Tag: tracking

  • Wearing A Casio GBA-900

    Wearing A Casio GBA-900

    Reading Time: 3 minutes For years I have worn Suunto, Garmin and Apple watches. During this time I have tracked hikes, climbing, scuba diving, snorkeling, swimming and more. Recently I felt the desire to wear a Casio watch as I used to do when I was a child. Over the years these “watches” have given you…

  • TimeTagger and Christmas

    TimeTagger and Christmas

    Reading Time: 3 minutes It’s the twenty fourth today, and people who have been good will soon get things, and those who haven’t will get a lump of coal. Given enough pressure that coal could become a diamond. At such a time it’s interesting to take stock of how productive, or unproductive the year has…

  • Casio GBD-800-1B – First Impressions

    Casio GBD-800-1B – First Impressions

    Reading Time: 2 minutes For 92 CHF you can buy the Casio GBD-800-1B from conrad via Galaxus and it will track you steps 24hrs a day and map your walks without you pressing a single button. This means that you can track your life, without thinking about it. The problem with watches from the last…

  • The Old Habit of Walking In The Rain

    The Old Habit of Walking In The Rain

    Reading Time: 2 minutes A Walk In The Rain Today it was meant to rain for the entire day but there was a brief window which it stopped raining so I went for a walk. I expected not to be rained on but within minutes I could feel a small spray of water falling on…

  • The summer eccentricity.

    Reading Time: < 1 minute There are four phones on my desk that are well adapted to tracking hikes. There is the nexus one, the e51, n95 and n97. The reason I mention this is battery life. In my experience if you go on a long hike at least one of the phones will die.…