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  • Post-Covid-19 airline travel

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    An Italian design firm has unveiled a new plane seat design that could be the future of air travel post-lockdown. It consists of a hygiene screen between each seat and a new middle seat that would face backwards. The screen… Read More ›

  • A low cost 11 inch iPad?

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    The China Times report unfortunately doesn’t offer much more information on the rumored 11-inch iPad. The report simply says that this year’s “low-cost iPad Air” will feature an increased screen size of “almost 11 inches” with mass production scheduled for… Read More ›

  • Walter Mitt Royal Marine Diver (BL-BR) review

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    If you buy a Walter Mitt watch you are not doing so because you want a well-know brand or a classic vintage piece that will impress your mates. You are buying a watch that is pretending to look like a… Read More ›

  • 34 years with a GMT Rolex

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    Well, I was asked if I could put up a video about my Rolex, because it is one of those devices which people have noticed on all my videos. So, just for Easter, here it is: my Rolex GMT-Master. I… Read More ›

  • Two free eBooks

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    Dan Moren has made two of his books free for a limited time. Showdown: A Galactic Cold War Story and Pilot Error: A Galactic Cold War Story can be downloaded from a variety of sources. Could be worth a go…. Read More ›

  • Kirby: Art and Style Collection

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    A stylish new collection of art and designs from the best-selling Kirby video games. Featuring twenty-five years worth of sketches, artwork, Japanese video game box art, and more. With exclusive notes from creators and artists who have brought Kirby to… Read More ›

  • Home is a Cup of Tea

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    Candace Rose Rardon is a sketch artist and writer based in Montevideo, Uruguay. Her work has appeared on National Geographic’s Intelligent Travel site, World Hum, BBC Travel, and in Lonely Planet travel anthologies, among others. She is also the founder… Read More ›

  • We Have the Power to Destroy Ourselves

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    We’ve survived 200,000 years so far—2000 centuries. There’ve been risks during that time, most famously of asteroids hitting the Earth, as seems to have happened 65 million years ago when the dinosaurs were wiped out. That’s one type of risk… Read More ›

  • Rolex and the Date Window

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    Before the Datejust came along, the elements and technology to make it possible were already in place and in use by various watch companies. Calendar watches would often display the date around the dial’s periphery with a centrally mounted hand… Read More ›

  • 38 days…

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    The Times published an article yesterday that would shock anyone who reads it. It would also not shock those who have spent any time at all viewing Boris Johnson with an unbiased eye. It is behind a paywall, one of… Read More ›