If you or a friend have diabetes and you’ll be in Melbourne on the evening of the 23rd of February, I invite you to join me for cocktails and a chat in the city! YLC Victoria is a networking group for young adults with Type 1 diabetes, and they meet every 2 …
Another diabetes-related gadget. I often use the Freestyle Libre system for monitoring my glucose levels. But that’s not the gadget I’m talking about. The Libre has a sensor that’s attached to my arm for two weeks, and a reader that downloads from that sensor via NFC when it’s waved over it. …
If you’ve checked articles on my blog over the years you will have only seen occasional mention of the fact that I have diabetes, usually in relation to topics such as needing to fit my medical supplies in my luggage. The fact that I have diabetes is not something I …
Well actually it is. But Complete Failure is definitely not! In my previous work on computer systems and backup procedures, the complete failure of a data backup would mean a huge financial cost. But individual devices are always going to fail eventually, so we always designed the systems with redundancy …
Here in Australia we don’t really do altitude. The highest mountain on the continent is only just over 2200m above sea level. But when travelling overseas we can reach some significantly higher altitudes (not even counting airplane travel). At high altitudes the air is thinner, making it harder to breathe, and “altitude …
Well Lithiums at least. In mid-December 2014 Canon put out an advisory saying that Lithium AAs “cannot” be used with any of their flashes. How does this affect you? It’s interesting that Canon uses the word “cannot” when they obviously “can” (they fit, for a start). The advisory gives a reason: because certain AA lithium …
I’ve already written about the list of camera gear I’ll be taking on this trip, but there’s more to be organised than just the gear and the flights/accommodation. For many people there are medical issues to be tackled as well. “Swine” Flu I’ve managed to survive through the Australian winter …
