Wiblog - Paul's Wibblings

Typing on Android

01/12/11

I'm typing this on my Android tablet ... well, typing is too generous a word: it implies I'm making rapid progress for a start, which I'm not. And that's down to my difficulty in finding a plausible touch screen keyboard. With Android you can replace what keyboard software the manufacturer has installed with your own (unlike iOS I gather). read more ...

Having Fun With Seven Inches

14/11/11

I remember the day I saw an iPad for the first time. It was on Waterbeach station and I was setting out on one of my "50 at 50" trips. Two young nerds were getting very excited over something and when I asked they showed me. And it was very cute: they had a "Winnie the Pooh" e-book open with full colour illustrations and they were scrolling through it. Touch screen, crisp graphics, page turn animations. Lovely. read more ...

Current status: (via twitter)
Paul is pretty much as far north as he can go on Skye and is settled in for the night.

I am currently reading:

The Undercover Economist
by Tim Harford
Devil May Care
by Sebastian Faulks
writing as Ian Fleming (ebook)
"Nancy Blackett":
Under Sail with Arthur Ransome
by Roger Wardale

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Word of the Day:

knucklebones