Nokia Lumia 1020 old school phone I miss the most

If Nokia Lumia 1020 is brought back to life with latest software support, I would be the first to grab it. It's unfortunate that the Windows ecosystem and this tech went downwards.

My Devices Stash

I realized how addicted I am to devices and no matter what I try, I land up getting one or more periodically, all for curiosity sake. Off late, this is getting out of hand. So there is room for improvement.. It calls for all out ban on my purchases and clearing of my old stash.

My Daily Driver Laptops

These two (MacBook Pro and Pixelbook) are getting most of my time. I do most of my activities on these. Both are excellent in supporting their eco system. Unfortunately, I find it difficult to access Apple services on another non-apple platform. I can always use a browser to access any of the services, but it is tedious.

My first at Amazon Books store

For most folks visiting New York, definitely there are wonderful attractions all around the city - some nostalgic, some iconic, some challenge our perspective and imagination.

For me, one of the must go on my list was the physically existing Amazon Books retail store.

I know Amazon as an online company with whatever I do with them is on Internet. Never though I would make it to a physical book store owned by Amazon.

Upbeat and Elated. I picked up a bunch of printed kid titles while I was there.

If you are an avid reader and hooked on to Amazon services, put this one on your must do list as well. Best.

Fullform of Oracle?

What is the fullform of Oracle (for Oracle Corporation)?

Oracle used to be an early era computer and stood for "Oak Ridge Automatic Computer and Logical Engine". This is however not connected with the Oracle Corporation we know today. Oracle Corporation got its name from a failed defense project that Larry, Ed and Bob (the initial founders) worked on. Check Wikipedia for more details.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ORACLE_%28computer%29
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oracle_Corporation

Apple Pay availability in Browsers

Apple pay on Apple devices is well supported on Safari Browser. However there is no support on Firefox, could be the same case for other browsers as well (as of this post). I am not sure if there is an implied restriction from Apple to not release it for other browsers, or the site creators are not interested in using the APIs to call in non-safari browser (which seems very unlikely).

Dark mode in MacOS Mohave 10.14

A walkthrough on the dark mode feature in MacOS Mohave and its impact on different apps.