I am Ashley Elsdon

someone who's doing some things

Month: April 2012

Finding something interesting to do with LiveView

Posted by on in Tech

Ok, I’ve been tinkering with the LiveView and to be honest, whilst it is interesting and it does demonstrate that the whole smartwatch thing has moved on since the Fossil Palm OS watch, I don’t have a real use for it in it’s current form.

I guess the main problem with it is that it doesn’t work with my iPhone, but also because the screen isn’t really designed to show very much information and isn’t too useful. My guess is that the next version will be better. From what I’ve seen so far the screen is much nicer and the device is a lot thinner too.

Having said that I’ve already decided to get a Pebble smartwatch and I think that will have moved the technology forward, and also, the Pebble will work with iOS, which is a big plus for me.

LiveView controlling music

Posted by on in Tech

So, I got it to do something slightly useful now. It can play music, although it has seemed a little random so far and control isn’t brilliant. It’s a step in the right direction though.

4th Doctor: The Energy of the Daleks

Posted by on in Books and Audiobooks

Another great simple and straightforward story for the 4th doctor who. I did enjoy it. But I think the thing that I find with these 4th Doctor stories to date is that they’re too short. I’m used to the 4th Doctor having stories which run for at least 4 episodes, and so, an hour long story is just a bit too short for me.

I’d like some of these stories to go to 2 or 3 CDs to get some more depth into the stories. Maybe they’ll do it sooner or later. The Hornet’s nest stories were very good for that, each being 5 hours long. Anyway, I’m glad that the 4th Doctor is making audio stories again.

LiveView watch case

Posted by on in Tech

So I finally got the case thing going for the liveview. It isn’t too bad either. Certainly compared to the old Fossil Palm watches anyway, which were more like having a small brick on your wrist.

Anyway, this watch is much better as the watch part is just a clip on back for the device so you can take it out and use it however you want. Good idea really.

Happy Birthday ZX Spectrum

Posted by on in Events, History, Tech

The dear old Speccy is 30 today. Who could believe that! Amazing isn’t it? I think I should celebrate with some ZX Goodness today. I’ll see what I can come up with and post something more later perhaps.

App revisit: Vocoder SV-5

Posted by on in Mobile Applications, Music

Another older app that I admit hasn’t been used too much for a while now. It is a good app, with lots of possibilities, but again, it hasn’t seen an update for a while, and for that matter YUDO haven’t done an update for a long time on any of their music apps.

Watching Heroes on Netflix

Posted by on in TV

I really wanted to see Heroes, but when it was on the BBC it was always shifting around on the schedules, so I never got to see the whole thing. So, now it’s on Netflix I can see the whole thing, although I’m not sure that I’ll get to see it all in my free trial. We’ll see.

App revisit: Toro Mini

Posted by on in Mobile Applications, Music

Toro Mini is a real fav of an app. I love the sounds it makes and how simple it is to work with. There was some talk about there being an iPad version too, but that hasn’t surfaced as yet. Shame really, it would be nice to see if get some updates.

A new look, a new theme, some tweaks

Posted by on in Admin

I’ve finally got around to uploading my new theme for the site. I’m quite pleased with it so far, and I’ve had a bit of a move around as well, so some of the pages have moved around too.

The Day of the Triffids

Posted by on in TV

I watched this when it was on the BBC originally and thought it was a very good version, so it was good to see it again on Netflix. The performances were very good and some interesting choices on casting, and the triffids didn’t look too awful, which is really hard to do I’m sure.

The only downside is that on netflix it cuts out every few seconds!