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Summer is a time for relaxation, it is also that of reading. This time I'm taking you to the coast of Spain for a treasure hunt…
La Carta Esférica was published in Spain in 2000, and in March 2001 for the French translation by François Maspero published by Editions du Seuil. Read more …
With the iPhone 4, Apple Delivers Significantly Improved Device for Using Marine or Land Navigation Apps, as iNavX.
Our friends iFixit dissected as usual the first device in their hands. Here are the results of their investigations. Read more …
In an October post 2009, I headlined “Good news from Apple” mentioning the price drop of the Mac Mini which had just been renewed. This time it’s quite the opposite. !
In the media frenzy surrounding the arrival of the iPad, iPhone 4 and iOS4, the presentation of the Mac Mini unibody 2010 seems to be (nearly) unnoticed… except for the purse. Read more …
You are probably aware that the release of the new iOS4 operating system for iPhone and iPod Touch will be available today during the day, via synchronization of your (s) devices with iTunes. For the iPad, We will have to wait until the autumn.
About iNavX, Richard Ray has just written :
iOS 4 should be available tomorrow (21/06/2010). Only apps that are specifically built for iOS 4 will be able to take advantage of multitasking or toggle switching. iNavX 3.1.0 and later will support this feature.
Patience, therefore…
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[Update September 01/07/2010] iNavX 3.1.0 is available on the AppStore.
With iPad 3G finally in hands, featured iNavX and the (beta) version AyeTides XL in testing, I'm going to give you my first impression, previously to perform an extended test at sea.
Regardless of the fact that the iPad can be used for many other things than shipping, I am now totally convinced of its utility on board, Here are the reasons. Read more …
INavX 3.0.2, available soon on the AppStore, comes with a much anticipated feature and welcome improvements :
This feature, although criticized by some purists (of which I am part), was implemented to respond to numerous requests from users visiting the forum iphonesailing.net. Read more …
Published in 1939, " The Mystery of Swordfish Reef ” was not published in France until the year 2000 by Editions 10/18, translated from the English by Michèle Valencia.
Arthur Upfield, born in England in 1888, was sent at the age of nineteen years by his parents in Australia. He would spend his whole life there, except the period of the 14-18. war. He will discover the wildlife outback Australian outback, will cross for years throughout the continent, living off odd jobs and makeshift jobs. He will meet in 1927 a mixed aboriginal, Queensland Police "tracker", who will inspire the character of Detective Napoleon Bonaparte, and reveal with him a great talent for writing novels. He will publish its first thriller in 1928, and would not cease until his death in 1964, at the rate of nearly one novel per year. He is now recognized as the father of the "ethnological thriller" (*).
With 30 detective novels written by Arthur Upfield, a single has the action at sea, far from the outback and aborigines : it is " The Swordfish Reef ”. Read more …
Since my post 20 2013, We were impatiently waiting for the dismantling of the’iPad 3G to discover its communication components (3G, GPS). From the first delivery, Our friends at iFixit rushed to the "beast" for total dissection. Read more …
The authorBorn in Sweden in 1953, Full Professor of French Literature at the University of Lünd in Sweden, his first novel, "Long John Silver", published in 1992, quickly achieved real success. Danish Translator, English and French, philologist and criticist, he has been invited on many occasions to the "Etonnants Voyageurs" Festival in Saint-Malo. Read more …
Navionics charts, C-Map charts, BlueChart, MapMedia… You will admit that we have difficulty finding our way in all these brands of electronic cartography. Who belongs to whom ? What works with what ?
To help you see things more clearly, I took a little time to locate the main actors who, au final, provide us these wonderful charts that avoid storing pounds of paper. place free, and ecological in addition ! Once again, follow the leader… Read more …