Weekly Roundup, Friday 14 June 2019
Good morning Our redesign continues today with some more tweaking in the newsletter and now rolled out to all newsletter versions – the Express, the Daily, and the Weekly versions. Note that some people are …
Which Apple Watch Should You Choose
This clearly shows the difference in actual screen size/coverage between the new Series 4 and the earlier series of Apple Watches. If you are now reaching the decision that perhaps you’d get value and use …
Apple’s Series 4 Watch Explained and Reviewed
Apple’s Watch Series 4 is available in three colors and two screen sizes. In this fourth part of our series on smart watches, we take a careful and detailed look at Apple’s latest and greatest …
Weekly Roundup, Friday 7 June 2019
Good morning If you are receiving this in the form of the once weekly newsletter, you can hopefully see that our redesigning continues apace (the daily and instant versions have yet to be updated). This …
Smart Watches 2015 – 2019 : In Search of the “Killer App”
Checking the weather forecast is a good use for a smart watch, but far from a compelling reason to spend $500 to buy one. In this third part of our series on smart watches, we …
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Weekly Roundup, Friday 31 May 2019
Good morning Exciting news today, well, at least, exciting by my own rather narrow and self-centered definition of the word. I’m starting to roll out a new design for the blog website and associated articles, …
Weekly Roundup, Friday 17 May 2019
Good morning As you can see in the image immediately above, I’ve made some exciting changes to our French tour this September. Several readers had suggested that instead of an entire week in one place, …
Weekly Roundup, Friday 10 May 2019
Good morning Many thanks to everyone who sent their opinions in on whether they’d be comfortable flying the Boeing 737 MAX once it returns to service. As promised, your answers have been collated, and I’ve …
Will People Fly on the 737 MAX When it Resumes Flying?
As you surely know, Boeing’s newest range of 737 MAX planes were grounded in early March after two crashes, both causing everyone on board to lose their lives. The two crashes related to the same …
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Preserving and Restoring Your Car Battery
While much focus these days is on new battery types; generally the most expensive investment in batteries we currently make is with the decidedly old fashioned lead-acid battery in our vehicles. The technology dates back …
Weekly Roundup, Friday 26 April 2019
Good morning I’m doing things a little differently today. I’m sending out the newsletter as usual, and then I’ll send out a separate article later on Friday morning to make it more noticeable for all. …
A Compulsive Obsessive’s Guide to Checking If Your Flight Will be On-Time
Not that I’m a compulsive obsessive about anything. Oh no! But…… In the terrible world of air travel, and the surrendering any sense of control over one’s environment that one is required to do prior …
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