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But his brother Frank was a real monster!
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Steve Litchfield
@stevelitchfield
Technology journalist/video producer, producer of The Phones Show and writer/editor for All About Symbian, AAWP, Android Beat and others over the last 25 years.
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Guest on the next Phones Show Chat will be the ever-popular Mobile Man Dan, Dan Carter !!
Questions for him via Twitter, perhaps. I'll be asking him if it's now too cold to swim in the sea in Torquay 8-)
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It’s not just chess, but this remains my favourite use of the Surface Duo 2…
If it wasn’t for the iPhone’s Find my system and terrific video capture then I do think the Duo 2 would be back as my primary.
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OK, a bit of an iPhone 14 Pro Max rant. I haven't vented this way for quite a long time...
"Some backward steps in the iPhone 14 Pro Max"
stevesrantsnraves.blogspot.com/2022/09/some-b
Thanks to as I used a couple of screen grabs from his videos, by the way. 8-)
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How come there aren’t any guinea pig emoji?? Surely they’re more popular than rabbits? Odd!
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Phones Show Chat 713 ("Andy Large, Saving your money the Pro way") is now up at stevelitchfield.com/sshow/chat.html with and 8-)
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Eeek, PSC ended up a little long this week - too much of a good time being had by and I 8-)
Will be up in the morning as usual!
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The value/payback time doesn’t really make sense, but hey. Feels like I’m taking baby steps towards being greener overall and less dependent on other fuels.
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Weak/oblique autumn sun in the UK but I’m having fun running out fridges and freezers and recharging the electric bike all from the sun for days on end.
Only gaps are where the sun doesn’t appear for a few continuous days etc. but as expected.
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Amazing how resilient grass is. Three weeks ago this lawn was a yellow cracked wasteland. Now it even needs mowing again!
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If you want to read more words on the AOD and iPhone 14 pro max in general, here’s a hands on
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Other aviation fans might want to sign the as well?
SAVE CORNWALL AVIATION HERITAGE CENTRE - Sign the Petition! chng.it/MS8kZ6YX via
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And 3D view too. I know, I know, I’m an aviation geek 🙂
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Aha. It’s all back. Server rebooted somewhere, I think.
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All aircraft in the UK disappear on FlightRadar - too many people tracking the C17 carrying the Queen? Or just coincidence?
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I might just keep this skin on, you know. It’s not the toughest, but I adore this back view of my Surface Duo 2 in particular. 🙂
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My Phones Show Shorts continue. Just a reminder if you’d forgotten about them 8-)
On the latest, part 3 of 3, I deliver a verdict on the Xperia 1 iv…
youtube.com/shorts/6ADPo-I
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Next level experiments. Two Solar Sagas refilling my Jackery 1000 at 120W (weak September sun) while it supplies 85W to refill my Jackery 500 (which had been emptied from charging my tech during last week) from its internal store.
I just love juggling power!
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What 5MB of data looked like in 1966.
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Water levels here seem pretty normal. Anyone know of a public UK reservoir index/number? After all the rains of the last week it would be interesting to see how much things have recovered…
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Some sort of run going on in Henley today. I only walked from the car park but hey, I deserve this, I reckon 🙂
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Phones Show Chat 712 is now up at stevelitchfield.com/sshow/chat.html and via pod catchers imminently, with and 8-)
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In case this helps other Mac users who have 'lost' their (space bar) Quick View facility... 8-)
stevesrantsnraves.blogspot.com/2022/09/when-m
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"... I want what Surface Duo 2 offers. Two ordinary phone screens that fit in my pocket like a digital notebook. I’m not sure MS will continue down the path of dual screens ... However, for now, this is the only phone for me."
Why I sent the Fold 4 back:
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Ha. Was trying for an arty moon shot and it all went horribly wrong.
The man in the moon? Pac-Man? A new species of moon fish? 😀
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Down by the lake shooting some dusk video snippets. Beautifully peaceful.
(Apart from the distant motorway noise!!)
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Guest on PSC tomorrow will be , yes, he of the increasingly sporadic(!) TechBox show. 8-)
Looking forward to some Apple chat at the very least, following this particular week.
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Always fun to check.
My iPhone, in Safari: 2 or 3 tabs open (typically)
Average family member/normob, in Safari: 863 tabs open 🙂
Regular users have ZERO idea what tabs are or how to manage them. Happily, iOS and Safari don’t seem affected in terms of performance. But still…
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The new iPhone 14 Pro series are all very well but… I’m still waiting for a proper periscope zoom like this, Apple.
Maybe next year?
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Anyone know how tall Liz Truss is? The photo height difference is rather striking…
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For some reason my latest Short was set as private! Oops. Fixed.
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Thanks to for sending over samples for Galaxy Flip. Fit very nicely indeed and this Waveform I think affords the most 'grip' in texture for a very slippery phone! Nice and slim with no bulky case, too. Sticks on well, easy to apply and remove too
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It’s going to be one of those days - when you pour a bowl of Sultana Bran and you just get Bran Flakes because the sultanas have randomly decided to stay in the packet 🙂
(Actually I bet this is why they say in small print to shake the packet each time?)
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Wide awake from huge lightning in Reading UK. Glad I didn’t put up that 60ft wind turbine pole now 🙂
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More A380 spotting, this time indoors in comfort, using the Surface Duo 2 to track everything on and see the live stream from 🙂
Amazing what one can do on a phone! Eh, ?
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The Phones Show - Audio followup podcast - Show 711 is up now. 63 minutes of geeky ramblings etc 🙂 stevelitchfield.com/sshow/chat.html
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Still at Farnborough, snapped this coming in. Pixel 6 Pro at 6x zoom this time.
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Plane spotting on a different scale, this at 10x zoom on the Pixel 6 Pro near Farnborough airport. 8-)
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