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  • The best edit suite is the one you have with you.

    The best edit suite is the one you have with you.

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesYou remember the old saying. The best camera is the one that you have with you. Today the same can be said about “edit suites” that you carry in your trousers or jacket pocket. I’m speaking of edit suites that work with your iphone or ipad. Lumafusion is one such example.  It…

  • Indoor Training With The Elite Qubo Fluid

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Elite Qubo fluid is a home trainer using a viscous fluid to provide resistance when you’re cycling with your road bike indoors. It is easy to assemble and within minutes you can start using it.  These devices cost less than apartment bikes and allow you to train with your existing bike within…

  • Mavic 2 Pro – For When I fly More Often

    Mavic 2 Pro – For When I fly More Often

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Mavic 2 Pro just came out and people are euphoric about the drone because of its one inch sensor, it’s ability to zoom and it’s omnidirectional systems keeping an eye on the environment below, behind, above and ahead of it. It also has a flying time of 31 minutes.  I’m…

  • Watching RC helicopters fly

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteYesterday I flew my drone despite the wind and I got some nice footage of a swiss flag fluttering with vineyards in the background. I then recharged all my batteries before heading out again. This time I headed up towards St George because there is a beautiful vista there where you…

  • An e-book morning

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesThis morning rather than use the phone, check twitter, look at Facebook, or look at Instagram I took one of my two e-book readers. I have a Kobo and a Kindle device. I have both because I don't want to lose all of my books if one company goes out of business. Twitter…

  • A theoretical Seven Minute Workout a day

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesSeven Minute Workout for 36 days For about six weeks I have been trying to do at least one seven-minute workout every single day. I eventually fell out of the habit for a few days because I had to fight a little virus. I’m feeling better again. Time to see if I…

  • A book on Sleep and Sleep Tracking Apps

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesWhy We Sleep Sleep is something that we do almost every day and yet explore it only superficially. We either say “I should go to sleep” or “I wish I had slept longer”. Recently I read “Why We Sleep”. It’s an interesting book because it explores the topic in such depth. I…

  • The Suunto Spartan Wrist HR

    The Suunto Spartan Wrist HR

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesSuunto Spartan Wrist HR My latest Suunto device is the Suunto Spartan Wrist Hr. This is a practical device that finally includes two features that I really wanted to see in a suunto device. The first of these is the Wrist heart rate monitor function and the second is a step counter that…

  • A list of drones I have tried this year.

    A list of drones I have tried this year.

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    Reading Time: 3 minutesTrying various drones This year I finally bought a few drones to play with and DJI and Hubsan are currently my favourite brands. The most fun to fly indoors is the Hubsan Nano Q111 drone, or something to that effect. At first this is a hard and temperamental little drone to fly.…

  • Flying the DJI Spark is fun

    Flying the DJI Spark is fun

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesMy most recent flight with the DJI Spark was fun. As I forgot the miniSD card I decided just to fly it in sports mode over some empty fields. I ended up flying over 4km within visual range. It was fast, responsive and behaved just as I wanted it to. Indoor flying…