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stories and musings from a techy Dad

Google Photos has to be up there as one of the handiest and most useful products that Google has released. Up there with Maps and Gmail.

I remember the mind blowing experience of being able to search by faces or type "blue car" into a search window to find a photo of my old car.

Going back to th...

Yep. The title says it all.... Action Cameras, for kids. This of course runs contrary to one of my previous posts on my other site, Hike with Kids, in that post I talk about how digital cameras for kids deliver poor potato quality output and that a cheap phone (with camera built in) would be a better option. And yes, I still stand by that statement. And yes, the camera I'm about to talk about DOES deliver some really horrible potato quality photos and video. Yet with all of the above, I'm beyond impressed by this product and its versatility, so much so I went out and purchased the "grown up" version of it.

Let's dive in (as you'll discover, pun intended).

C1AA9286-E916-4457-8BD3-2209A75D573B OK, fun aside.... it's a drone for kids.

After my fun picking up a DJI Mini 3 Pro, I realised I had another drone to work with, or perhaps dust off. Back at the start of the pandemic, I did what many people did. Out of concern my frequent flyer points would end up worthless I cashed them in. In...

In times gone by, if you were serious about photography you had an SLR. As technology marches forwards the SLR has given way to the DSLR and Mirrorless cameras have improved in leaps and bounds narrowing the gap. It's an exciting time to capture the moments around you. But that's to say nothing of t...

My recent article looked at the concept of device choice. I took a step back looking at my recent three devices and came to realise they all share one key thing in common: a zoom lens. This isn't just a random "hey, this thing is in common". Arguably there are other stand out features that are com...