My batteries died in my Handspring Visor yesterday. I got a warning a couple days ago that it was time to change my batteries to avoid losing any of my data, blah, blah, blah... and I just kept forgetting to do anything about it.

So, last night I finally got around to popping a fresh set of triple-As in there and the Visor booted up clean as a whistle... with no data on it.

Oh dear.

I had some backups, but they were over a month old. So, I restored them and synchronized my latest calendar back on. That’s 99% of what I need. The one thing I’ll miss is my AutoBase data. Every time I fill up the cars with fuel, I log the mileage, price, and amount of fuel. AutoBase told me when to change the oil, rotate the tires, etc. Great little program. Not so great when it’s missing 2 months of data.

So, I deleted AutoBase and installed a new program called Auto Buddy that I’m going to try out. There are probably lots of cool programs out there, but I’m not hip on paying for Palm apps and Auto Buddy is freeware.