sambolino44
Contributor
I still keep a paper log book after 300 dives. (#301 night before last, woo hoo!), but I also enjoy the added features with the Smart Trak electronic database log that came with my Uwatec computer. As people move away from the paper log books to E-logs, we're losing one of the fun parts about keeping a log book: collecting the stamps from the various dive operations and dive masters you encounter.
I just had a fantastic idea: what if the computer makers came up with a standard (it could happen!) way of putting a stamp into your computer. My computer has an InfraRed interface, so why not make it so we can point our computers at each other and trade stamps? They could be a tiny file, like .jpg or .gif that has our personal logo, and it would go into the other diver's dive log.
I realize not all dive computers have IR interfaces, but why not?
I'm going to be RICH!!! You can all say you knew me back when! I'd like to say more, but I gotta start shopping for a boat.
I just had a fantastic idea: what if the computer makers came up with a standard (it could happen!) way of putting a stamp into your computer. My computer has an InfraRed interface, so why not make it so we can point our computers at each other and trade stamps? They could be a tiny file, like .jpg or .gif that has our personal logo, and it would go into the other diver's dive log.
I realize not all dive computers have IR interfaces, but why not?
I'm going to be RICH!!! You can all say you knew me back when! I'd like to say more, but I gotta start shopping for a boat.