Category Archives: Tech

Fitbit Charge HR

Posted on February 17, 2015 by Raoul

I finally broke down and got the Fitbit Charge HR last week (AT&T had a 15% off sale) and so far I am liking it.  The trouble with the market being saturated with wearables right now is that there is way … Continue reading →

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Update and clarification on Windows Phone

Posted on January 5, 2015 by Raoul

The last post on my and my mother’s frustration with her new Windows Mobile phone generated the most feedback of any blog post I have ever posted here.  Most of the feedback was well intentioned (I approved every comment that … Continue reading →

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Windows phone – a disastrous christmas present

Posted on December 29, 2014 by Raoul

My 75 year old mother needed a new cell phone – she travels quite a lot within the UK and lives alone and it was time.  She’s been using an ancient Nokia for years – it’s at least ten years … Continue reading →

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Dishonesty in business – a crisis of late capitalism?

Posted on October 8, 2014 by Raoul

After my latest experience of being lied to and misled by a business (Chase credit cards this time) I reflected on the peculiar pathology that seems to be all around us.  A certain subset of businesses (usually the larger ones, … Continue reading →

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Apple launches three-factor security, incorrectly calls it two-factor

Posted on May 9, 2014 by Raoul

In 2008, when MobileMe was first launched, Steve Jobs was apoplectic at its flaky, poor functionality – he told the team that they “should hate each other for having let each other down” (source). iCloud replaced MobileMe, and in some cases … Continue reading →

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Managing Contacts in OS X

Posted on June 25, 2013 by Raoul

This appears to be needlessly complex – at the moment I now have 4 or 5 different versions of each contact on the Mac Mini.  Thankfully the iPad and iPhone only appear to have a single version each. I think … Continue reading →

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Don’t buy a Seagate Momentus XT drive if you have a Mac

Posted on June 17, 2013 by Raoul

I bought this hybrid 500GB drive for my old MacBook Pro and had endless issues with it.  If it wasn’t for the actual laptop beginning to die, I think I would have been able to ascribe more of the issues … Continue reading →

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Mac Mini is here

Posted on February 14, 2013 by Raoul

So, I’ve been using a beater 2006 core Duo MBP since I joined TEAM. I’d actually made the move to OS X before then on a hackintoshed Dell Mini 10, but I’ve been fully migrated for a while now. As … Continue reading →

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