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It went to the moon, James Bond wore it. Who cares?
Is it just me who is turned off by the thought of a watch being special because the same model went to the moon? Is it just me who feels even more turned off because a fictional film character wore… Read More ›
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A Surge of New Plastic…
Companies like ExxonMobil, Shell, and Saudi Aramco are ramping up output of plastic — which is made from oil and gas, and their byproducts — to hedge against the possibility that a serious global response to climate change might reduce… Read More ›
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Not all women want women’s watches
I showed my wife a selection of women’s watches listed in a recent edition of WatchTime and she was far from impressed. She is not a girly girl, but does like feminine things when it comes to jewellery. She does… Read More ›
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The Secretive Company That Might End Privacy as We Know It
His tiny company, Clearview AI, devised a groundbreaking facial recognition app. You take a picture of a person, upload it and get to see public photos of that person, along with links to where those photos appeared. The system —… Read More ›
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Nototo
Studies over the past few decades have shown that humans have a remarkable ability to remember images and space. By presenting notes as objects on a 2-d plane, Nototo allows users to build a unified mental map, or memory palace,… Read More ›
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Watch Shopping With Kevin O’Leary
What struck me most about this excellent video was the comment by Kevin where he said about Grand Seiko, ‘you are buying an $80,000 watch for $5,000’. Praise indeed! Part 1 is below and that is even better…
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Selling Hedonism in Postwar America
Before World War II, the U.S. was notoriously dominated by puritanical values that elevated productivity and denigrated pleasurable consumption. In the postwar period, marketing and advertising experts pushed back against this value system. Among the most important figures in this… Read More ›
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The (Unofficial) Apple Archive
Dedicated to the unsung studio designers, copywriters, producers, ADs, CDs, and everyone else who creates wonderful things. Dedicated to those who stayed up late and got up early to get on the family iMac to recreate event slides in Keynote…. Read More ›
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The complete guide to Omega
For the more worldly adventurers out there, Omega’s Seamaster Aqua Terra 150M combines facets of cartography, expeditionary planning, and ocean-inspired accents, to create something absolutely wondrous. A robust 43-millimeter stainless-steel case, integrated blue rubber strap, and solid polished link make… Read More ›
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Easy Pay (Apple made this!)
I guess Apple didn’t always display the best taste- the worst video you will see today. via The Loop.
