The day was started with another bowl of cereal, and a trip to the same coffee shop. And we continued our exploration around Oslo by foot.

We found the Nobel Peace Centre, which was very interesting! Especially the current exhibition about the fight against sexual violence as as a weapon of war. That was very eye-opening.

We walked some more around the harbour, but it was super cold for a change (it’s actually been pretty sunny and warm in Oslo the past few days), so we found a pizza restaurant for lunch. It was okay, but as usual, super expensive.

We also went into the Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, and that was place was absolutely crazy. It was all contemporary art, or as I like to call it, “Art”.

For dinner we went to Nordvegan, and I had a “Buddha bowl”, which was very filling. So that’s yet another vegan meal that I haven’t managed to finish yet!

After some more walking, we finally headed back to the room to watch Thor: Ragnarok. And now I’ll have to get some of my stuff together, as we’re leaving tomorrow morning.

Oh and I forgot to mention one big thing, I released the big update to Text Case while I was here as well! You can read about that here on the blog, on the website, or direct on the App Store!

It’s taken a while, but I’m very glad to announce that Text Case 2.0 is finally available!

The reason why it wasn’t a simple update, is that The app has been completely rebuilt. This includes a new way of organising individual formats into groups, and a new design that fits.

There are four new formats to use: Emoji, Rot13, Base64 Encoded, and Base64 Decoded. This means that there are now 23 different formats to use in Text Case!

The app now has a few extra customisation options, you can switch between a Dark and Light theme, change the order of the groups, enable/disable formats, and also choose between 22 different app icons.

You can get Text Case on the App Store!

And if you’re interested, you can check out the new Text Case website.

P.S. A series of guides focussed around getting the most out of Text Case will be published regularly. So watch this space!

Today started with a bowl of cereal and a coffee for breakfast.

After we were sorted, we went out for a coffee at a cafe. And then continued to walk round more of the city, including the harbour, and a war museum that we stumbled across.

For lunch I had a tuna baguette at a sandwich bar, it was alright, but I couldn’t identify some of the salad that was inside of it.

Somehow we ended up in a Zoology museum in the afternoon, which had a Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil, and various nature scenes with stuffed animals, and realistic environments. It was pretty cool!

We then spend the rest of the day walking and exploring further parts of Oslo, before heading to a good market for dinner. It was time for another burger, but this time it was a vegan stall, so I got a jackfruit burger. It was okay, but I’ve certainly had better.

Here are some photos from today:

I’m in Norway! 🇳🇴

I had to wake up stupidly early, but we finally got landed in Oslo at about 9:30 am local time (8:30 GMT).

As we usually do, we spend the first half of the day travelling around the centre of the city. Stopping for a coffee, a falafel wrap for lunch, and various photo opportunities. As of right now (21:00), I’ve walked 25,000 steps.

The Oslo Opera House is one place we spent a while at. It’s a massive building, and you can walk above it to get a pretty good view.

For dinner, we got went to a burger restaurant. It was only two stops on the tram as well, so that was handy.

Here are some of the photos I took today:

It’s only Tuesday, and it’s already the end of my working week! That’s because in just over 8 hours, I will be flying to Oslo, Norway. And I’ll be there for 4 days!

That meant after work, the only thing I’ve been doing is getting ready for the trip. So, packing my clothes, charging my devices, downloading movies and books, etc. It’s all basically done, but some things will be left to charge while I have a little sleep.

Emphasis on the little as well, as I’m being picked up at 4 am tomorrow morning. So although I’ll try to go to sleep relatively soon, the best possible scenario is that I’m asleep by 10:30 pm, and awake as late as 3:30 am. So a maximum of 5 hours sleep, and I’m being generous to myself. I guess that means I’ll be sleeping on the plane.

I’ve had quite a busy day today! Along side my day job, I’ve got a lot of other stuff done.

It started with me sending a quick reply to Tim Cook’s tweet with him using the new iPad. That tweet somehow got popular, and starting blowing up my notifications. I also linked to the new iPads from my blog, with what I think is a pretty good headline.

I also made some big progress on the Text Case 2.0 release! It’s been officially submitted to Apple, and I’m aiming for a release this Friday (22nd). That all meant I had to prepare all the screenshots, content for the website, and the announcement post that will go on my blog. I then informed some websites/writers about the upcoming release, and hopefully they’re excited as I am!

Just about everything is ready to go, and that’s definitely a good idea, as I’m actually going to be in Oslo, Norway, on release day! That should be fun!

It also means that the journal entries should contain loads of photos soon. I’m out there from Wednesday to Saturday.

Apple Newsroom:

Apple today introduced the all-new iPad Air in an ultra-thin 10.5-inch design, offering the latest innovations including Apple Pencil support and high-end performance at a breakthrough price. With the A12 Bionic chip with Apple’s Neural Engine, the new iPad Air delivers a 70 percent boost in performance and twice the graphics capability, and the advanced Retina display with True Tone technology is nearly 20 percent larger with over half a million more pixels.

Apple today also introduced the new 7.9-inch iPad mini, a major upgrade for iPad mini fans who love a compact, ultra-portable design packed with the latest technology. With the A12 Bionic chip, the new iPad mini is a powerful multi-tasking machine, delivering three times the performance and nine times faster graphics. The advanced Retina display with True Tone technology and wide color support is 25 percent brighter and has the highest pixel density of any iPad, delivering an immersive visual experience in any setting. And with Apple Pencil support, the new iPad mini is the perfect take-anywhere notepad for sketching and jotting down thoughts on the go. The new iPads are available to order starting today and in stores next week.

I guess this is Apple clearing out a few announcements before the big event on March 25th.

Chore day!

Pretty much the entire day was spent cleaning the house, and doing boring adult things. Like cleaning every bit of washing in the house, vacuuming everywhere, and also tidying a few things up.

The two other things I’ve done today are popping out for a quick coffee with friends, and playing some World of Warcraft!

Maybe this is what adult life is like.

It was finally a day for a lie in, so luckily for me I was awake at about 11 am!

I then played World of Warcraft for a while, because there’s a pretty cool update that’s just come out!

After a while, me and my girlfriend headed into London. We had just had some chips at Five Guys for “lunch”, because at 5:30 pm we went to Body Worlds, which is an exhibition of real human bodies, showing the details of the human anatomy. It was really interesting, and it’s not possible to list everything they had on display.
It certainly opens up your perception of the human body, and provides a different perspective of what’s under our skin. Unfortunately you can’t take photos inside, otherwise this post would be full of them.

In the evening we did a few things, first of all we went to a pub to have a quick beer/cocktail, then we went to a bakery in Chinatown that we always have to visit, before we had a late Chinese buffet “dinner”.

I didn’t actually get many photos while I was it today, just these two in Chinatown:

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Chinatown, London. #shotoniphone

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Chinatown, London. #shotoniphone

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A pretty relaxed day all round today! As it’s a Friday, we have a coding kata session at work, so that was fun to do. There’s also the beer fridge that opens at 4 pm, so obviously I enjoyed that! 🍻

After work, I met my family in the pub for a few drinks. And then I was out for a coffee with my friends!

Swiftly after the coffee, me and my girlfriend went good shopping, and now we’re settling down to watch the last episode of the After Life series! It’s only six episodes long, which is a bit of a shame.

There was only one thing on the blog today, and that was my thoughts on Apples response to Spotify.

I did also send another build of Text Case to beta users, but that was just to include a link to the new website in the settings page. The website happened simply because the perfect domain was available, so I had to get it and put it to good use. It’s textcase.app!