Since getting my most recent Huawei phone (using Android 6.0 “Marshmallow”), I’ve noticed that automatic syncing of my Garmin Forerunner GPS watch often didn’t happen automatically – even if the Garmin Connect app was open. Typically, restarting the phone would solve the issue, and allow a sync to happen – however next time, it would… Continue reading Solved: Bluetooth Connectivity Problems with Recent Huawei Smartphones
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Going Android with the Huawei Ascend G7
This post is about an Android perspective from the the point-of-view of a long time iPhone user. I’ve been an Apple tech-enthusiast for most of my life and have had an iPhone in my pocket for a good 5-6 years. However I have now acquired a Huawei Ascend G7 phone with Android “KitKit” on it,… Continue reading Going Android with the Huawei Ascend G7
The Tottenham Hale Gyratory
The Tottenham Hale Gyratory is a road structure I know well – I pass through it regularly. It’s actually made up of two gyratories: a large one around Seven Sisters, and a small one around Tottenham Hale itself, connected like a “flywheel”: The “feeder” roads, all two-way, are shown in black. The one-way roads of… Continue reading The Tottenham Hale Gyratory
The Information Continuum
So Google Reader is closing this summer. That’s a shame. It’s been my RSS feed reader for many years. I’m currently subscribed to 163 feeds, split across London, Tech, Mac, GIS, InfoVis, financial, orienteering and general. For a while I had a specially crafted Twitter search that fed tweets into Google Reader, but I eventually… Continue reading The Information Continuum
Inactivity
So… I fractured my collarbone when I fell off my bike last weekend, cycling too fast through a deeper than expected ford, while on a long cycle through country lanes in Essex. It’s a very minor break, not “clean-through”, but last week was a whole world of pain, and it will still be a few… Continue reading Inactivity
MOO Facebook Cards
My 50 new MOO Facebook cards arrived today – I ordered them on Thursday last week, taking advantage of the first 200,000 sets ordered being free. The cards are auto-created from my Facebook profile, the builder then allows you to further customise them. Note you need to have a new-style Timeline profile on Facebook to… Continue reading MOO Facebook Cards
The Contour Road Book of Scotland
I’m up in Oban in the Western Highlands for the next week or so, competing in the Scottish 6 Days international orienteering races. I’ll be cycling between the venues each day – with a single gear, as both my shifters have failed in the last couple of weeks. I was a bit worried about the… Continue reading The Contour Road Book of Scotland
London Olympics – Are You Coming?
From my research blog: So are you coming to the greatest show on earth in London next summer? Or are you making a point of staying away? Perhaps even going to a rival sporting event? Answer my one-question survey below, and enter the first bit of your postcode, and a map will be drawn automatically,… Continue reading London Olympics – Are You Coming?
Summer Plans
What I’m planning on doing this summer: 3 June pm LOK Park Race Grovelands Park 5km 5 June parkrun Hackney Marshes 5km 8 June pm SLOW Park Race Battersea Park 5km 11-21 June A wedding/Lakes/Knoydart trip 22 June pm SLOW Trail Challenge Ham 10km 26-27 June A stag 29 June pm SLOW Park Race Tooting… Continue reading Summer Plans
Review of the Year 2009: Part 1
2009 was a year in which I started to do less orienteering (after 13 years in the sport), a bit more running, and a lot more cycling. It was also almost an injury-free year. January The year started with a training score exercise in Aird’s Park, near Oban, on New Year’s Day. “Park” is a… Continue reading Review of the Year 2009: Part 1