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The Crosscall Odyssey Plus

Apr 22, 2015

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in Android, observation, reviews, Swiss walks, tech related, Via Ferrata

Reading Time: < 1 minute The Crosscall Odyssey Plus fills two niches. It is a rugged weather proof phone rated to the IP 68 standard and is equipped with dual sim capability. This makes it ideal for the sports I enjoy, mainly via ferrata as pictured below and hiking. It comes with a smaller carabiner…

The Apple Watch does not fill a niche

Apr 16, 2015

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in Android, Apple, Diving, reviews, Scuba Diving, Swiss walks, Via Ferrata

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Apple Watch rather than fill a niche provides a fifth screen. According to Wikipedia the four first screens are the cinema screen, the television screen and the mobile phone and tablet screen. The fifth screen is the smart watch as designed by Apple, Samsung, Sony and others.Â Apple and others have designed…

Font del Truffe with T-Reb

Jan 8, 2015

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in Diving, Documentary, Video, vimeo

Reading Time: < 1 minuteFont del Truffe with T-Reb from Slawek Packo on Vimeo. Cave diving in France. Although there is a squeeze at the beginning the cave looks forgiving from a visibility point of view.

Tourism and Ingress

Jan 2, 2015

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in ingress, London walks, reviews, social media, Swiss walks, tech related

Reading Time: 2 minutesIf you’re a geek and you like mobile phones with a data plan then ingress is for you. Over the last two days I walked 18 kilometres playing ingress and winning back the City of Nyon for the Resistance. It didn’t last long. The same evening the enlightened players destroyed my hard…

How PADI divers see an over-romanticised side of diving

Dec 15, 2014

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in Diving, fun

Reading Time: < 1 minute Whilst it is true that divers are at the beach every weekend the location is not quite that nice. Some of us are or were in the mountains every Saturday and in the lakes every Sunday. We did have to wear shoes because the dive site is a lake. We…

Birth of a regulator

Nov 21, 2014

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in Diving, Scuba Diving, tech related, Video, vimeo

Reading Time: < 1 minuteBirth of a Regulator – Commercial Film for Apeks from Scarlet View Media on Vimeo. Â I was curious to watch part of the process. i am more and more tempted to start diving again but I think without being too technical. I think I need to return to recreational, non…

A temptation to go diving.

Nov 15, 2014

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in Scuba Diving, short film, tech related

Reading Time: < 1 minuteIt makes me want to go diving again. Now that summer is over the lakes should be better. Visibility should have improved.

First World War Via Ferrata and the tunnels dug by soldiers.

Oct 27, 2014

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in observation, short film, travel, Via Ferrata, Video, youtube

Reading Time: < 1 minuteFor two years I have been doing research to find as much information as possible on the topic of via ferrata. Visiting the via ferratas which date back to the 1914-18 war would be interesting. In this short video recording we see some of the tunnels dug in to the mountain…