Category: tech related
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Of Rain and a Pi 5 4GB
Reading Time: 2 minutesRain was forecast today. If rain had not been forecast then I would have driven to Ins, near the Lake of Murten near Neuchatel to go around the lake at a slow up. I didn’t go, not because rain was forecast, but because rain was expected although not quantified. I like to…
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Wearing a Casio 168 For the First Time in Decades
Reading Time: 3 minutesFor years I have worn increasingly complex watches. I went from a Suunto Vector to a Suunto D9 via a Suunto Ambit 2-3 Spartan and more. Eventually I have been wearing a Garmin Instinct Solar and an Apple Watch SE. For most of this time I was happy to wear increasingly advanced…
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Experimenting with an Electric Foot Scooter
Reading Time: 4 minutesDecades ago, by now, someone decided that they needed to make something like a scooter that could stand by itself, and that people could ride. they created the segway and for several thousand francs you could buy one. Some people did, but many did not. Several decades later someone else decided “Let’s…
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HowNOT2 Videos – Climbing Safety
Reading Time: 3 minutesIn scuba diving and aviation safety is a discussion that takes place before and after every dive or flight. It is discussed every time divers meet up. With climbing safety is important too but the focus is different. “This is how you should belay, this is how you should climb, this is…
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Can You With Trail Glove 7 Around Lavaux?
Reading Time: 2 minutesYesterday I tried an experiment which could have been a silly one. I tried to do the Lavaux hike from Puidoux to Vevey with Trail Glove 7 shoes. They are barefoot minimalist shoes so I could have regretted it. I didn’t but mainly because of the preparation before hand. ## The Preparation…
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NixOS and Darwin – Partial success
Reading Time: 2 minutesYesterday I experimented with NixOS and Debian. I managed to install NixOS on the Pi4 and I managed to implement several changes to the configuration.nix file before the Pi started to overheat and become much slower. At this point I tried to run Debian and that worked. At first Debian was running…
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NixOS on a Pi
Reading Time: 2 minutesFor a few weeks I have tried to install NixOS on a raspberry Pi without much success. I have finally managed to get NixOS to work with a GUI/Desktop environment. I kept getting stuck at the command prompt but in the end [I found a blog post](https://mtlynch.io/nixos-pi4/) that helped me. ## What…
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On Being Asked Why I Wear Two Watches
Reading Time: 2 minutesDuring the Via Ferrata I did on Sunday I was asked why I wear two watches and I answered with a joke before giving the serious answer that I wear two watches at once because I want the data from both watches. I was asked why I need the data from both…
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A Meetup Weakness
Reading Time: 2 minutesBefore the pandemic, when life was normal, I would go to three or four events per week organised via websites. These days, on meetup.com things are organised every two weeks, and for just 15 people at a time. This means that if you’re not first to sign up you’re on a waiting list…
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Adult Thoughts on the Casio F-91W
Reading Time: 3 minutesI was born in the 80s and as I grew up so did the computer industry, the digital industry and more. As watches came out with new features I would desire the latest watch with the latest features, and when a newer watch would come out I would desire the newer, innovative watch.…