My tapas tour guest Ron had a brand new iPhone 6 AND HE LET ME HOLD IT IN MY HAND.
Now I want one soooooo bad….
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27 Saturday Sep 2014
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technology
04 Monday Aug 2014
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So this morning I had to head over to the Social Security office to hand in some paperwork and was informed that I don’t have to do that anymore. I was given this pendrive and a password and told that from now on I can just take care of all this stuff from home! Heck yeah. Especially as a couple of years ago they moved the social security office so that it is now a 45 minute walk from my house rather than a 10 minute walk. I do like the new system, but I think I’ll kind of miss the walks…
Do you ever feel like that about technology? That you miss the walks?
manzanilla
30 Wednesday Jul 2014
Two and half years ago when I bought Manzana (my first ever iPad) I was thrilled to pieces. And I still use him a lot, but always at home, or in a hotel room when travelling. Turns out that the iPad is just a bit too big and heavy to be as mobile as I thought it was going to be. I think even the iPad Air would feel too big for just carrying around in my bag. And so today I realised a long-standing geeky dream and bought an iPad mini.
Meet Manzanilla. She’s super thin and has a fab retina screen, and now also has a rather smart red “smart cover”. And she doesn’t seem to weigh any more than my iPhone (weird). Anyhow, perfect timing as I am off to Sanlúcar de Barrameda tomorrow for a bit more travel and sherry research. Quite excited to see how Manzanilla travels.
Stay tuned on: @AzaharTapas and @AzaharTravels!
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27 Tuesday May 2014
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When I bought that lovely Russell Hobbs toaster quite awhile ago now, it was because I loved the design, the name, the everything about it. And if there is anything else I get a bit obsessive about other than electronic gadgets, it’s kitchen stuff. So the other day I saw this Russell Hobbs kettle and just couldn’t resist. Thing is, I have only had one other electric kettle before this, which I found by chance on the day I first met Loki. The place that was sheltering the kittens wasn’t far from a shopping mall I rarely visit because it’s way out of the centre… anyhow, that day I found a very ugly plastic kettle for next to nothing, but it did the job. Except it stayed way ugly. So it was time for a change (though part of me feels bad about getting rid of the “Loki kettle”).
What was your last spontaneous purchase?
la anchoa
10 Saturday May 2014
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Meet the newest member of my ever-growing Toshiba family… Anchoa!
This is my first ever notebook/netbook with an 11.6 inch touchscreen and weighing in at just 1.3 kgs. Plus lots of other cool specs that made me suddenly eschew all reason and splash out on this rather spontaneous purchase. I’d actually spotted her the other day in FNAC (for some reason gadgets are always either clearly male or female to me) and thought what a pretty new toy she’d make, but of course I couldn’t think of a good reason to buy her. But with a trip to Málaga coming up, and a few other trips planned over the next few months, it started to seem like a Good Idea to have a small travel computer. The last few times I’ve gone away I’ve taken Shadow with me, which left flatmate Peter using a now very slow and clunky Sexy Beast (sorry, nobody but me uses the Greyhound). But Shadow, although reliable, is quite heavy to lug around and so the thought of this sleek little number started appealing even more. Then on Thursday morning I got an email from FNAC saying they were offering members 12% off Toshiba products… and well, it was a sign, right? So off I went and bought the wee thing!
I’m still going through the throws of setting up a new ‘puter, which is never without a few glitches – like when I raced back to the store in a huff after spotting a nick where the screen fits into the lid. It was the microphone (duh!). And I’m not sure I like Windows 8.1, though I wasn’t ready to pay twice as much and have to get used to the whole Mac system. Also, since I won’t be needing Shadow anymore, I was able to remove all my files and programmes, which put the C-drive back into the Blue Zone, so that should improve things for Peter too. Win-win!
For awhile I was stuck for a name for the new arrival and then it came to me… small, shiny and silver just like a little fish. Anchoa! I almost went with Boquerón, which would have been very fitting as her first trip will be to Málaga (Malagueños are called boquerones, another name for anchovy) and I also love Málaga so much that my friend Victor calls me a media-boquerón. But to me Boquerón sounds like a boy’s name… so Anchoa it is.
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