Posts Tagged ‘iPad’
December 2021
Pupdate Max’s second Christmas and Milo’s first, the outfits came courtesy of their mums’ doggy mum, and caused much excitement when they arrived as they brought the distinctive smell of her house. A very Covidy Christmas As I was drafting this post I left myself a note to comment on getting a booster jab, but […]
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Tags: Covid, fitness, iOS15, iPad, pupdate, Reflection, SSH, stack overflow, streaks
July 2020
Another month has rolled by. These were the highlights. Hot tub We’ve always enjoyed a hot tub in rented holiday places, which led to some discussion on whether to get one at home. I’ve not been keen due to cost, hassle and environment concerns; but on a sweltering hot day $wife came home and ordered […]
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Tags: Alpine, Apple TV+, BBQ, comedy, Duet, hot tub, iPad, Kamado, Kamado Joe, Mspa, OBS, Raspberry Pi, SMWS, streaming, whisky, Zoom
Swift Playgrounds
I mentioned Swift Playgrounds in my Learning to Code post a few years back, but at that time I didn’t have a new enough iPad to try it for myself. That changed when I recently got an iPad Mini 5[1], so I’ve been running through the Learn to Code modules. It’s like a puzzle game, […]
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Tags: iPad, Playgrounds, Swift
Classes of tablet
A few years ago I found myself saying ‘with the iPad everyone flys first class’. My thinking at the time was that Apple had levelled the playing field by creating a device that delivered the same excellent user experience whether you were the CEO of a global company, a regular user, or a kid who’d sold a […]
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Tags: class, iPad, Nexus, tablet
This is Fred Wilson’s question, but I’m repeating it because it’s an interesting one, and because I think I have answers beyond glorified remote controls and recipe books. Like Fred I was also intrigued by Ben Evan’s post ‘iPads, price and self-selection‘. Also in common with Fred I really like the Nexus 7 – both […]
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Tags: android, demographics, iPad, tablet
Abandoning Apple
I’ve been a happy iPhone and iPad user for a couple of years, but the time has come to move on. It’s not that I dislike Apple stuff, I just don’t think it’s the best for my needs, and certainly isn’t worth the premium. That said, I’m not very convinced by iOS7, or OS X Mavericks […]
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Tags: android, Galaxy, iOS, iPad, iphone, Nexus 7, S4 mini, Samsung, Swype
Your own VPN in the cloud
Last week I saw that major credit card companies are blocking payments to VPN services: This is bad news if you want to protect your stuff online (or pretend that you’re in another country). One way to deal with this is to run your own VPN service in the cloud. This is of course of […]
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Tags: Access Server, android, cloud, iOS, iPad, iphone, Linux, MAC, OpenVPN, VNS3, vpn, VPS, Windows
I’m starting a new job at the end of the week, and I’ve been agonising over whether I should treat myself to a shiny new laptop. I’m *really*tempted by an 11″ MacBook Air[1], but at the same time I’m inclined to hold off until a Haswell-ULT/ULX version comes along (which might then have an all […]
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Tags: apple, Chromebook, disruption, innovators dilemma, iPad, MacBook Air, MBA, Metro, Surface Pro, ultrabook, Windows 8
The Quick version Get OpenELEC Download an SD Card image file from resources.pichimney.com (latest version at the time of writing is RC1 – 2.99.1). Install OpenELEC Unzip the image file and burn it onto a (1GB or bigger) SD card using Win32DiskImager (for Windows) or dd (for Mac or Linux). Plug Everything in Plug the […]
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Tags: AirPlay, image, iOS, iPad, iphone, ipod, openelec, Raspberry Pi, Raspi, RPi, SD card, wifi, XBMC
ARM Chromebook – one week on
I got my Chromebook a week ago, so it’s time to reflect on my experiences so far (beyond my initial first impressions). The good parts Blogging – it’s pretty much a perfect blogging tool, and I’ve managed to get a lot of posts done in the past week. The holiday may have had something to […]
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Tags: 303C, ARM, Chrome, Chromebook, Chrubuntu, discards, iPad, memory leak, RDP, refresh, remote desktop, Samsung, SSH, tabs, Ubuntu
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