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  • Musicians are in peril

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    It was the kind of story sold to millions of music acts about the global reach of the internet. In a connected world, ideas, thoughts, and yes, songs could break across borders, building audiences where none before existed. It was… Read More ›

  • The Raketa “Avant-Garde” Limited Edition

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    The fun began when the package arrived. The Raketa box is colorful, decorated with a lot of abstract shapes on its cover. When I pointed my iPhone with Google Translate app at the text on the box, it threw-out “Watch… Read More ›

  • Update Your iPhone Right Now

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    Unlike larger software updates, which might bring some updated features, iOS 14.4.2, iPadOS 14.4.2, and watchOS 7.3.3 are rolling out now to fix an active security exploit that allows malicious websites to potentially engage in universal cross-site scripting. That means… Read More ›

  • The apps you use

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    Some interesting answers to the question from earlier in the week. We all seem to find different solutions no matter how similar we are. Tom- Notes: Apple Notes, Google KeepTasks: InformantCalendar: Informant, Fantastical widget, WeekCalLists: Outliner, HanDBasePassword management: 1PasswordWriting: Text… Read More ›

  • The 10-piece Death Star Ultimate Collector Set

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    Kross Studio collaborates with Lucasfilm on an extremely limited-edition Star Wars inspired set, paying tribute to the iconic space saga. The 10-piece Death Star Ultimate Collector Set is made for those who savor Star Wars history as much as high-end… Read More ›

  • Literary Clock Made From E-reader

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    Really the only thing needed is an e-reader (and a USB cable to connect to it). For this project, a Kindle was donated to me by a friend. It is a Kindle 3 WiFi (nicknamed K3, or K3W). You will… Read More ›

  • What is the best digital note taker?

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    My iPad Pro (1st generation) is close to death. The battery is holding a charge for an hour at most, often less, and the cost of fixing it is prohibitive. I can get it done for £150 by a third… Read More ›

  • No lie off limits for Boris Johnson

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    In theory, a two-hour session before the liaison committee – the supergroup of select committee chairs – should have been rather more demanding. In his first two outings as liaison chair, Bernard Jenkin had confounded the critics who believed he… Read More ›

  • The Persistence of Memory

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    Before the emergence of formalised structures of watch production in the early 19th century, serving as precursors to the modern watch manufacturing houses we know today, watchmaking existed in a cottage industry like setting where watchmakers pursued their métier “independent”… Read More ›

  • Window lights / light windows

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    Constructed from steel rods with a hinge opening method, the minimalistic lamp fixtures can be peeled open to form multiple sets of different angles. When Māyā’s steel rods are fully unfurled, forming an obtuse angle with the lamp’s hinges, the… Read More ›