Aerocoast Pro Crew Flight Bag I Review
A detailed review of the Aerocoast Pro Crew flight bag based on a year’s worth of use.
Ian
The Perfect Flight Bag
A review of flight bags with details on my shortlist of seven bags and the pros and cons of each.
A Trio of Websites
It’s been a busy couple of months at Cold Arid Code, with efforts over the last couple of months being concentrated on building two websites for a non-profit wildlife organisation based in West London, followed by the migration of a third non-profit organisation website to a new hosting provider. I am not a professional web developer but I have a background in programming from my previous day job and some history with developing an early … Read more
PilotCalc Version 2.1.0
PilotCalc version 2.1.0 is now available on the Apple App Store! This is a big update, incorporating a number of requested features, a few that have been on the roadmap for a while and a smattering of bug fixes. Calculator Changes The most obvious change is the addition of two new calculator types to join the default hours and minutes (HH:MM) calculator: First up is a decimal time calculator for those who prefer to work … Read more
TimeTick Version 1.1.0
TimeTick version 1.0 has been available on the App Store now for a little under a year and in that time it hasn’t received any updates, unlike the considerably more popular PilotCalc, which is now at version 2.0.8, reflecting one major and a good number of minor revisions. As a user of TimeTick, as well as the developer, I have occasionally come across a bug in the notification system causing some spurious notifications and … Read more
A Review of the NanoComm GA2 Pilot Headset
This is a review of the NanoComm GA2 pilot headset from Puretone. In summary, I like this headset. It is small, lightweight and relatively inexpensive. Audio clarity is excellent but it is less effective at external noise suppression than an active noise-cancelling headset. My biggest reservation is the unproven durability of the clips and headset wiring. For anyone in the North of England looking to buy this headset, I would strongly recommend the services … Read more
PilotCalc Version 2.0
In mid-July, I started a substantial revamp of PilotCalc with a view to combining the Flight List and the Flight Log views into a single scrolling view which would manage both data entry and display. To do this, I took advantage of lessons learned in building TimeTick (my other app) and I believe that the resulting scrolling Flights view is both simpler and more usable, as well as scaling better for different screen sizes. As … Read more
TimeTick Submitted For Apple Review
Towards the end of November last year, I started mulling over the idea of a time-stamped checklist. The idea was inspired by the day job, which, on occasions, requires tracking the completion time of certain tasks to ensure an audit trail in the event of a delay. I looked unsuccessfully on the app store for a tool that would meet my requirements. Whilst to-do lists are plentiful, habit trackers numerous, and short term timers and … Read more
First Thoughts on PilotCalc Version Two
In a previous post I mentioned that I was planning a new version of PilotCalc but also indicated that this was still some distance in the future. The timescale still applies, but nonetheless I have, in odd spare moments, been toying with some ideas some of which are outlined in this post. The Flights Tab Consolidated Screens: I have concluded, that one major improvement would be to combine the Flight List and Flight Log into … Read more
The 2021 LG Gram vs the M1 MacBook Air
I read an interesting headline the other day, in a well known publication, which suggested that the M1 MacBook Air just got a powerful rival in the form of the 2021 LG Gram computer. The article went on to review the device in question and concluded that it offers serious competition to the new MacBook Air. It is a well written article and a good review of what is, I have no doubt, an excellent … Read more
