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• The school meals campaign

  By Shaun on October 25, 2020 • ( 0 )

  Cafes and restaurants across England have promised to feed children in the school holidays, despite the industry struggling to survive coronavirus restrictions. Responses to Manchester United footballer Marcus Rashford’s child food poverty campaign escalated after the government voted against extending… Read More ›

• Oreo built a doomsday vault in Norway

  By Shaun on October 25, 2020 • ( 0 )

  Asteroid 2018 VP1, dubbed the “Election Day Asteroid” because it’s scheduled to graze Earth on November 2nd, has a slim chance of entering Earth’s atmosphere, and even if it does it will disintegrate before impact. But Oreo isn’t taking any… Read More ›

• The Island That Humans Can’t Conquer

  By Shaun on October 24, 2020 • ( 0 )

  St. Matthew Island is said to be the most remote place in Alaska. Marooned in the Bering Sea halfway to Siberia, it is well over 300 kilometers and a 24-hour ship ride from the nearest human settlements. It looks fittingly… Read More ›

• Don’t doublewrist! You don’t need to.

  By Shaun on October 23, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Doublewristing is a dirty word in the watch world for a variety of reasons. Some simply hate smart watches in all of their guises and do not consider them to be watches at all. Others are uneasy about the smart… Read More ›

• McGST Podcast Episode 21 (Music) [Spotify only]

  By Shaun on October 23, 2020 • ( 3 )

  This episode is merely a selection of my favourite ten songs. I built it because of the new music integration feature in Spotify and wanted to give it a try. Please note that if you are not a Spotify Premium… Read More ›

• Captain Kirk knows best

  By Shaun on October 23, 2020 • ( 0 )

• When was a word first used in print?

  By Shaun on October 23, 2020 • ( 0 )

  When was a word first used in print? You may be surprised! Enter a date below to see the words first recorded on that year… More here. Thanks to Bob. A fun resource.

• Outspoken

  By Shaun on October 22, 2020 • ( 1 )

  Grown up views on the world around us. This blog will tackle some sensitive subjects in a thoughtful way- if you can’t handle it, don’t visit… More here. I found an old blog of mine the other day, most articles… Read More ›

• Apple’s powerful 2020 updates

  By Shaun on October 22, 2020 • ( 0 )

  But 5G aside, even after using Apple’s new iPhones just for a few minutes, I can tell it feels like a much more substantial upgrade than we’ve seen in the past two years of iPhone releases. The updated design and… Read More ›

• Kirk and Aimee

  By Shaun on October 22, 2020 • ( 0 )

  My lovely wife Aimee passed away just over three and a half years ago. She had been fighting breast cancer for seven years. After the first three years of surgery, chemo, and radiation therapy we thought she had beaten it…. Read More ›