Holidays – Richard's blog

Easy track creation with Komoot

Oct 14, 2018

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Reading Time: 3 minutesKomoot is an app based on socialising through sports. The sports are cycling, mountain biking, bike touring, hiking and running. It integrates well with Garmin and allows you to track activities from your mobile phone or import GPX, Fit and other files from other brands. It also allows you to create your…

Your own Waze driving directions

Aug 7, 2017

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richard

in fun, Holidays, reviews

Reading Time: 2 minutesYour own Waze driving directions You can now record your own Waze driving directions. Instead of using pre-determined voices you can record a number of pre-determined phrases and use them for when you are driving. Recording and using your recording is easy. Setting it up In the settings menu go to voice…

Modern Life Is A Western

Jan 3, 2015

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richard

in fun, Holidays, observation, travel

Reading Time: 2 minutesA few afternoons ago I tuned in to a Western on Television and I thought about how similar our modern lives have become to Westerns. Either we’re the ones travelling all the time meeting new people and then leaving them behind or we’re the ones staying in place while everyone around moves.…

Valentine’s – a social media perspective

Feb 15, 2008

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richard

in fun, Holidays, social media, social networking, warzabidul

Reading Time: 2 minutesValentine’s day is a day both dreaded and feared by most for two reasons, as a couple because of the pressure you’re under and as a single because you’re single. In the social media though it can be one of the most amusing times. My social media valentine consisted in two parts.…

It’s Tuesday Morning

Jul 17, 2007

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richard

in Holidays, Post-university life, summer holidays

Reading Time: 3 minutesHave you ever used a computer so much that it becomes part of your way of life and your person? There are two computers with which I have done this. The first of these was an IBM ThinkPad during the IB and the second was an iBook during my two final years…

Dissertation Results

Jun 28, 2007

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richard

in Holidays, Post-university life, tech related, university

Reading Time: < 1 minuteToday is a great day for a number of reasons. The first of these is that I woke up early, which means I slept enough. The second of these is that I dropped into university and was sad to see all those empty bedrooms, which shows there are some good memories…

The Summer of Barbecues

Jun 23, 2007

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richard

in Holidays, Post-university life, summer holidays

Reading Time: < 1 minuteIt would seem that this will be the summer of barbecues because of the amount of meat leftover from last night. With a friend, we went over to France and bought four kilos of meat, a nice little quantity. Too much for two friends to eat in one sitting but that’s…

Podcast listening and more

Jun 20, 2007

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richard

in Holidays, Post-university life, tech related

Reading Time: 2 minutesSince I finished my dissertation my biggest time sink has been listening to podcasts. For some reason, I download the entire series of podcasts and work through them one at a time until there are no more. It’s a way of relaxing. It’s also a way of getting information quite easily. In…

Sharing Videos With Facebook

Jun 18, 2007

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richard

in Holidays, Post-university life, summer holidays, tech related

Reading Time: 2 minutesThrough technology such as that available on Facebook, video sharing has become quite a bit easier. Whereas on a website like youtube where you share video footage with the world on Facebook you select who you share your videos with. There are three settings, share with everyone on your network, including all…

Slightly Ahead Of Their Comfort Zone

Jun 16, 2007

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richard

in Holidays, Post-university life, summer holidays, tech related, work

Reading Time: 2 minutesToday I went to film some friends playing a gig by the lakeside in Nyon and it was a great occasion. The sun was shining, the air temperature was good and many people that I had not seen in many years were present. The shoot involved two cameras. One was at the…

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