LATER: Everybody loves this new Oasis: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/01/technology/personaltech/amazon-kindle-oasis-review-e-reader.html ********** I have an Amazon Kindle Voyage and an Amazon Kindle Oasis. I read voraciously and find myself seeking out books that I can read on a Kindle. They're really amazing altho not suited to all printed material, e.g., maps, charts, colored items. I totally agree with this … Continue reading Extravagant praise for the latest Amazon Kindle Oasis — a gem for heavy readers
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An answer to an iPhone question about receiving phone calls
https://www.businessinsider.com/iphone-cant-decline-an-incoming-call-2016-2 Here's why your iPhone doesn't always show the accept and decline buttons when receiving calls Kim Renfro Jul. 23, 2019, 10:13 AM The question has plagued iPhone owners for years: Why can't I always decline an incoming call? Often the only obvious option given is "slide to answer" — leaving someone trying to avoid … Continue reading An answer to an iPhone question about receiving phone calls
Apple iPhone loyalty dropping
Somehow this result doesn't surprise me (owner of an iPhone 7 Plus). I used to look forward to each year's new iPhone as it would offer me a feature I'd never imagined but immediately found useful or fun. I find facial identification off-putting at best as well as the lack of precision caused by the … Continue reading Apple iPhone loyalty dropping
Sleep tracking can be worthwhile
I find this article from the NY Times annoying. Based on two weeks of using his Apple Watch with only one app monitoring sleep patterns, he's concluded that he's discovered a "sad truth" -- that it's a "pointless exercise" to try to track sleep. Altho the article contains quite a bit of useful information about … Continue reading Sleep tracking can be worthwhile
For better or worse, Apple’s range of MacBooks has contracted
It's suddenly become much easier to pick among Apple portable computers as many of the options have suddenly vanished. For most, this will make things simpler. For example, the old 12" MacBook? Gone. MacBook Pro's that don't have Touch Bars? They no longer exist. Essentially you can pick a MacBook Air (which is actually only … Continue reading For better or worse, Apple’s range of MacBooks has contracted
Best time to weigh yourself each day
This makes so much sense to me, but perhaps only because I've paid Way too much attention to weight fluctuations over the years. I've been the same scale with its springs and dial for decades. Purchased a digital device once and just didn't see the benefit. So I weigh in every morning with a scale … Continue reading Best time to weigh yourself each day
Deleting an app securely means also closing the account and removing all data
If you decide you're bored, have moved on, or simply dislike an app that currently contains data, it's not enough to simply delete the app. You need to close any accounts you've opened and to delete any data either on your device or on the cloud. Remember that many of your older apps will use … Continue reading Deleting an app securely means also closing the account and removing all data
Upcoming iPad software is what we’ve been waiting for
This Wall Street Journal preview of the the upcoming iPadOS describes software that will finally make an iPad fully functional. iPadOS Review: The Software Your iPad Has Been Waiting For Apple has transformed the iPad from a bigger iPhone to a better MacBook, with a more powerful browser, support for external drives and better multitasking … Continue reading Upcoming iPad software is what we’ve been waiting for
How to keep cool without harming the planet
Excellent ideas and reminders here on keeping cool without producing heat to do so. https://earther.gizmodo.com/how-to-keep-your-home-cool-without-wrecking-the-planet-1836054038 How to Keep Your Home Cool Without Wrecking the Planet Yessenia Funes July 7,, 2019 8:00am Filed to: Feels Like Summer 32.6K 1033 Summertime is officially here, baby. You know what that means: long days, beach tans, and wild ass … Continue reading How to keep cool without harming the planet
Finally! Apple’s butterfly keyboards for its portables being abandoned
Apple tends to believe that it knows better than its customers (removal of the jack for headphones, FaceTime replacing Touch ID), but occasionally some technical feature is simply too bad to fix. The butterfly keyboard has been modified at least once, but unsuccessfully. It will be replaced this year for the MacBook Air, but not … Continue reading Finally! Apple’s butterfly keyboards for its portables being abandoned
If you can’t stop using Chrome completely, tighten up its privacy/surveillance settings
Note: Even if you've stopped using Chrome on your personal machines, Google may already have a long record of information that needs to be cleaned out. This article is worth taking step by step, carefully, to not only wipe out the information already on file with Google, but to avoid accidentally re-creating the data. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/06/27/help-desk-how-fight-spies-your-chrome-browser/ … Continue reading If you can’t stop using Chrome completely, tighten up its privacy/surveillance settings
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