My Desultory Blog

RichC | September 13, 2019

Just a heads-up for others using AfterShokz bone conduction headphones while doing outdoorsy kinds of things where bug spray is used – DON’T. I love my Aftershokz Bluetooth headphones, most likely because it enables me to hear things around me while still enabling me to clearly hear talk and music. For me, being deaf in […]

Category: Advice, Cellphone, Environment, Gadget, Nature, Personal, Recreation, Technology | No Comments »
Tags: aftershokz, bluetooth, bug spray, complaint, customer service, damage, headphones, headset, insect, iphone, repellent, tech friday, techfriday, warning

RichC | October 2, 2017

After hesitantly upgrading my iPhone 7 plus with Apple‘s new iOS 11 it was time to play with a few of the added features. One really interesting feature is capturing what is displaying on the screen in real time as a .mov file and storing it with your photos. What I did not expect was […]

Category: Apple, Music, Software, Technology, Video | No Comments »
Tags: aftershokz, amazon, apple, bluetooth, capture, electric light orchestra, ios11, iphone, musicmonday, screen, update, upgrade

RichC | September 29, 2017

After slowly giving up on ever really making my “90% hearing loss” right ear useful again (due to  Ménière’s disease – posts 1 or 2), I had a chance to try out my buddy Jeff’s After Shokz bluetooth headset a couple weeks ago. I’m not saying it was like I was binaural again, BUT the “bone conduction” […]

Category: Advice, Audio, Cellphone, Innovation, Music, Technology | No Comments »
Tags: after shokz, bluetooth, bone, conduction, headset, hearing, menieres, tech friday, techfriday

RichC | June 10, 2017

Happy Birthday Taylor … I don’t think I could be prouder of the man you have become. Last year was a great one and the plans you have for this year are exciting as well.  I always look forward to our time together. One of the things my son and I share is our interest […]

Category: Automotive, Memories, Misc, Personal, Photos | No Comments »
Tags: birthday, bluetooth, BMW, buick, cars, dadc, memories, richc, taylor, usb

RichC | March 19, 2013

Occasionally I make one of those spur-of-the-moment impulse purchases that doesn’t give me buyer’s remorse. I have been wanting a bluetooth speaker to improve the sound coming from my iPhone or iPad without resorting to plugging in the 3.5mm cable or using earbuds. I thought, “hmm, this will work great on the desk and even […]

Category: Cellphone, Computer, Tablet, Technology | 1 Comment »
Tags: bluetooth, gadget, jambox, palm, speakers, wireless

RichC | September 26, 2012

The Internet was down for a while yesterday (might have been my network issue) and realized I could no longer tether to my Palm Pre. Now that I have the iPhone 5, I’ve lost the emergency wifi connection that had come in so handy. Hmm, next best thing was to connect my Kensington bluetooth keyboard […]

Category: Apple, Cellphone, Photography, Technology | No Comments »
Tags: bluetooth, iphone 5, kensington, keyboard

RichC | June 4, 2009

As a long time Palm OS user from Palm Pilots to Handspring Visors to Samsung i500 phones (my mother is currently using it) to the latest Treos and Centros … I’m waiting … and waiting … for the new Web OS … and waiting for a new physical keyboard PDA smartphone. The Palm Pre is […]

Category: Cellphone, Technology | 4 Comments »
Tags: bluetooth, iphone, palm, samsung, sph-i500, web os