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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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  • Playing with Xiaomi Smart Band 9 and a Fairphone 4

    Reading Time: 2 minutesYesterday I went on a bike ride with a Xiaomi Smart Band 9 and a Fairphone 4. I wanted to see two things. The first was to see if the GPS track would be accurate for the entire ride, as well as how much battery power would be squandered in the process.…

  • The Desire to Participate

    Reading Time: 2 minutesI saw that there is a hike taking place nearby. I would have really liked to join it but I would have been participant eleven with a limit of ten people. I wanted to participate because it would have required walking to Nyon, and taking the train de St Cergue to St…

  • On Arriving Early to Charge

    Reading Time: 2 minutesI know that if I drive from one place to another I will use about 30 percent of the car’s battery. This means that if I want to offset the drive with charge time I need to go extra early. I know that the battery needs 1 hour for each five percent,…

  • Freedom of Speech and the Control of Volume

    Reading Time: 2 minutesLast night I listened to Yuval Harari and Ari Meiber speak about Nexus, the new book and related topics and the concept that I found really stood out is about freedom of speech and volume. Yuval Harari believes that we should be able to share information and lies, but that social networks…

  • The Kindness of Drivers

    Reading Time: 1 minuteRecently I have been walking and running into and out of Nyon and in the process I have had to cross busy roads regularly and what has struck me recently, especially when running is that people stop to let me cross the road, even when they don’t need to. I really appreciate…

  • Disengorging Rural Roads With Wider Motorways

    Reading Time: 3 minutesWhen I was walking in Neuchatel I noticed something striking. I didn’t see a single advert in favour of expanding the motorways. I expected that the Right Wing friends of Global Warming would push for the expansion of the motorways in Switzerland. That wasn’t the case. In Switzerland, at the moment, they…

  • The Fairphone 4 and Hiking

    Reading Time: 2 minutesYesterday I spent three hours on a train and hiked for a few hours. I also spent two hours in a museum. During this time I was using the fairphone 4 to listen to an audiobook and streamed media. At the end of the day I think I was at about sixty…

  • When a Tree Suddenly Shivers

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteA tree without Leaves

  • A Fairphone 4 With A Terabyte of Storage

    Reading Time: 2 minutesIf you wanted an iPhone with a terabyte of storage it would cost you 1549 CHF for the iPhone 16 Pro. With the Fairphone 4 128 GB model you would pay 329 CHF for the phone and 101 to 109 CHF for a 1TB card. That’s about 440 CHF and you’d have…

  • Incline Walking for People in a Flat Country

    Reading Time: 2 minutesToday I followed a link where a writer wrote "My every-other-day workout is walking three miles, fast, on a high incline on the treadmill—often times with hand weights too." and I find it amusing. It’s amusing because in Switzerland, and especially in the old town of Geneva, Nyon, Lausanne, Neuchatel, Fribourg and…