Author Archives
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Online ID / age verification
The thesis behind the proposal— which I critique here — is that the offline world is safe for children because of the measures put in place to protect them, but the online world is not. Spoiler: the offline world is… Read More ›
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Apple reports $21.7B Profit on $81.4B Revenue: is that good for consumers?
For the quarter, Apple posted revenue of $81.4 billion and net quarterly profit of $21.7 billion, or $1.30 per diluted share, compared to revenue of $59.7 billion and net quarterly profit of $11.25 billion, or $0.65 per diluted share, in… Read More ›
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Hope For Paws
Hope for Paws is a 501 C-3 non-profit animal rescue organization (E.I.N: 26-2869386). We rescue dogs, cats and other types of animals suffering on the streets or neglected in the wild. Through rescue and education, Hope For Paws works to… Read More ›
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Has Carl Pei come up with an AirPods Pro rival?
Ultra light at 4.7g / Powerful 11.6mm speaker driver / Sound by Teenage Engineering / Active Noise Cancellation / Up to 34 hours of listening. When you want peace and quiet, switch on active noise cancellation to capture and cancel… Read More ›
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What future products make perfect sense to build? A folding Kindle and iPad? A 4G Garmin?
I would like to see a folding Kindle from Amazon. This is so obviously possible with the current width of a Paperwhite, which is even not the thinnest available, that we could have a folding Kindle able to display two… Read More ›
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They Might Be Giants (the app)
A different song every day! They Might Be Giants’ official and totally free song app includes new Dial-A-Song tracks and songs from the band’s vast catalog. The app holds five tracks at all times… More here. I love the personality… Read More ›
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🎶It’s not fun to play with the DMCA🎶
My podcast Better off Read has been down for the last 24 hours. This is because a DMCA takedown service reported I had breached copyright for making an episode of my podcast about 2666 by Roberto Bolaño because they have… Read More ›
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The Commodore PET smartphone
It will only mark the attempt of a small company to buy an off-the-shelf smartphone from China and ship it with a white casing and a slightly weird looking take on the Commodore logo. To justify selling under the Commodore… Read More ›
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Smartwatch Wars Part Two: Garmin Instinct Solar vs Casio G-Shock (any of them)
One of these is not a smartwatch by the true definition of the word, but for many it offers all of the smarts they need. The following Casio G-Shock GW-M5610-1ER, for example, is definitely smart- 1/ Satellite time keeping makes… Read More ›
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McGST Podcast Episode 71 (Marriage, brands, pay rises and being woke)
Questions- I got married last year and am looking forward to many years of happiness. What’s the secret? You two seem very happy together. Lucy (I think we missed that Lucy was already married in the discussion while wishing her… Read More ›
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