I've already written about installing Mobian, with full disk encryption, on a PinePhone, and some initial software notes. This is a bit of an update. I was pleased by what "just works" And, no, I'm Read more

I was dreading this bit of the transition from one platform to another: moving banking apps from my iPhone to my OnePlus 6T running /e/. And, you know what? It was fine. Mostly. I know it will make Read more

In case it is of use to others, here's a comparison chart of the software I used on iOS and what I'm now using on /e/. Where I'm using the same application on both - Element, Signal, Tor Browser etc. Read more

I had planned on writing a week's worth of day notes (starting here), covering the first week of my attempt to move away from an iPhone and an Apple Watch. It's just not worth it. I don't have a Read more

I had a trip to London yesterday, so I could do some slightly different testing for day 3 on my move away from an iPhone and Apple Watch to a OnePlus 6T running /e/ and a PineTime. In short, another Read more

Yesterday was my first "real" day using my new combination of a OnePlus 6T running /e/, and a PineTime watch. Today was another day spent at home (as is par for the course for me at the moment), so Read more

Yesterday, I wrote about my testing day of moving from an iPhone to a OnePlus 6T running /e/, and from an Apple Watch to a PineTime. How was my first "real" day? Much the same. Again, another pretty Read more

It's Sunday evening. Today was the first day in many years that I didn't use an iPhone as my phone. I don't know how many years but, if I had to guess, probably 10 or more. I've had an iPhone and Read more

A smartwatch. An open source smartwatch. For $27. A basic Casio is $13.50 - can you really buy a smartwatch for the price of two of them? tl;dr: yes. And bloomin' impressive it is too. I've tested Read more