Last weekend I took a trip to Duxford Imperial War Museum, about 45 minutes away up the M11. I’d often passed it and have always said to myself that I really must visit the place sometime as they have a Concorde and my favourite plane, the SR71 Blackbird. Although the weather hasn’t been great I took a chance and grabbed my Nikon D40x.
The entry fee was £14.95 and is well worth it as there’s a huge selection of aircraft on display and some really nice educational displays, some of which are interactive for the kids.
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I’ve never been one for putting my phone in a case and I hate having to do so with my iPod or camera. I put up with the inconvenience because like everybody else I don’t want my expensive gadgets scratched, especially the screens.
I’ve noticed that some gadgets, notably my previous smartphone, now come with a clear protective film for the screen but they’ve always looked awful due to being too noticeable and they’re too thin to offer any real protection.
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I’ve had my AppleTV since they launched it and true to other modern high tech gadgets, there’s no real off switch. If you want to switch it off you need to do so at the wall outlet. Unlike a DVD player it needs to boot up and then sync content so that’s not very practical. The solution? Hold down the Play/Pause button and just like the iPod the AppleTV shuts off and you can quickly wake it up again by pressing the play button again. So where’s the problem? It’s basically sleep mode like a computer right? Erm… NO! It no longer gives out a signal to your tv and the little white LED on the front shuts off, BUT IT’S STILL RUNNING AT FULL POWER. It seems to be a fake “off” or “standby” mode. How do I know this? I have one of these:
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