My Desultory Blog

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, web os