Monthly Archives: January 2016

EFTPOS Interfaces

As a shopper in the western world, I use EFTPOS (Electronic Funds Transfer at Point Of Sale) pretty much every day.  I began using them back when they were trying to replace the old ‘run a roller over your credit … Continue reading

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Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Note: I wrote this on the 8th of January just after seeing The Force Awakens.  Unfortunately a death kind of screwed up my posting of it. Everyone and their dog, and possibly their dog’s fleas too, has written about Star … Continue reading

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Battery Anxiety

There’s a phrase that’s come into use since electric vehicles became more mainstream: range anxiety.  Of course, those of us who have used phones ‘forever’ or, in fact, anything portable and battery powered, have known this anxiety for a long … Continue reading

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Fitbit Charge HR

Since I’m a diabetic, and need to be more sensible about exercise and the like, my wife thought I should be more depressed and bought me a Fitbit. With her long experience with these devices she decided the Fitbit Charge … Continue reading

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