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• How the Boeing 737 Max Disaster Looks to a Software Developer

  By Shaun on February 25, 2021 • ( 0 )

  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 ›

• How Many Years in a Leap Year?

  By Shaun on February 25, 2021 • ( 0 )

  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.

• Draw an iceberg and see how it will float

  By Shaun on February 25, 2021 • ( 0 )

  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 ›

• Would there be a watch industry without Rolex?

  By Shaun on February 24, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  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 ›

• The Super Nintendo Switch

  By Shaun on February 24, 2021 • ( 2 )

  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 ›

• The watch industry summed up in 1 minute

  By Shaun on February 24, 2021 • ( 1 )

  This is a clever and funny advert which ironically sums up the majority of watch marketing. The advert below, however, is unusual because it is actually quite clever and makes a lot of sense- the punchline is brilliant and a… Read More ›

• The Hyundai Ioniq 5: a real concept car

  By Shaun on February 24, 2021 • ( 0 )

  The Ioniq 5 unveiled Tuesday is a spacious compact utility vehicle that rides on a wheelbase as long as a large three-row SUV’s and comes with reclining front seats equipped with footrests that turn them into business-class sleeper seats. The… Read More ›

• A different kind of fitness tracker

  By Shaun on February 23, 2021 • ( 0 )

  We all know the Apple Watch, Fitbit and other fitness trackers that sit on the wrist, but there are alternatives that help you get fit in a less obvious way. Most are not well known and I am not recommending… Read More ›

• Sathnam Sangher‪a discusses Empireland

  By Shaun on February 23, 2021 • ( 0 )

  This is an excellent episode in which James O’Brien talks to Sathnam Sangher‪a about his new book Empireland. I am currently reading this book and it is absolutely fascinating just how much we in the UK have tried to keep… Read More ›

• The $2,800 Foldable ‘Mate X2’ Smartphone

  By Shaun on February 23, 2021 • ( 3 )

  The successor to 2019’s Mate X, the phone has received a radical redesign and now features a large uninterrupted 8-inch screen that folds inwards, rather than having the main display on the exterior, as with the original device. The main… Read More ›