Category: travel
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From Nyon to Yverdon-Les-Bains in an Electric Fiat 500
Reading Time: 3 minutesYesterday I was nervous and excited about driving around 140 kilometres round trip in an electric car because so far I drive 30 to 40 kilometres at most, 80 in a single day. This time I drove that in a single go. I am not sure whether the car has 23 kWh…
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To Drive an EV or To Take the Train
Reading Time: < 1 minuteTomorrow I have two choices. If I go by train it will require me to walk 20 minutes, and then change train three times. If I go by car it will be faster, but I will park, and then take a train to the start of the hike. Usually I would…
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GoFast and Charging Strategy
Reading Time: 2 minutesYesterday I tried to use a slow charger to recharge the car. After 49 minutes I had charged 8.95 watts for 5.13 CHF. I got to about 63 percent. I stopped charging. I drove somewhere and by the time I got back I was down to 30 percent. I looked to my…
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Google News and Swiss News
Reading Time: 2 minutesI bought “What Would Google Do? years ago, and never read it. Recently though I have been reading it and it got me to think about why I use the UK and US rather than Switzerland. The answer is simple. Almost all Swiss newspapers are hidden behind paywalls. When you’re greeted by…
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The Bookshelf of E-readers
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAs Amazon no longer allows people to download e-books I would like to look at the collection of e-book readers that we could use today. We have Kindle, Nook, PocketBook, Kobo, iOS devices, Android devices, Tolino and more. In effect we could fill a book shelf with e-books if we wanted…
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Social Networks in 2025
Reading Time: 2 minutesCreative Bloom wrote about the shift back to personal blogs. They wrote about how people are shifting from social media back to self-owned personal websites. This is good. People are tired of social networks they build up and enable being sold off to people with different moral codes. Twitter is one example,…
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Amazon Kindle and Book Downloads
Reading Time: 3 minutesSome people are saying “Rush to download your Kindle Books because after the 26th of February you won’t be able to. My reaction is both neutral and to some degree indifferent. For me Amazon is destroying the reason for which people would buy from Kindle rather than other book sellers, but more…
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GoFast Charging
Reading Time: 2 minutesYesterday I had a chromebook, an e-book reader, warm clothes and a coffee. My plan had been to drive to a charging point and spend some time walking, and some time reading or writing a blog post. Instead I drove by McDonald’s and saw that the GOFAST chargers were free so I…
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Sygic GPS Navigation & Maps
Reading Time: 2 minutesFor years I saw the Sygic app appear when searching for car navigation apps. Finally I decided to experiment with the app. I drove a familiar route yesterday, and another one today and the experience was good. It has the advantage of being European and it is well designed for people with…