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The New Oura Ring
An ‘On-Hand’ Review

September 26, 2018 by Pavel Soukenik

Summary

Good

  • Amazing form factor
  • Accurate heart rate and HRV
  • Great battery life and wireless charging
  • Waterproof
  • Temperature sensor
  • Handles timezone changes

Not So Good

  • Impossible to edit incorrect bedtime
  • Non-adjustable activity goals
  • No 24/7 HR measurement
  • No GPS or HR tracking during activities

The new Oura ring is a second generation wearable health and fitness tracker from Oura Health. This review is based on three weeks with the model Heritage Silver, size 11, and covers the ring, the app, and the website (Oura Cloud). As a frequent traveler, I was also curious how the ring handles time zone changes and recommendations for sleep and recovery.

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Of Keyboards and Men
Dvorak vs. Colemak

June 6, 2010 by Pavel Soukenik

The computer age made it easy to switch the keyboard layout to Dvorak Simplified Keyboard without any hardware modifications, and also made it possible for anyone to swap a few individual letters or all of them. One such recent creation of a complete keyboard is the Colemak layout, named after its author Shai Coleman who released it in 2006.

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‘Secure Internet’ a Naïve Oxymoron

January 30, 2010 by steven

The Internet is used by billions of people daily, for everything from instant messaging to on-line banking. Millions of dollars are transferred everyday so you would expect high security for these kinds of transactions. On-line banking sites and stores abound with images of locks and words like “Secure & Safe”. But to the surprise of many, the Internet is very insecure.

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The Eye and HDR Photography

January 16, 2010 by Pavel Soukenik

Photo of hills at a lake
Gallery of images with high dynamic range

Sight is easily the most important sense we have, and not quite easily fooled with imitations. Although ‘3D’ seems to be all the rage nowadays (Was this article first published when intended I could not have this reference. But I am going to leave James Cameron’s new landmark film alone, and get a closer look at HDR photography with examples taken by Steven Richards — happy birthday, man!), even if we turn a blind eye to the stereoscopic nature of vision, the other eye still packs enough powers to put TVs and pictures to shame.

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Hello html5, Goodbye Flash

September 30, 2009 by Pavel Soukenik


The history of the World Wide Web is very recent, so the web standards are changing. Unfortunately, the changes do not happen as fast as might be expected from such a new medium.
Before discussing html 5, it will be useful to clarify the terminology. Give me one minute, and I promise the sentence “html is a language for writing www pages that are transferred using http over the Internet” will make sense if it has not. The middle section will tell you an interesting tidbit or two about the less-known areas of the Internet in as much time, and the last section will finally explain why html 5 is a good thing.

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Typography and CSS

August 20, 2009 by Pavel Soukenik

Detail of this page
Examples of css

One would assume that computers advance every human endeavor. Consider the art of typography and layout: Computers and internet have changed these completely. But in many ways, not for the better. In the hands of a professional, the results of using quality digitized fonts and desktop publishing can be excellent. But large quantities of text that surround us (e-mail, web pages, flyers, restaurant menus) are less fortunate.

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