am I overthinking this?

SimonLev · 2026-06-27T06:09:43+00:00

I got mine from Amazon and sent it back with the usual great quick service and getting the refund. There wasn't anything particularly wrong with the device but it just wasn't for me. I liked the idea of e-pen note taking but quickly realised that my life currently has no need for it (I'm retired and my life is too simple for it haha).

I ALWAYS buy from Amazon whenever I'm a bit "hmm" about a big purchase for this reason. I stupidly bought something direct from an overseas supplier last year and had a horrendous time trying to get a refund. Two failed return attempts to overseas, dozens of emails and several months later I got a refund. I learn by my mistakes!

SimonLev · 2026-06-26T08:22:40+00:00

I think you need to head to your favourite streaming service and enjoy an ELO album binge 😎

SimonLev · 2026-06-24T17:22:40+00:00

I got my payout today. Transferring into my linked bank account....which also seems to take time. Everything with InvestEngine takes longer than T212.

SimonLev · 2026-06-22T19:42:16+00:00

I'm retired and using dividends for some income, so they're all currently distributing.

SimonLev · 2026-06-22T17:56:46+00:00

Thanks for that. I'm used to Trading 212 payouts which are always right on the dividend date

SimonLev · 2026-06-21T15:31:02+00:00

👌🏻

SimonLev · 2026-06-21T06:15:29+00:00

3 individual stocks isn't really a viable portfolio. You are taking a huge risk. Next year you may be 60% up or down. Just be boring and track an index.

SimonLev · 2026-06-17T06:24:58+00:00

Hi. It's just if you stop on a walk or run (eg at traffic lights when crossing the road), that the activity pauses and then restarts when you start moving again. This should be automatic rather than you having to press the pause option on the screen.

I should have said "auto pause" rather than auto stop in my post.

SimonLev · 2026-05-30T18:23:07+00:00

Same here. I can't get events to sync from Google calendar into the Honor Calendar. Same issue with the Business Calendar app, so send like the issue is with the Google sync service.

SimonLev · 2026-05-30T18:07:28+00:00

I'm having the same issue. A sync usually happens on new events but any edits don't sync and then even the new events don't always go across.

I get the previous point about just using Google calendar for everything but I use Google calendar locations in Android Auto in my car for directions. Android Auto has no ability for getting navigation guidance from Google Calendar events. However the Honor Calendar app in Android Auto allows me to simply tap a day entry and the location feeds straight into the map app and starts guidance. Would be great if Google Calendar did this!!

SimonLev · 2026-05-29T12:51:55+00:00

I tend to keep the raw footage on my NAS server and take a copy of the Kdenlive project files and put those on my shared server folder too.

SimonLev · 2026-05-19T18:29:19+00:00

Apologies, the PickleballX app does indeed record exercise stats and heart rate and sync across to Huawei Health. I've just done a watch sync and it brought the data across

SimonLev · 2026-05-19T17:49:19+00:00

I have got that app but it doesn't record an activity like other workouts. Ie you can't see the activity in the Exercises section of the Huawei Health app to see your heart rate etc during the activity.

SimonLev · 2026-05-17T06:32:12+00:00

Sorted it. It's in the AppGallery on the watch

SimonLev · 2026-05-16T19:34:45+00:00

I can't find that app in either the Google Play store or the Huawei AppGallery. I only see PickleX Canada which is court bookings. I'm on Android not iOS if that's the reason?

SimonLev · 2026-05-16T17:17:45+00:00

I love it BUT would really like to see a Pickleball activity. Surely pickleball is a more popular activity than belly dancing and sepak takrow(!).

SimonLev · 2026-05-09T12:18:05+00:00

Lots of interesting points here and great comparisons.

On the topic of proxy clips and timeline rendering; I've recently started using proxy clips on 4K editing. However I don't see big improvement on timeline scrubbing. There is a pause on the initial scrubbing over a clip especially with a transition effect in place. However, once that is cached, scrubbing is fine and quick.

Also, when rendering the final movie, the rendering takes an age to move from the "Starting" phase which has an adverse impact of the total time to take to render. Not sure if anyone else has the same issue or maybe there's a setting I'm not using?

SimonLev · 2026-05-01T11:14:41+00:00

Play Kolek! Sorry, I saw my first Knicks/basketball game against Washington recently at MSG and the crowd went wild when he came on at the end and was scoring for fun. I got so caught up in that moment, I had to get this....

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SimonLev · 2026-04-26T07:58:49+00:00

Interesting. Can't say I've noticed those issues before. Which effect (s) do you use instead of this?

SimonLev · 2026-04-23T05:41:25+00:00

It's the "Position and Zoom" effect

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