by Ken Metcalf
18. September 2010 06:24
One of the things that I thought the iPad would be really good at would be blogging on the go. I have installed the BlogPress app for the iPad and this is the first test post using this combination. So far so good.
I have managed to connect to Flickr and Facebook using the app and if all goes well this will see me blogging far more regularly on a wider range of topics.
HTML is supported out of a drop down inside BlogPress as is posting pics from your saved photos. All pretty neat.
- Posted using BlogPress from my iPad
by Ken Metcalf
2. September 2010 16:52
I have been using a 32G Wifi and 3G iPad for just over a week now. My initial impressions of this device is that it is a great piece of technology that may just change the way we work. Since this is in all honesty a version 1 of a product it is not perfect and there are a few quirks to be aware of.
If you are an iPhone user and have gotten used to iOS4 on the phone, then you will immediately notice the lack of some of the iOS4 benefit, especially multitasking which for example allows you to run Skype in the background while doing some other tasks. Apple are rumored to be releasing the upgrade to the iPad OS in the next month or so. As I am part of the Apple Developer Network, I usually get the beta releases a few weeks before but there has been no sign of it. I will post if I see anything.
In terms of the device and the applications, it is a really great user experience. The battery life is awesome and I love the iBooks app with all my PDF's loaded. For a consumer of books like myself it has opened up many reading opportunities that were not there before.
When I am out on the road now I only take the iPad and iPhone in place of my carry bag with the MacBook inside. I have to agree with Guy Kawasaki, the three devices work well together and if you use the free apps like Evernote to keep your notes sync'ed across all three devices it makes being a road warrior a joy!
by Ken Metcalf
2. August 2010 10:37
Today I needed something sweeter. The first one for Breakfast was a real knockout. Lunch included a real treat. At this point I am seriously starting to crave solid food.
Blinking Berry Berry Nice
- 6 x strawberries
- 80g blueberries
- 250ml grape juice
- handfull of goji berries
- 3 ready to eat organic dates
- 1 x thumb of ginger
- 3-4 ice cubes
Blend in a high power blender for 1-2 minutes and drink.
Kauai Meal Out
Today for Lunch we went to Kauai and I had one of my favorite meals. 650ml SuperGreen Smoothie with a shot of wheat grass
Evening - Tomato and Litchi
- 4 x small cocktail tomotoes
- 4 x strawberries
- 250ml 100% pure litchi juice
- Handfull of Goji Berries
- Handfull of sunflower seeds
- Sprinkling of cayan pepper
- 3-4 ice cubes
Blend in a high power blender for 1-2 minutes and drink.
Day 6 complete.
by Ken Metcalf
31. July 2010 17:02
For today I will simply share the recipes. All three were really nice!
Breakfast Vanilla Shake
- 1 x medium sized banana
- half a ripe avo
- 200ml apple juice
- 1 thumb sized piece of Ginger
- 2 x scoops of Vanilla Protein powder
- 3-4 ice cubes
Blend in a high power blender for 1-2 minutes and drink.
Red Lunch Zing
Lunch time is when we normally slow down, however this combination will do quite the opposite. The recipe is again simple and straight forward
- Three medium tomatoes
- One whole apple
- 150ml 100% pure apple juice
- Two full sticks of celery
- Sprinkled on top with cayan pepper
- 3-4 ice cubes
Blend in a high power blender for 1-2 minutes and drink.
Evening - Tomato and Goji
- 3 x Large tomatoes
- half an avo
- 200ml 100% pure apple juice
- Handfull of Goji Berries
- Handfull of sunflower seeds
- 3-4 ice cubes
Blend in a high power blender for 1-2 minutes and drink.
Day 5 complete.
by Ken Metcalf
29. July 2010 22:02
For me cell phone security has concerned me more and more as devices get more capable. This was one of the reasons that I have really enjoyed the Apple iPhone and have now had two of these phones, the first being a 3G and the second a 3Gs.
However if you carefully read this articleyou will understand the fundamental difference between Andriod and Apple applications. The fact that Android apps can be downloaded from 3rd party sources makes the above scenario even more precarious.
I have a suspicion that once the critical mass of these phones hit the streets we are going to see another field day for the security companies with all kinds of anti-Malware and anti-Spyware installed on the Android phones.
For now I will remain safely within the confines of the iPhone walled security estate, rather than venture into the downtown red light district of the 3rd party Android market.
by Ken Metcalf
29. July 2010 21:14
For today I will simply share the recipes. All three were really nice!
Breakfast Pineapple Delight
- 1 x medium sized pineapple
- 125ml mixed almonds and cashews (raw - not roasted)
- 125ml apple juice
- 1 thumb sized piece of Ginger
- Handfull of Goji Berries
- 3-4 ice cubes
Blend in a high power blender for 1-2 minutes and drink.
Lunch - Kiwi Wizz
Kiwi fruit is always nice for lunch
- 2 x kiwi fruit pealed
- 5-6 sprigs of corriander
- 250ml 100% pure apple juice
- 1 x medium/large pear
- 3-4 ice cubes
Blend in a high power blender for 1-2 minutes and drink.
Evening - PearGasm
The evening meal was one of the tastiest so far, the Peargasm
- 1 Large Pear
- 1 medium banana
- 300ml 100% pure orange juice
- Handfull of rolled oats
- Handfull of sunflower seeds
- 3-4 ice cubes
Blend in a high power blender for 1-2 minutes and drink.
Day 4 complete and I cannot begin to describe how good I am feeling!
by Ken Metcalf
29. July 2010 07:19
Day 3 started off with a lot to do and in terms of me also doing the 21 Day Challenge; hence the need to train for an hour a day.
I upped the amount of protein to compensate for not consuming any of the normal sources of protein like chicken or fish. The idea of a raw "fish" smoothie just did not appeal. I can eat sushi all day, but in a smoothie, hell no!
Breakfast Protein Shake
- 100ml (2 scoops) of high quality protein shake
- 250ml of rooibos tea - made 30 minutes before and allowed to cool
- pinch of green powder
- 5-6 sprigs of parsley
- 3-4 ice cubes
Blend in a high power blender for 1-2 minutes and drink.
Lunch - Banana and Avo Blitz
One of my favorite ingredients in a smoothie has always been avo. So for lunch today here is the avo and strawberry blitz
- Half a ripe avo
- 1 large banana
- 250ml 100% pure apple juice
- Handfull of Goji Berries
- 3-4 ice cubes
Blend in a high power blender for 1-2 minutes and drink.
Evening - Strawberry Surprise
The evening meal was one of the tastiest so far, the strawberry surprise
- One Medium Banana
- 3 Spinach leaves
- 10 medium size strawberries
- 200ml 100% pure orange juice
- Handfull of rolled oats
- Handfull of sunflower seeds
- 3-4 ice cubes
Blend in a high power blender for 1-2 minutes and drink.
Day three of the 10 Day Juice Feast completed... now off to a function.
by Ken Metcalf
28. July 2010 16:50
Finally Apple Safari just got a whole lot better. Apple have added what they call Safari Extensions to their browser. I loved using Firefox in terms of all the plug-ins that are available for it for web development.
However, Firefox has a real problem with memory leaks and I found that if I left it running on my Mac for any long period of time it would eventually just slow it down to a crawl. Even with just one window open the amount of memory it used was terrible.
Safari 5.0.1 is a true 64 bit browser but it always lacked the extensions. Feel it, they are here! Click on the image to take a look at what is available..
Ken Metcalf
by Ken Metcalf
27. July 2010 18:45
Here are the drinks for the lunch and evening meals for the second day of my 10 Day Juice feast.
Day two was a really busy day for me so I am just going to put up the recipes here
Kiwi
Lunch time is when we normally slow down, however this combination will do quite the opposite. The recipe is again simple and straight forward
- 3 Peeled Kiwi fruits
- 150ml of green tea - made 30 minutes before and allowed to cool
- 1 medium sized banana
- 5-6 sprigs of parsley
- 3-4 ice cubes
Blend in a high power blender for 1-2 minutes and drink.
Red tomato and celery
The evening meal was lighter than last night as I felt over full and was not hungry yet
- Two medium sized tomatoes
- 5-6 sprigs of coriander
- 200ml 100% pure grape juice
- 2 large pieces of celery
- 3-4 ice cubes
Blend in a high power blender for 1-2 minutes and drink.
Day two of the 10 Day Juice Feast completed... now off to gym to go and train.
by Ken Metcalf
27. July 2010 10:54
Well with Day 1 of the 10 Day Juice Feast behind me, I thought I would give some feedback.
I ended the day exercising quite late which would usually have left me hungry, however this was not the case after the very filling smoothie I had for my evening meal
I slept very well and woke up more than an hour early feeling refreshed, which was quite an astonishing result after only the first day.
This morning I am going to make a smoothie with 2 of my most loved smoothie ingredients, banana and strawberry. I can honestly say that this is one of my personal favorite smoothies
Strawberry Zing
Day 2 Breakfast
- One large banana
- 200ml 100% pure grape juice
- 10 medium sized strawberries (about 125mg)
- 5-6 sprigs of coriander
- A handful of Goji Berries
- Thumb size piece of raw ginger
- Pinch of wheat grass (optional)
- 3-4 ice cubes
Blend in a high power blender for 1-2 minutes and drink.
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