We've been doing a bit of cleaning at home, and I was tasked with cleaning my bookcases - dusting and cleaning the books, etc. I made a bit of a project of it, by getting rid of some books that are no longer needed, and cataloguing all of my books. For this I used an app on my phone called Bookshelf. It's pretty handy. You can create virtual ( Read more... )

The dogs and kids got me a Huawei wireless car charger for Father's Day, so I spent some time on the weekend fitting it to the car. Luckily I already had a reasonably decent clamp fitted to the centre console, but I needed to use epoxy and some double sided tape to mate the car charger to the mount. Of course, there was some cable routing too; the ( Read more... )

On Saturday, I went for a little 6K run. When I finished, my Suunto watch just sat there saving the activity. After a couple of hours of that, I restarted the watch. The run was lost, of course. Fortunately, I've been running with my Huawei Gt2e, and so my run was still recorded. I managed to export the activity to Strava via FitnessSyncer, and ( Read more... )

The other gadgets I got with my new phone are:

Smart Scale:
This scale measures weight as well as body fat contact, and links it to the Huawei Health app with Bluetooth. Neat.

Freebuds 4i
The Freebuds wireless earphones seem to be like the Apple Airpods. The sound quality is excellent, and they're pretty smart; music stops if I take one out, and it's ( Read more... )

I have a new phone. I've had my Huawei Mate 20 Pro for 2.5 years, and it's still an amazing phone - fast, reliable, great camera. There was not any phone good enough for me to upgrade to, until the Mate 40 Pro came along. The Huawei Mate 40 Pro was released overseas in November, but as usual, we get stuff months later, and then someone one a forum ( Read more... )

• Wed, 18:34: The guy in the car in front of me is playing music videos on an LCD screen that has replaced his rear-view mirror. Very distracting. #fb
• Thu, 05:54: RT @ Jay_Naidoo: If you are patient in one moment of anger,you will escape a hundred days of sorrow. Chinese proverb. #fb

• Fri, 16:13: RT @ AkiAnastasiou: BlackBerry PlayBook tablet is now available in South Africa from Vodacom.
• Fri, 17:49: RT @ art2gee: BlackBerry PlayBook officially released in SA today by Vodacom: http://t.co/VP88rA8 (@ gadgetza) <- Too expensive.
• Sat, 06:54: RT @ DrTwittenheimer: Looking after a curious toddler is not unlike being on all-day ( Read more... )

• Fri, 19:00: RT @ MichaelJordaan: Apple now worth more than the 32 largest Eurozone banks.

• Fri, 05:23: RT @ ThisIsTrue: 10 Sneaky Marketing Tricks That Got You Hooked http://read.bi/mx7c6n #fb
• Fri, 07:04: RT @ arthwollipot: Apple's iOS 5 will include custom vibrations. OOHHH MYYYYY! <- Opportunity for teledildonics over 3G and wi-fi?