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Mr. Potato Head Doesn’t Go Gender Neutral After All
Hasbro, the company that makes the potato-shaped plastic toy, is giving the spud a gender neutral new name: Potato Head. The change will appear on boxes this year. Hasbro said Mr. Potato Head, which has been around for about 70… Read More ›
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Apple’s M1 Mac
The image above of the Apple M1 Mac was taken from this video and I don’t know about you, but that design is really very sweet indeed.
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The £79 Motorola phone
The company has just announced the new moto e7i power smartphone. And with a price point of just £79, it pretty much becomes the go-to option for anyone on a budget. The phone doesn’t seem terrible, either. It’s got a… Read More ›
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The vaccine may help long Covid sufferers
This is both anecdotal and early, but many long covid survivors are feeling significantly better after receiving their first vaccine dose. Including me. Fascinating. Fascinating stuff. This kind of makes sense to me. Thanks to Kirk who shared the tweet.
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The Top Time Deus Limited Edition
Co-designed with Australian lifestyle brand Deus Ex Machina, the custom motorcycle and surf outfitter, the Top Time Deus is a nod to Breitling’s original 1960s watch and a true tribute to the nomad spirit… More here. One of those watches… Read More ›
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How the Boeing 737 Max Disaster Looks to a Software Developer
The angle of attack is the angle between the wings and the airflow over the wings. Think of sticking your hand out of a car window on the highway. If your hand is level, you have a low angle of… Read More ›
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How Many Years in a Leap Year?
In this clip from Dave Gorman’s Modern Life is Goodish, Dave examines people using question sites instead of just Googling things and wonders why so many people don’t seem to know what a leap year is. OMG.
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Draw an iceberg and see how it will float
Icebergs are less dense than water, so they always float with about 10% of their mass above the water. But which way up? An iceberg wouldn’t float exactly like on this page in reality. Its three-dimensional distribution of mass and… Read More ›
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Would there be a watch industry without Rolex?
The title of this article is somewhat hyperbolic and to suggest that there would be no watches without Rolex is not what I am saying. What I am asking is if the watch industry we know would be anywhere near… Read More ›
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The Super Nintendo Switch
While the Switch currently supports 1080p output while docked (or 720p in handheld mode), 4K video would be a new frontier for Nintendo. Exploring Breath of the Wild’s Hyrule or zooming around Bowser’s castle in Mario Kart will be more… Read More ›
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