations involved in my chemistry coursework. The most common bonds are listed, along with the energy required to make or break them.
Elements and their characteristics
Element name, Atomic no., Symbol, Atomic weight, Boiling point and a lot more too!
The weather:
Travel Weather (thanks to: Oliver Garcia)
Displays weather statistics for about 130 cities worldwide. I've always felt that something like this should have been built into Psion's World application (like the dialling codes)
. It's useful for knowing the characteristics of each city. A spreadsheet is used for its graphical capabilities and for compactness. (As a technical note, the spreadsheet has been built on a special compression scheme - otherwise it would have become really huge. The numerical values are stored as strings where the ASCII codes represent the actual values. All this is invisible to the casual user). English and German versions listed below. (Added 11th May 1999)
Beaufort Scale of Wind Force (thanks to Peter Longstaff)
Ever wondered what the weatherman means by "gale force 9"? This small spreadsheet gives a description for both land and sea, with wind speeds for each Force in mph, kph and knots. (Added 14th April 99)
World Weather Extremes (Thanks to Francis Reddy)
58 records of the planet's most extreme weather. Fields are category, region, record and location.
The Saffir-Simpson scale for Hurricane strength (thanks to Francis Reddy)
(Added 9 Feb 1999)
Meteorological glossary (thanks to Francis Reddy)
A glossary of 350 terms from meteorology and climatology (Updated 10 Feb 1999)
The Fujita F-scale for Tornado strength (thanks to Francis Reddy)
(Added 1 Feb 1999)
Food:
Calorific (and other) data for common foods (Source: C. Carruthers)
Derived from the USDA Nutrient Data Laboratory Food Composition Data. Fields are Food, Measure, Weight (g), kCal Fat (g), Carbo(g) and Protein (g) (Updated 17 Mar 1999)
Units & sizes:
Simple ruler (thanks to Mark E. McKechnie)
A virtual ruler, marked in metric and imperial units
Common unit conversions
Tiny spreadsheet, just the most common calculations on a single screen
International clothing sizes(Source: Nico Chart)
Aromatherapy:
Aromatherapy reference(Source: Poppy Holden)