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At the beginning of February I read about an Apple Watch look-alike with a 45 day battery life that was available for $99. When I checked Amazon, it was $89, so I figured it was fate and I bought it.
My experiences with smart watches is limited. In high school I had a calculator watch that also played games and could be an electronic piano, but once I started carrying a cellphone I stopped wearing a watch. Several years ago I had a Best Buy gift card and bought my first smart watch, a Pebble.
It was weird wearing a watch again, but two things stuck out. I enjoyed being able to quickly see what time it was and getting notifications was pretty nice. The Pebble is limited on interactions, I could answer the phone but not talk. Nor could I reply to messages. The most interacting I did with the watch was to use the Swarm app to check in on Foursquare.
What I wanted next in a smart watch was a heart rate monitor. After I read the article, I thought this could be a nice watch to use while running, and I get a heart rate monitor to boot.
In usage, it does pretty much what I expected it to do. It keeps time and tracks fitness. The steps seem to be a little off from what my Fitbit counts, but its close enough. It has GPS tracking, but I haven’t had a chance to tryy that yet. The best feature is the battery life. It has been ten days since I last charged the watch and the battery is at 75%. Using the GPS will affect this.
There are two minor issues that I can’t seem to solve. One, every watchface is in 24hr time, and two, the distances measured on in kilometers. No big deal, just a little annoying.
Also, Grace and a friend went to Tombraider with me. Afterwards I found out that they didn’t know it was based on a videogame. I’ve failed as a parent.
Tomb Raider is pretty good, although quite derivative of The Last Crusade.
And the neighbor is mowing…
Are you afraid you’ve become too normal?
Do you want to make yourself a better trekkie?
Are you trying to forget Into Darkness?
Do you have 5 minutes a day?
Cuphead status: 14%
Smart everyday backwards bike
It’s weird writing about the death Stephen Hawking, but I felt like I need to, just to honor his life and work. This is a man who at the age of 21 was given the prognosis of only two more years of life. With that proclamation, Dr. Hawking went on to live over 50 more years, changing our understanding of the universe.
I loved hearing stories of his humor and wit, one of my favorite scenes in The Theory of Everything when he is in his wheelchair pretending to be a Dalek and “shouting” EXTERMINATE as he chases one of his kids.
Dr. Hawking not only ruled academia, but he also had several roles in TV shows and movies.
In the past few years, he had several guest spots on The Big Bang Theory. My favorite scene is when Sheldon drunk dials Dr. Hawking.
And The Simpsons.
Godspeed Dr. Hawking.