Category: tech related
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On Instagram’s Video Saturation
Reading Time: 2 minutesA day or two I opened the Instagram app and I scrolled down without seeing a single photo so I deleted the app from my phone. There was a time when instagram was a photo sharing network between friends, and friends of friends. Now it has become a video spamming platform for…
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AI and the Cult of the Lazy Amateur
Reading Time: 6 minutesWe are all familiar with the phrase. We learn better when we write things by hand, rather than when we type them on the keyboard. For decades people have been against typing, saying "It’s cold, it’s dead, it’s impersonal". Those same people will then say "you have awful handwriting" and yet still…
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Strava Conversational Tools
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe sun is shining. For a day or two the grey Autumn weather is gone. This would be a good time for a spontaneous bike ride. The issue with this is that Strava is great for sharing activities that are planned in advance, and those that have passed. It’s easy to…
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Of Apple, Casio, Garmin and Suunto Wearing
Reading Time: 4 minutesThere was a time, for decades, if not centuries, when a watch provided us with the time. We would wear it in a pocket, attached to a chain, we would stare up at a clock tower and we would see the time. We might even hear church bells to indicate every quarter,…
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The Strava IPO and My Desire To Quit the App
Reading Time: 3 minutesStrava intends to float itself on the stock exchange. In my experience of Twitter, Facebook and other social media apps this is the beginning of the end for the app. In my experience when an app such as Zwift gets VC funding it loses control of its app. Users go from being…
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Broken FrontMatter Extension
Reading Time: 2 minutesFor two days now FrontMatter has been slightly broken. When I want to create new posts via the interface it refuses, so I have to copy and paste the front matter info from the previous day, and add it to a new markdown document. The operation is quick and easy but it’s…
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Strava – How to Upload Manually
Reading Time: 2 minutesSince Strava has decided to sue Garmin, and since Suunto has decided to sue Garmin as well, for different reasons, I feel now is a good opportunity to remind ourselves of how to upload to Garmin and Strava manually. Exporting to Strava Garmin If you record an activity with a Garmin device,…
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Sports Tracker is Waking Up
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn the 2000s I was using a Nokia N95 8gb with Sports tracker to track my walks every day. Eventually, when I started scuba diving I switched to Suunto to track dives, and eventually wore one for hikes, and then I upgraded to the Suunto Ambit 2, 3, Spartan Wrist HR Baro…
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On Strava Being Irrational
Reading Time: 2 minutesIt is irrational and absurd for Strava to sue one of its’ most important providers of data, Garmin. Every run, hike, climb and other sport that I have done for years comes from either Suunto, Garmin, Apple Watch or another brand. Garmin is huge in the cycling community. I see people with…
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Galaxus TV and I
Reading Time: 2 minutesGalaxus is the Swiss Amazon, or at least one option. I first came across when I was buying tech toys via Digitec. They then bought Galaxus, and then Migros bought them. They provide an opportunity to buy Raspberry Pi, Continental GP 5000 tires, Apple iPhones, Merkur razors and much more. One of…