Previously... I was after a new small laptop and wasn't sure what sort to get. I bought a Lenovo Yoga 11s (in grey). After a few days' use, here's how it compares against the criteria I had in mind when I bought it. No bigger in any dimension than an A4 pad. The Yoga is just… Continue reading How the Lenovo Yoga 11s compares
Month: August 2013
Suggest a Laptop
I'd like to replace my "small laptop", the one I use when doing a bit of development work on a train or in a coffee shop, and I'm having trouble finding something suitable. Can anyone suggest something I might have missed? Things I care about are No bigger in any dimension than an A4 pad.… Continue reading Suggest a Laptop
Helios
I found my old Russian SLR camera a few days ago. It's a Zenit EM Olympic edition, a tie-in from the 1980 Moscow Olympics. The Russian Zenit, and more so its East German cousin the Praktica, were popular manual SLR cameras for beginner photographers in the UK in the 80s and 90s. I got mine… Continue reading Helios
So, the cloud
I had intended to follow up my last post with a long, informative piece about where the various cloud hosting providers were registered and where they kept their data. I had hoped to work out how to escape from the situation in which all of my personal and business data is being provided to foreign… Continue reading So, the cloud
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