Sigma ART

It's a phenomenal lens

I wanted to find out whether what people say about it is true. So I rented one and looked forward to the results. My first shot was out on the street — linden blossoms. I shot wide open and the result wasn't quite what I expected. You need more distance between the subje...

16th Jun 2019

MUNI 100

The university turns 100, the Faculty of Informatics turns 25

The morning programme ran at the faculties, then everything moved to the Brno Exhibition Centre in the afternoon. The programme promised a spectacular experience.

At the faculty it was nice to see lecturers and classmates after all...

15th Jun 2019

WiFi ve vlaku

It's a disaster between Prague and Brno

I traveled on several trains run by Czech Railways and RegioJet within the same week. The stretch between Svitavy and Brno isn't exactly great for coverage, same goes for the Orlice valley. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.

RegioJet

  • no pr...
31st May 2019

Google vs. Huawei

What life without Android will look like

Mobile operators and Google alike are assuring people that Huawei phone and tablet owners won't lose access to Google Play and Google apps. But there's a catchupdates. After a while everyone gets cut off from updates.

My experience with a Huawei...

22nd May 2019
Pilot for a Day

Pilot for a Day

How I flew a Cessna

I got the chance to fly a Cessna. It was a relatively short flight — 20 minutes over Brno, past the reservoir, Veveří Castle, the city centre, and back to the airfield.

I was quite nervous — after all, it's a small plane. Not a Boeing or an Airbus. Which is exactly why I...

28th Apr 2019

Endgame

The Avengers finale is here!

Without spoiling the plot… the film could comfortably have been 20 minutes long. Seriously, everything went according to plan (Thor maybe acts a bit more than he thinks, but fair enough — it was funny).

But you have to have a plot, use lots of effects, and someho...

26th Apr 2019