Thermal cameras are definitely a nifty gadget to have around. Whether you’re doing automotive or electrical power repairs and need to identify hot components, looking for creatures in the dark, improving the energy efficiency of your home by looking for … Continue reading →
When it comes to portable audio, the market has been extremely competitive, with products frequently offering better quality at ever more affordable prices. As someone who’s fairly sensitive to audio quality, I’ve mostly stuck to wired connections unless I’m out … Continue reading →
I do a fair amount of commuting on public transport, so active noise cancelling is a feature I can’t do without. While the Apple Airpods Max are still the ones to beat with regards to sound quality and noise cancelling, … Continue reading →
Sometimes, luck really does strike twice in quick succession as statistics really works like that. So, thanks to Wild Turkey (not this wild turkey) and their “The Greatest Pub Setlist” voting campaign which just ended, I managed to win myself … Continue reading →
The wireless audio market is a highly competitive one, and my personal hypothesis has been that in order to survive, the majority of products generally sound at least decent. I really put this one to the test recently with the … Continue reading →
Let’s welcome the long weekend with this long post that I’ve been working on over a few weeks. Regular readers may think that, over the years, I’ve become some sort of purpose-driven blogging machine with the last true random posting appearing in … Continue reading →
Did you know that you could get a Bluetooth active noise-cancelling headphone from a local bricks-and-mortar outlet for just AU$17? I didn’t, until I stumbled upon this OzBargain posting. Behold, the Otto Pastel ANC Headphones, available in grey, blue or … Continue reading →
When it comes to audio, I’m quite fastidious when it comes to quality. While I still have a preference for wired connections while at home, the convenience of Bluetooth is undeniable, especially when on the go. While ordinary Bluetooth headsets … Continue reading →
Readers of this blog will probably already know – I’m a person with many interests and a passion for preserving technologies and experiences. Just the other day, I went trawling around my hard drive to clean up some space when … Continue reading →
Getting good quality audio is important for people looking to get into podcasting, video content creation or even live-streaming. Part of that is getting a microphone that does the job well and is suited for the application. The other part … Continue reading →
After 22 long years, third-generation (or better known as 3G) mobile telephone service for the general public has ended across Australia. Sometimes also known as the “Universal Mobile Telecommunications System” or UMTS for short, or by its radio bearer technology … Continue reading →
After my LDAC adventures with my QCY Melobuds Pro, I decided to try some over-the-ear headphones instead. Thanks to yet another OzBargain posting, I was alerted to the Xiaomi-related 1MORE Sonoflow Pro HQ51 Bluetooth 5.4 ANC headphones being sold at … Continue reading →
In a previous post, I announced the return of Telstra’s free calls to Santa for 2024. In that post, we were waiting for Santa to come online, but I had already determined where he was hiding in the phone network. … Continue reading →
It’s still summer, which means it’s still sweltering, so it’s time to try another piece of cool tech. While the JisuLife Handheld Fan Life5 Plus seemed decent value, it was still a mostly traditional sort of brushless DC fan. That … Continue reading →
Given that Sydney has just sweltered through a multi-day severe heatwave, I thought it was time to review another cool piece of technology. This one is a bit late to the blog – after all, it was gifted to me … Continue reading →
On my way to work the other day and … have you heard? Telstra’s free calls to Santa are back for 2024. They’ve even started to decorate a number of their payphone booths to advertise the initiative. Simply rock-up to … Continue reading →
Summer’s just around the corner and with the temperature already breaking into the mid-30s (degrees Celsius that is), keeping cool is definitely something that I’ll be trying to do. I’ve previously bought some rather inexpensive rechargeable battery-operated fans which are … Continue reading →
Back in November 2022, I became the lucky owner of a pair of Apple AirPods Max thanks to winning an element14 contest. Since then, it has been my daily commuter, providing a lovely amount of isolation from outside noises with … Continue reading →
While I continue to mostly write blogs, the rest of the world has moved on to producing video content and podcasts. In our modern, cramped and noisy world, setting up the right studio environment and ensuring high production values becomes … Continue reading →
It’s been quite quiet here for the past few months, as I was on an extended vacation. While overseas, I received an e-mail from a representative of Kaiweets which asked whether I’d be interested in reviewing a thermal camera – … Continue reading →