The Stealth MessagePad...

   Ah, my beautiful Newton Messagepad 2100. The mightiest of the late Newtons. I do not know if I've already blogged about it, but I received it not that long ago. Its case was scratched up and the screen had a barely tolerable scuff mark on it. Despite these cosmetic flaws, I was more than glad to welcome it to my family of computers and other electronic things.
   Of course, before I began to use it to fill in the boring spans of time sitting around on campus, I needed to do something about that case. Looking online only yielded one such case transormation of a Newton. The Great White Newton was an extremely well done mod (the 'iNewt' thing just seems too much, though).
   I was just looking for inspiration, though. That is when I decided to go for a nice 'stealthy' but professional-looking coat of black. Black spraypaint was cheap and I already had a type of clear coat to protect the spraypaint once it was on there.
   While I initially sprayed the back of the Newton days before the front, the work in total didn't take very much time at all. The only problem I ran into was the case not wanting to go back together properly. That problem was easily sovled though.
   I doubt if I will ever replace the screen. The cost of a replacement screen is more than what I payed to get the Newton itself. It just doesn't seem worth it. Nevertheless, with the recent addition of a hard carrying case and a wireless card, my Newton is more than ready to tackle my scheduling and let me do a little surfin' on the side.