Many years ago I would blog about the kit I was carrying and post each time the kit changed as the technology developed - It embarrassingly started with a MASSIVE bag containing everything, including the kitchen sink. I would always upload to "What's In Your Bag" on flickr and love seeing the changes ... Today a friend asked for suggestions of tech when travelling and PhotoBlogging and I realised that I haven't posted anything since My Essential Travel Tech in 2010. I sent the following email based on data security and travelling light and thought it would be easy enough (lazy) to share it here as an update ... ------------ From: Richard Mackney Sent: 23 July 2015 … [Read more...]
Tracking Android – Mobile Data
For the last few weeks I've been thinking about GPS tracking and the technology available to us to do this cheaper than it used to be. Amazon and Ebay are selling matchbox size devices that take a PAYGO SIM card and when you ring the device, it answers (silently) and you can listen in. When you hang up, the device will send you a text message with it's location. An SOS button on the device will call home in an emergency - This costs £19! I've been thinking about the emergency mobile phone (on a different network) that I keep in the campervan, it's on PAYGO and has had £10 of call credit for the last few years. Every six months I turn it on and check it's still active. If this was an … [Read more...]
WiFi Security Camera
If you want a little bit of security but don't want a load of holes and wires around the house, consider a WiFi Security Camera. For about £60 Foscam have a range of cameras that simply need a power source (could be a solar battery) and they connect to your home WiFi signal (or a MiFi if using in the field or a repeater if using at the bottom of the garden). This is a quick post showing the cameras I use and have recommended to others. So far I have setup five in various home and office locations. For INTERNAL use... Foscam FI8916W Wireless IP Camera with IR Night Vision and Remote Viewing This is an internal camera that can monitor a room or be placed in a window to … [Read more...]
Photo editing with iPad
Here are a few photo's I took today with my SLR and imported onto the iPad for editing. I mainly used Snapseed and an app called Finishing Touch to remove the number plate. At the moment I'm not sure if the RAW file was used or the JPEG version. I think I need to find a decent RAW importer for the iPad. I have no idea how this is going to look on a large screen, but it is still the original 3888px in width. Sent from iPad … [Read more...]
The New Three MiFi (Huawei E586)
Well I didn't think they could improve on the older (second generation) Three MiFi, but I was wrong! This Huawei E586looks like sex on a stick! don't you think? ;) It now comes with a nice little cradle for docking the MiFi and is much faster as it uses HSPA+ Quoted speeds: Maximum Download Speed: Up to 21.6 Mbps Maximum Upload Speed: Up to 5.76 Mbps The PAY AS YOU GO price has been slightly increased over the older MiFi: 3 Months with 3GB is £84.99 12 months with 12GB is £134.99 I think the 12GB deal is a good option (if you can afford it) as it works much better over the year if you only use a few gig one month and nothing in other months (i.e. holiday … [Read more...]
INOV8 12v Battery Charger
In the quest to run everything from 12v I needed the ability to recharge my camera batteries as well as other general purpose AA batteries. I found this product called INOV8 Universal li-ion Battery Charger on play.com for £11.99 delivered. It comes with a 12v car adapter and can be used to charge any lithium-ion battery including 3.6V,3.7V,7.2V & 7.4V and also AA/AAA & NICD/NIMH. It's light and easy to align the connectors onto different batteries. This can be used to charge your batteries from the car or any 12v or 240v source. It means I won't need to carry many different chargers when away. … [Read more...]
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