Category: Technology
Выбираем фитнес-браслет: Huawei vs. Xiaomi
Недавно мой телефон превратился в лопату, и доставать его, чтобы тупо посмотреть время или проверить, а не у меня ли это там пять минут назад что-то пиликнуло, совсем не хочется. Привыкать тяжело. Я и раньше то не был…
By Alex Semёnov
Two Important Links
Decided to post two important links that my help writers, bloggers, and anyone else with a desire to bring his or her life back on track. Dr. Cal Newport is an old favourite and Lifehack is something that I…
The trouble with Chromium translations
Most applications that are intended for a broad international audience have their UI translated to various languages, the number of which can vary widely, depending on the resources of the vendor, especially their…
By Yngve
Reclaiming Back Our Lives
Since I have quit Facebook, I am seriously away from all the information overflow. I refer to newspapers for my daily news (since we do not own a TV....my husband and I being seriously bored by that contraption), and…
The Disappearing Email
Before I quit Facebook, I emailed a few important contacts of mine (they included both relatives and friends). I assumed like the good old times that they would check their emails and reply back in due course. However,…
Microsoft, you broke Visual Studio!
One of the most important tools when developing software is a good development environment, called an IDE (Integrated Development Environment), with at least an editor, build functionality, debugger, and being able to…
By Yngve
technical issues with 0.4-m f/3.8 setup
I noticed that the images are very bad, taken with the 0.4-m f/3.8 setup. Problem was that the all stars appears as comets. Very strange. I could not at first immediately pinpoint the cause, after all, nothing had been…
By astrobry
September Digital Detox
A fellow blogger kindly referred this wonderful website to help me de-clutter my electronic gadgets and life. I've watched Dr, Cal Newport's videos before, but this time I find his website extremely helpful. Sharing the…
Anker Multi-plug Outlet
So much for my talking about taking only small items. This outlet is not small, but it is very lightweight. …
By robrose
USB Hub for Traveling
In a week we be leaving to spend a little over three months in Europe and North Africa. We each only take a day pack and a carryon when we go overseas, so any items we take must be small in size and low in weight, This…
By robrose
Weather Radio Antenna
Reading about the Midland WR120 I discovered that there is a simple antenna one can make that would help bring in weak signals. There are only five inexpensive parts to it.…
By robrose
PGP key [[email protected]]
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By crljones