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The Pay To Play and Pay To Win iOS Games

31 May 2023 richard tech related

I like casual gaming. I like to play games on the iPhone when commuting or waiting for something to happen. The problem is that casual

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The Mindful Shave

30 May 2023 richard tech related

For two weeks or so I have been using a safety razor rather than the usual electric shaver, or conventional three to four blade shavers.

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A broken tree in the Jura

On The Value of Not Being Anonymous on Social Media

29 May 2023 richard tech related

For years I felt comfortable tweeting as myself for two reasons. The fist reason is that we met up so often than tweeting under my

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global wear on trail glove 7 after 60km

Walking “Barefoot” with The Vapor Glove 6

25 May 2023 richard tech related

Most shoes are designed to protect the heel with a cushion of air or material that absorbs heel strikes, before they are transmitted to the

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Prompt Engineering and chatGPT

20 May 2023 richard tech related

If you follow chatGPT and AI courses you will often come across the term “Prompt Engineering”. Prompt Engineering is the art and science of writing

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A speed radat that detected my walking speed

Thoughts on Moonwalkers Shoes

18 May 2023 richard tech related

Some of us remember a time when you could get roller skates that fit shoes. Moonwalkers have the same idea, except that the goal with

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Easter Friday traffic heading past Nyon on the A1 motorway

Battery Powered Transportation And Fitness

15 May 2023 richard tech related

Every time you go for a walk, bike ride or run you encounter people being moved along by something using electricity.  The most common of

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Adopting the Safety Razor. 

14 May 2023 richard tech related

For more than a decade I was happy with a Gillette Mach 3. I used it every day for years. Eventually I found an affordable

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Andrew Keen And The Scarcity of Choice

7 May 2023 richard tech related, Video

I recently noticed that I had Andrew Keen’s The Cult of the Amateur book as an audiobook on Apple Books. I have had the book

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Sheep grazing in a field.

Updating Old HTML Webpages

29 April 2023 richard tech related, website news

Most websites are simple. They have five to ten pages at most but usually a single page is enough. Most pages are about one specific

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