Beginning I found a workout app that claims to address all fitness levels and all goals (weight loss, strength, fitness). It also uses body-weight exercises so they can be done just about anywhere. I started! I took the fitness test. Two things came of it. First, it thinks I am Read more…
Followup After waiting three weeks for a response from Apple I decided to take things into my own hands. I wiped my MacBook Pro again and installed High Sierra. Imagine my surprise when the iCloud bug was still there with exactly the same behaviour. So I bit the bullet and Read more…
It’s a time to give thanks to those whom I have appreciated recently. Thanks When my current cheap sunglasses were getting difficult to see through due to the mirror coating wearing off, I decided to give up on cheap, less-than-$100 pairs and opt for something a little more robust. I Read more…
Moan, moan, moan, I’m afraid. Require (in)attention Current model iPhones and iPads Pro have Apple’s face detection system, Face ID. This uses multiple sensors to “see” your face as a means of authentication. It’s pretty clever technology, but there’s an extra, optional feature which I think could be put to Read more…
This week I’m actually holding back additional topics for next week. Feast or famine, it seems. Proofreading If you’ve ever been responsible for proofreading your or someone else’s work, there’s a good chance you’ll know a trick or two — read it backwards to look for spelling errors, read aloud Read more…
OK, so I’ve decided the weekly thing isn’t going to work. Rather I shall seek to write when I can and publish when it’s worth reading. The nature of search I’ve known this for a while but it has recently been front of mind. Modern search engines are all but Read more…
Late, again, and not what I had planned. Bugs I had two headings for this post, which I jotted down during the week. To my dismay, the second of those headings disappeared. Now, it was only a heading to prompt musings on the particular topic, but it is nevertheless worrying Read more…
Sleep tracking I’d previously tried sleep tracking with my Apple Watch but it didn’t go well due to two things. First, the charging regimen required in order to wear my Series 2 watch all night was challenging. Over several days I would slowly lose the battle to keep my watch Read more…
I missed posting last week — too busy again — and I’m a day late this week. To be honest, nothing was burning a hole in my brain last week. Perhaps just as well as there doesn’t seem to be enough of it to go around lately. On change “Unnecessary Read more…
Just a single topic this week, because it has been a hectic one. Right and Wrong In a couple of places online this week I got involved in debate which got quite animated. In one case it seems I touched a nerve which caused me not to back pedal so Read more…