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Travel Technology: Back to film with the Holga 120N

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Time for something different this week in Travel Technology - we're going Lo-fi. And I mean lo-fi. Most of you know that I shoot with Canon kit and autofoucusing lenses. All things that allow for photos to be done quickly and allow you to knock out quality pictures. But sometimes, a Digital Camera is the poorest tool in the world to learn with. Why? A digital camera … [Read more...]

A Celebratory Trip to Chicago – The Hyatt Regency O’Hare

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The Hyatt Regency O'Hare A Celebratory Trip to Chicago Contents: So, Chicago eh. That's really different. Take the National Express, Manchester Airport, British Airways Terraces Lounge BA1385 Manchester Airport to London Heathrow T5 - Pick a lounge. Any  Lounge - British Airways Galleries South, Galleries T5B BA295 London Heathrow T5 to Chicago O'Hare … [Read more...]

Apple WWDC Announcements (new toys and new operating systems)

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I know a lot of my readers worship Apple products and use them daily. With the latest superpresentation from Apple at their World Wide Developers Conference - let's look at what the fruit based company can empty our wallets with. First up, let's talk hardware. Apple iMac The iMac's are getting a speed bump Intel Kaby Lake CPU's being installed, and 4k/21" iMac and … [Read more...]

Pleasure and Business – Travel Technology – The Canon 40mm f2.8STM

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Pleasure and Business - Travel Technology: Canon 40mm F2.8 STM with a Canon 100D In this adventure... Pleasure and Business Mixing things together (again) Off to Heathrow Cathay Pacific Lounge and the American Airlines Lounges AA47 London Heathrow to Chicago O'Hare, Main Cabin Extra aboard a 787 US Immigration Adventures Intercontinental Chicago North … [Read more...]

Sony A5000 – Why I’ve given up with it. (Long Term Review)

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So I'm nearing the end of my use of my Sony A5000 camera. And to be honest - it's not happy relationship let's be honest which has been evident from near the beginning. It's knocked out some pleasing images, as well as creating a lot of work for me From The Peak in Hong Kong with vingeretting in the corners. Distortion filled fun in Chicago. However the … [Read more...]

Travel Technology: SkullCandy Ink’d Wireless Earphones Review

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Welcome to another round of Travel Technology - this time looking at headphones. In particular, we're looking at some wireless headphones. Why wireless headphones? I recently got an Apple iPhone 7. As we all know, Apple had the "Courage" to remove the headphone socket from the iPhone 7 (which trust me... is irksome to say the least), and instead only leaves you a lightning … [Read more...]

Travel Technology: Best Buy Insignia 8″ Tablet

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Occasionally when I travel, I forget things. One of things I forgot this time was a tablet computer. So I decided to get a little tablet to help me during the days I was in the USA. As I don't demand a lot from these tablets (namely, I need it to show pictures off a MicroSD card), normally I go cheap when buying these devices. So a trip to Best Buy in the John Hancock … [Read more...]

More Airlines don’t like Samsung Galaxy Note7 – Turn them in!

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It seems the aviation industry has turned against the Samsung Galaxy Note7. Here's just some of the stuff that's been happening today. First up is Qatar Airways Alert on Samsung Galaxy Note 7. https://t.co/PVfW0x7kvH pic.twitter.com/asRe9gY5kn — Qatar Airways (@qatarairways) September 10, 2016 Then Malaysia Airlines.... [UPDATE] Samsung Galaxy Note 7 is not … [Read more...]