I'm pleased to announce the initial release of Asthma Logbook X.

Based on Diabetes Logbook X, this new application aims to help track asthma related data, and manage supplies, appointments, and medical contacts.

The application is free, but if you want to make a contribution, then a donation to the registered UK charity Diabetes UK is very much appreciated. Why diabetes and not asthma? My son has diabetes Type 1 and I would like him to have life without injecting every day; I have asthma and I live with it, as it is not severe.

The logbook is based on my limited knowledge of asthma management.

I'm pleased to announce the beta of Diabetes Logbook X, for Mac OS X 10.4 and later.

Diabetes Logbook X is a free, or charity donation-ware, logbook for tracking and reporting diabetes related events. This is my attempt at a logbook application that allows data to be both imported and exported, and doesn't trap you data in a closed format. You can find out more about it here http://www.nesfield.co.uk/diabeteslogbookx/

Having finally got some time to update SyncTunes with a few little changes in v1.3.3 it seems that that release re-awaken interest in the application. So it's been a busy few days adding and expanding features.

From day one, the objective of SyncTunes was to ease the use of iTunes with non-support devices. That isn't to say that each device is supported to its full capability, but at the minimum it should be able to get music files loaded to the right place.

With new m3u playlist options, more devices should be able to use the playlists that SyncTunes creates, and the even newer profiles will allow for easier swapping between different devices, or even playlists/playlist subfolders for those that keet more that one music collection on their device.

I tested transferring 2 files totalling 35MB using different methods between my aging G4 400 PowerMac (with USB2 PCI card) on which I use Missing Sync instead of Palm Hotsync and a ByteStor Hi-Speed 1GB SD card and Tungsten T3. Here are the results:

1. 'Palm' Hotsync: about 34 mins
   
2. SD card mounted using Missing Sync app: 2:15 mins
   
3. SD card mounted using Card Export app: 1:18 mins
   
4. SD card mounted using USB1.1 card reader: 2:27 mins
   
5. SD card mounted using USB2 card reader: 0:16 mins

SyncTunes hasn't been tested against iTunes 6 yet, but it should be soon. There have been no reports of any errors or problems, and I'm sure that some people must have jumped straight in and upgraded to v6

Update: I've finally tested with iTunes 6 and it seems to work as before.