Category: Gear

Farewell to my late-2008 unibody MacBook – they should make them like that again

December 7, 2020

In a couple of months, I will replace my laptop with a new one. By then, my laptop will be twelve years old. Most of the computers I owned did not last more than five years. Except this one. I was lucky with this one. This is a story about how this laptop could last so long and why I am exchanging it at a special period in the history of Apple computers, if not all computers. … More Farewell to my late-2008 unibody MacBook – they should make them like that again

And the winner is : rubber boots. Again.

November 7, 2020

When we started working at the Jaguar Rescue Sandals, just over two months ago, I thought my rubber sandals would do the job. I reasoned that they are water resistant and easy to clean. My first job was to pre-rinse the laundry, which involved a lot of water splashing around. So, water resistant was definitely needed there. However, not all went well… … More And the winner is : rubber boots. Again.

Zip it

March 30, 2020

Yesterday, Cristina and I got a tour around the neighboring land, which is a small forest. It was awesome! After the tour, when we were back in the house, I realized that my phone was not in my pocket. … wait, what? … More Zip it

Our birdwatching gear. Part 4 : Smartphone and clip-on

February 12, 2020

Only when I started writing these posts about our bird-watching gear, I realized that our smartphones are definitely part of it. Because we never leave the house without the smartphone, it is the natural last resort to take a picture of a bird. But it is also useful to make sound recordings and, together with a so-called clip-on, it can be used to make pictures through binoculars or telescopes … More Our birdwatching gear. Part 4 : Smartphone and clip-on

Our birdwatching gear. Part 3 : Celestron Ultima 80 telescope

February 11, 2020

Our purchase of the telescope was a bit of a haste job. Because scopes do not come cheap, virtually all birdwatchers that we know or met or read on-line, advise buying a second-hand scope if you are a beginner. We followed the Swedish go-to second-hand website (called blocket.se) for a while but nothing in our price range showed up. … More Our birdwatching gear. Part 3 : Celestron Ultima 80 telescope

Our birdwatching gear. Part 1 : Eyes, books, binos, scopes and cameras

February 9, 2020

If you look around the internet a bit for beginners tips for bird watching, you will find the tip not to gear up too much at the beginning. The equipment such as binoculars, cameras, and telescopes are available in a great price range, starting from not cheap to insanely expensive. If you ask me, the very cheap equipment is not worth your money because the quality simply does not suffice. So we have a mix of equipment with various qualities for wildlife observation. … More Our birdwatching gear. Part 1 : Eyes, books, binos, scopes and cameras