Author Archives
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Hands free living
For the first time in my life it feels like we are moving away from physically interacting with products and most obviously the smartphone. I recently played around with an app called Whisperflow which surprised me by its sheer accuracy… Read More ›
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Starry Night
Take a baby then deliver him, position him in lineAnd then imprison him, condition him in school to make him blindAfter they christen him, the Father, Son, the Ghost, but not the mindWe are divine, we lose potential when we… Read More ›
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Mario Bros (Game & Watch) review
We found my wife’s Game & Watch a couple of weeks ago in the loft. This was the game she played at school in the 1980’s and coincidentally so did I. This particular Game & Watch is the same device… Read More ›
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If it’s a failure, there will be a crash. If it’s a success, we will be unemployed.
I don’t know what to think about AI at the moment. I listen to far too many podcasts from so-called experts who are suggesting negative outcomes regardless of what happens. The problem is that it’s hard to see it any… Read More ›
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The Beautiful Game Won
The World Cup is now over and it’s sad to think that it was all over so quickly. Before the tournament I expected a negative experience and too much Trump interference for it to be a success, but in the… Read More ›
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Psion 3a review (1993)
Battery performance The Psion 3a boasts a month’s battery life between battery swaps and many months of safe storage thanks to the backup battery cleverly hidden under one of the flash memory slots. This level of performance is unprecedented in… Read More ›
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The Ugly Game
I wrote before the World Cup started that Trump would likely ruin it, but up until today it has been a brilliant event. One of the best World Cups ever and countless matches have proved that it really is ‘The… Read More ›
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It never got better than Psion for me
South African-born pioneer of the British tech industry David Potter, the man behind the iconic Psion pocket computers, passed away on 28th June, six days before his 83rd birthday. Potter was the founder of the company of the same name,… Read More ›
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I have questions
Why do so many people in the UK ‘hate’ Kier Starmer? I don’t get it. Yes he is not great at shouting about his successes, but there have been many successes and the country is starting to turn around. After… Read More ›
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It’s football
It’s strange to think that Scotland last played a World Cup match 2 years before my 26 year old son, Tom was born. Today is the day though and a win is vital because the other 2 teams in the… Read More ›
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