• Switching from iOS and iPhone to Sailfish OS on the OnePlus One.

    I’ve recently been experimenting with a different mobile phone operating system called Sailfish OS that is made by a device manufacturer called Jolla, who are headquartered in Finland. I have installed Sailfish OS to the OnePlus One smartphone and this post is about my experience so far and how I have replaced apps and features that I use a lot on the Apple iPhon Sailfish OS Background The team of developers and engineers at Jolla had previously worked for Nokia on the MeeGo mobile OS. Jolla and Sailfish OS was born after Nokia cancelled the MeeGo project in 2011. Sailfish OS (SFOS) is based on the Linux MeeGo OS and Jolla have previously manufactured two smartphones and a tablet to run it on as well…

  • The Watergate Reflection and A Tech Journey To Freedom

    The recent “water incident” with my Macbook Pro has now got me a little nervy about using it portably. As it’s a high end 2014 powerhouse, I’m thinking of confining it to my desk and buying something a little less expensive for going out and about with. The sleek looking Asus Zenbook range, which sports an Intel i5 Quad Core, 256GB SSD and 8GB RAM, is looking appealing at the moment with slightly older models going for around £600 Whilst the Mac was in for repair, I had a great experience using ElementaryOS (a Linux distribution) as my daily driver, so I’d have no qualms about wiping Windows 10 from the Asus and installing ElementaryOS. The only real application that I missed on ElementaryOS was Photoshop but I’d…

  • Return Of The Mac

    It lives! Now to let Time Machine do it’s beautiful thing. #ReturnOfTheMac  

  • Macbook Pro vs Water

    Yesterday I discovered that Macbook Pros really don’t like water getting in them! A fried SSD drive has left me with a repair bill from Apple of £1200!! 😬  I have insurance to sort it but I’m now without my workhorse for the next week. I whole heartedly recommend that you DON’T walk up stairs with your laptop in one hand and a pint of water in the other. 🌊  

  • iPhone Home Screen Refresh

    Reorganised and refreshed my iPhone Home Screen to be a single screen with folders. One thing I’d like to see Apple do, is to let users have more control over the iPhone Home Screen.

  • Proverbs 12:27

      The lazy man does not catch and roast his prey. But the precious possession of a [wise] man is diligence [because he recognises opportunities and seizes them]. Proverbs 12:27

  • Proverbs 16:24

    Pleasant words are like a honeycomb. Sweet and delightful to the soul and healing to the body. Proverbs 16:24  

  • Busy Bee

    Busy bee captured on my Sony Xperia XA2 running Sailfish OS.    

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