I'm proud of myself because I lately gave my aging Palm TC a new battery, following the instructions on
http://www.gethightech.com. I had a moment of panic when I had the motherboard off and was putting in the battery, and smoke started coming from somewhere, and and a strong burning smell, but reassembled it not only worked but the battery was like new. (Which it should have been, because it was new.) Still, I was a tad disappointed. This means I won't be able to buy a new gadget for some time now.