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Cardieo Smartwatch is a SCAM
The $50 Cardieo smartwatch is said to be almost as “good” as a $300 Apple Watch. But do not be deceived. Cardieo’s ads and website are full of false advertising. This product is a scam! Here’s why… So many tech… Read More ›
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Apple Silicon M1 Disruption
First, Markitecture. A participant I won’t name argued that Apple Silicon is “just marketing BS”, that a “Raspberry Pi is an ARM computer just like an M1 Mac”. Knowledgeable participants gently explained that starting with the A6, Apple Silicon cores… Read More ›
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McGST Podcast Episode 36 (Questions #4)
What keeps you going through 2020? How have you coped and what are you looking forward to? Kevin Do you share Shaun’s love of watches or do you find it as nerdy and annoying as I do? Timothy Jo. How… Read More ›
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iBook → Air
Superb photos tweeted by Jordan Singer. It is easy to look at a photo of the iBook and believe it looks quite slim. And then it is compared to 2020 and…
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bellroy Phone Case – 3 card
The slim phone case that doubles as a minimal wallet. No more tapping multiple pockets for your phone and wallet as you leave the house, or digging around for your card as you commute. Engineered using our new flex polymer… Read More ›
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The 1989 Batmobile desk clock
The whole piece is made of the finest materials – carefully selected for their technical properties and refinement. The bodywork in black aluminium composite, with aeronautical grade scratch protection coating, magnificently shapes the 1989 Batmobile desk clock, reproducing the same… Read More ›
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McGST Podcast Episode 35 (chess, vaccines and Elliot)
In this episode Joanne and I discuss the following- Chess Why won’t my mother take the Covid-19 vaccine? Elliot Page I have finally sorted out the sound quality on the podcast which was caused by an embarrassing oversight on my… Read More ›
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Radioooo: a musical time machine
Radioooo is a brilliant idea and the implementation is superb. Click a decade and let the music find you. I was surprised at what I found, mostly from other countries, within a few minutes. Well worth trying if you ask… Read More ›
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Ruining the moon
The U.S. government has long rejected the notion that the Moon is some kind of “global commons,” and it’s not a signatory to the Moon Agreement, an international treaty intended to promote equitable distribution of off-world resources and prevent territorial… Read More ›
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Pocket Casts Top 100 Podcasts of 2020
Pocket Casts has listed their top 100 podcasts of the year and you should be able to find a show or two worth checking out. I ‘may’ have doctored the above screenshot. Maybe next year I won’t have to, but… Read More ›
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