Life Trove

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.  Arthur C. Clarke   I love technology and feel extremely blessed to ha...

There are an unusual number of e-bikes around Waverton at the moment. You activate and rent them with your phone. As an experiment, I cycled...

The camera now is effectively optically 0.5x to 5x zoom.  I love it. 

The sound on these is out of this world.  They are noise cancelling and a delight on plane flights or wanting to immerse myself in music. Th...

Utterly ground breaking.  Ever since Gavin alerted me to this, I've been utterly hooked. It's become my 2nd brain to which my real b...

I took this phone with its 0.5x - 3x optical zoom and 48-megapixel main sensor with me to Antarctica and Nepal. 

I bought this amazing camera to take with me to The Arctic thanks to the generosity of a cash gift from Michael in tribute to Sue .  I was...

This amazing software allows one to sharpen images, remove noise and increase the resolution of an image. It has proven invaluable, especial...

I bought 4 Airtags which allow me to find things if I lose them. I put on in my wallet, keys, backpack and suitcase. They have proved invalu...

 I've discovered some wonderful software for writing my book "Life is a Movie" called Scrivener. Benefits Organized Writing: C...

For some time now, I have been using Google Sheets and Google Docs instead of Microsoft Word and Excel. There are a number of reasons: Googl...

The iPhone 13 has a 3x lens which makes it possible to zoom in more on an object. It now provides an effective range of 0.5x - 3x making it ...

Apple has started creating it's own chips and they are incredibly powerful in terms of speed and battery life.  This felt like the perfe...

I upgraded to the 90D from my 70D. I retrospect I shouldn't have. I should have invested in a mirrorless camera. 

Having a 0.5x wide lens feels revolutionary for me.  It now has a 0.5x, 1x and 2x optical lens.  It greatly increases the versatility of the...

Picasa was discontinued so I needed to find another app to create my collages on Life Trove.  Fotojet has been a wonderful find.  It gives m...

 This screen is amazing!  Editing photos on it is a delight.

I love the idea of being able to create diagrams and brainstorm ideas with a large iPad and a pencil as part of Compass .  It has a beaut...

My Bosch headphones were getting rather worn. I absolutely love this replacement. The sound is out of this world! 

I got the Apple watch mostly to keep track of my steps during the day. Also nice to be able to tell the time without taking out your iPhone....