It seems the world needs a little bit of this at the moment. Spotted in Cologne, Germany, back in September.
Give Love
15 Sunday Nov 2015
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Optics
04 Wednesday Nov 2015
Have you seen this ‘escaped’ drone?
03 Tuesday Nov 2015
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My German fluency is pretty awful … but I imagine from this poster decorated with frowning emoticons some poor guy lost his camera-equipped drone around Burg Stahleck back in July. (The dictionary translates “entflogen” as “escaped”!)
Spotted in Bacharach in September.
Passage to the sky
02 Monday Nov 2015
Posted in architecture, art, design, Frankfurt, Germany, photography, photowalk, random, Travel, urban
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It’s hard to believe this sci-fi-esque piece of architecture belongs to something as banal as a shopping centre! Spotted in Frankfurt on a lazy, rainy Sunday afternoon back in September.
Want good 3G reception in Bacharach? Get ready to climb!
01 Sunday Nov 2015
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Bacharach, Deutschland, Germany, photography, photowalk, random, Rheinland, Rhine, rural, Travel
Germany is a well-connected country on mobile, generally speaking.
That being said, I found myself limited to 2G EDGE Internet or less in many parts of the town of Bacharach in the Rhine River valley.
It was mostly a blessing to be relatively disconnected … but if you really need to get something resembling high(er)-speed mobile Internet on 3G, it is possible in pockets of town, including a lookout tower along the town’s string of wonderful hiking trails (top photo) or in the courtyard/patio of the town’s youth hostel (second photo), reachable by an even windier hiking trail — or by road if you have a car/bike.
Your search for mobile connectivity will give you a great workout from the vertical ascent … and reward you with a fantastic view of Bacharach and the Rhine River (photo below).
It pays to look up …
28 Wednesday Oct 2015
‘All Art Has Been Contemporary’
27 Tuesday Oct 2015
Rainy day in Frankfurt
26 Monday Oct 2015
Gems in iOS 9 on iPad
24 Saturday Oct 2015
Posted in random, technology
Like many users of Apple’s mobile products, I’ve been getting a hands-on experience with iOS 9 for a few weeks now.
I can happily report I am generally pleased with the upgrade. I have (so far, anyway) not seen any of the negative side-effects that have been reported elsewhere on the Internet.
Here, I’d like to share two small things I’ve noticed about iOS 9 on iPad that I found neat.
1) App switcher with external keyboard
I most often use my iPad as it is — that is, naked — but from time to time it turns into a backup computer with a Bluetooth-enable keyboard.
Imagine my surprise when I absent-mindedly hit Command+Tab and saw this:
iOS 9 shows you something very reminiscent of OS X, Apple’s desktop operating system.
It’s a nice little touch!
2) Battery widget in notification screen
I’ve never seen a battery widget in the notification screen until today.
The widget exists in portrait and landscape modes but it disappears once I power off my Bluetooth keyboard. There is also no battery widget currently visible on my iPhone’s notification screen. I can only presume this only becomes visible when iPad is connected with one or more devices capable of displaying remaining battery capacity. Another small, if cosmetic, addition.
I’ll pass along more iOS 9 hidden gems if I encounter any more!
Playing with puppy
23 Friday Oct 2015
There’s a lot of serious art in modern Europe commemorating very serious events in its history. Once in a while, however, you come across something like this statue along the Danube River in Budapest: It’s just plain whimsical, celebrating the joys of everyday living.
Happy Friday.
Ricky Leong 