Tag: diabetes
Freestyle Libre reader case
How intrusive is diabetes?
Failure is not an option

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 …
Altitude Sickness

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 …
AA batteries in the news again

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 …
Planning the medical side of travel
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 …