Category: tech related
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Netflix – Browse By Language
Reading Time: 2 minutesRecently Netflix added a Browse by Language option which means that you can browse for content by original language. Yesterday I saw that I can browse for content in French, Italian, Polish,, Korean, German and many more languages. I could list more but that’s dull. Instead I want to focus on the…
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To Blog Or To Newsletter, That Is The Question
Reading Time: 2 minutesWith the sudden growth of audiences for newsletter writers on sub stacks as they start to use Notes so the question emerges on whether to dump blogging, for news lettering. In theory by news lettering on Substack we grow an audience that is pre-packaged and ready to go. The drawback is that…
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The Curious Step Miscount Due to Walking Sticks
Reading Time: 2 minutesYesterday I walked with hiking sticks and whereas one watch told me that I had 13,000 steps, or so, the other said I had 9000. It is the second time that I notice such a difference in step count. The first time I noticed this issue was a few days ago, after…
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Connected Watches and Psychological Profiles
Reading Time: 2 minutesConnected watches know everything about us. In theory they listen to us 24 hours a day for years in a row. My Apple watch has been on my wrist for over four years, every single day. It has been for swims, runs, rock climbing, via ferrata, office work and more. The watch…
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Mobile Phone Games
Reading Time: 4 minutesOur mobile phones are almost always near us, or on us. The only time we don’t have our phone with us is when we’re scuba diving, driving, unless we count Waze as a game. When I am home alone I usually don’t play mobile phone games because I’m distracted by other things. …
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Garmin Expedition Challenges
Reading Time: 3 minutesGarmin have had challenges for years. Most of them have been about distance, or vertical climbing. Now they have new Expedition challenges. Each expedition is named after an expedition or adventure by the same name. The Camino De Santiago challenge is a challenge to walk 784 kilometres. The Denali challenge is to…
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Of Casio, Suunto, Garmin and Apple
Reading Time: 2 minutesThese four brands create watches. Casio creates rugged watches with batteries that last for a decade or more, and pair with mobile phones to track walks and more. Suunto and Garmin have fitness/sports trackers that measure activities, whether sailing, climbing, running, walking, cycling, scuba diving or more. Apple in contrast creates fragile,…
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GPS Accuracy Contrast Between the 45s and Instinct
Reading Time: 2 minutesYesterday afternoon I was looking at the GPS track for a run I did with the 45s and I was struck by how wide of the mark it was, compared to the same run with the Garmin Instinct. With the Garmin instinct the GPS track fits like a rail to the satellite…
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Apple Reading Goals
Reading Time: 2 minutesI am confused by Apple reading goals because they measure how many days you have reached your goal, as well as how much you read for the current day, but once today is yesterday it loses all of that information. It tells you that you have a. streak but you have no…
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A Week and a Half With The Garmin 45S
Reading Time: 2 minutesI have spent a week and a half with the Garmin 45S and it doe what I expect the Garmin to do, but with more regular charges. The battery is rated to last for a week working as a watch and up to 13 hours working as a sports tracker. You can…