richard
richard
@admin-richard@www.main-vision.com

I am a media asset manager, camera operator and more. I hike, cycle and climb in my free time. During the COVID-19 pandemic I am blogging on a daily basis to keep a record for future generations.

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  • Via Ferrata de Tière, first of the season

    Reading Time: 2 minutesThe weather was good today and spring is here. As a result I headed back to the Valais for the first Via Ferrata of the season. I felt a little nervous at first as I had not done any via ferrata for a few months but that fear soon left. The walk…

  • Feedly for iPhone

    Reading Time: 2 minutes  Feedly is an application that takes google reader’s feeds and displays them in a more appealing manner. The browsing experience is more enjoyable as a result. The first item is displays on a splash page as ou see on the left. Flick to the right and you get a list of…

  • Transport tycoon Deluxe as a PAF

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteTransport Tycoon, the popular game, is now available as a portable application file. This means that you can install it on a USB key and play the game from anywhere. This comes alongside the openTTD which is an open source movement to keep the game around for us to enjoy. The…

  • Geneva tweetup at the Bristol

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteAfter two years of online interactions I finally met certain Geneva twitter users. The tweetup took place at the Bristol Hotel in Geneva. There was a good group of people and they were what you would exepect from a tweetup. It was organised by bristolgva and here is some of the…

  • Traxx.fm app

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteTraxx.fm is a music station I’ve been familiar with for over a year but only recently downloaded and used as an iPhone app. It was developed by a friend in Geneva. The fitness centre where I go uses traxx.fm for background music. The advantage of this online live streaming option is…

  • 81st International Motorshow Geneva, as seen via a blackberry torch 9800.

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteI went to the car show today and despite the crowds I was able to test the blackberry torch. You can see the results here. [flickr-gallery mode=”photoset” photoset=”72157626208238848″]  

  • Asphalt 6 on Macbook air

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteI installed Asphalt 6 on the macbook air and the game is easily playable. I like this game on the iphone 3GS and Iphone 4 and have spent many hours playing on both mobile devices. Now that it is finally available on laptop/netbooks like the Macbook Air there’s another platform on…

  • Flightradar24

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteFlight radar 24 is an iphone app that allows you to see where aircraft are on google maps. It shows the callsign, registration, altitude and a lot more. It is a fun app for plane spotters. Sit on a city roof or at the top of a mountain and as you…

  • Blackberry torch as a new toy.

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteBlackberry is the latest phone operating system I have played with. So far my impressions of the OS are not that favourable. In particular what confuses me is the inability to setup the mail client, twitter and facebook out of the box as I can do with symbian, android, iOS and…

  • NewsRack

    Reading Time: 2 minutesFor a while I have been looking for an external feedreader for reading the items collecting and stagnating in google reader. Yesterday I came across Newsrack and what I like is that it syncs instantly with the online version. As a result I can read the feeds on the macbook air when…