Simple Living

My venerable Apple iPhone 6s has served me faithfully and continues to do so as my daily driver.  It's become even more useful during Covid with its perfectly functional TouchID. Granted the design is a bit dated with most modern phones focusing on full screen displays with either a notch or a punch hole camera, there is something elegant about the simple design circa 2014-2015 for the Note 4 and iPhone 6s. Both phones have stood up well, but the iPhone 6s has proven more durable and continues to work fine and is even capable of running the current Apple iOS 14. Display Samsung wins.  Pretty much always.  They are that impressive, Apple subcontracts out to them for most of the iPhone screens; although in more recent years they are trying to outsource to LG and other competitors. iPhone generally disappoints in this category and while their screens are decent, they cannot compare to the resolution capabilities of many Samsung phones. Processor The iPhone's are legends in this ca

I love my iPhone 6s, but its 4.7 inch LCD screen is not suitable for enjoying a streaming movie or video.  Separately, my iPad's are too big so I needed something in between and settled on both a Samsung Galaxy Note 4 and an Amazon Fire HD 8 Tablet. Overall, I love the HD 8 for the screen size, but the Note 4 is just a gem with its beautiful screen and faster processor and specs.  It's amazing how the Note 4 first issued in 2014 is still faster than many modern devices; excluding flagship ones. When evaluating for a device primarily to be used for watching videos you really only need to focus on five (5) things: Display Processor Battery Life Memory/Storage Headphone Jack Display Note 4 5.7" screen OLED 1440 x 2560 resolution (1440p)   Fire HD 8 (8th Generation) 8.0" screen IPS LCD 800 x 1280 resolution (720p) Hands down the Note 4 beats most devices on screen quality and considering it was released in 2014 and still beats many modern devices utilizing LCD.  However,

Went out for the weekend and dined at a restaurant, haven't done that in months...maybe half a year?  Maybe longer?  I lost track really.  The meal was good. Been wearing the Victorinox INOX on most days and after a while if you stop paying attention to what you are wearing on your wrist, you start to appreciate whatever wristwatch you may have simply based on its qualities. Convenience of Quartz For me the convenience of quartz is proving irresistible and I was going upmarket and acquiring possibly a quartz Tag Heuer Aquaracer or Formula 1, but after some consideration I ruled both out as unnecessary.  The Formula 1 with their strange plastic/rubber attachments on the sides of the case (especially the older WAC prefixed models or the gaudy lettering on the newer WAZ series are unappealing), however, I have a weakness for the beautiful multi-color Tag Heuer logo on the Formula 1 compared to the monochrome version on the Aquaracer.  For all intent and purpose, I'd consider a pre