Tag: convenience
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The Appeal of the Coros Heart Rate Monitor
Reading Time: 2 minutesHaving a watch with an Heart rate (HR) monitor is fantastic until you realise it’s counting 20 BPM too high, and then it’s far less interesting because it’s reporting a moderate workout as heart. Plenty of heart rate monitors come as chest straps and that’s great if your workout starts and ends…
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On the Convenience of Buses Making Self-Driving Cars Obsolete
Reading Time: 4 minutesIn the last two days I ran 8.7 and 7.6km. I also walked 7km and 6 or more kilometres. I’m also recovering from a cold. That’s why yesterday I broke a fundamental rule, by catching a bus. For clarity, I am opposed to buses because their frequency is low, and at 3…
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A Shell-fish use of AI – Exporting Flickr Zips
Reading Time: 2 minutesImagine, you decide to backup your photos from a website such as flickr, but you find that it generates over a hundred files. Imagine going through and downloading every file manually. Imagine clicking hyperlinks one hundred and sixty eight times. Imagine having so little pressure on your time. That’s where a quick…
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The Case for Cables like the Ugreen USB-C — USB Micro B Cable
Reading Time: < 1 minuteFor years macs have come exclusively with USB-C ports but hard drives have come with usb-a and usb-b adaptors. When ordering an HDD recently I noticed that there is a niche item. The Ugreen USB-C — USB Micro B is the type of niche cable that all mac users could be…
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The bike Handlebar bag – ACTV 100
Reading Time: 2 minutesCyclists like to be lean and clean when they ride. They don’t like to ride with bags. They prefer to keep spares in the rear pockets of jerseys rather than carry a bag. As a hiker I don’t mind carrying a bag but I decided to try minimalism. Top Tube Bag and…
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Charging and Shopping
Reading Time: 2 minutesI know of two chargers that I can use when shopping. One of these costs 2 CHF just to connect, and then the cost of the charge. At the second shopping centre I can plug in for five minutes, or two and a half hours and I will only pay for the…