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• The BBC by subscription

  By Shaun on October 18, 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  The BBC could be made to scrap the TV licence and charge a Netflix-style fee, the culture secretary has suggested. Nicky Morgan has opened the door to the BBC becoming a subscription service, saying she was “open-minded” about a change… Read More ›

• Is the Citizen Excaliber (BN0100-51E) the best budget diver available today?

  By Shaun on October 18, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Yes it is, in my humble opinion. The thing with this watch is that it ticks so many boxes at such a low price point that it makes me wonder why the rest cannot do this? Seiko, Bulova, Hamilton, Tissot,… Read More ›

• 5G doesn’t really exist… yet

  By Shaun on October 17, 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  What a facile, bullshit article from Bloomberg. Where is the proof that the lack of 5G is “stinging” Apple in any way? By all reports, iPhone 11 sales are up over last year, not down. 5G is a niche technology… Read More ›

• The Rise and Fall of Timex Dundee

  By Shaun on October 17, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  1993 – Scotland’s last full-blooded strike. Thousands of protestors, police and press outside the Timex Camperdown Factory. The furious death throes of an industry that had employed generations of Dundonians – the vast majority women. For most, working for Timex… Read More ›

• Click to pray

  By Shaun on October 16, 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  The device — which can be worn as a bracelet — is made up of 10 consecutive black agate and hematite rosary beads, plus a data-storing “smart cross.” Once activated, the wearer can choose to pray the standard rosary, a… Read More ›

• Classico Hourstriker Phantom

  By Shaun on October 16, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Hand in hand, Devialet engineers, experts in distortion phenomena, collaborated with Ulysse Nardin’s watchmakers specialized in sound to redefine each step in the audio signal chain sent from Ulysse Nardin’s striking mechanisms to deliver the best performance ever recorded on… Read More ›

• The Body

  By Shaun on October 15, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  In the bestselling, prize-winning A Short History of Nearly Everything Bill Bryson achieved the seemingly impossible by making the science of our world both understandable and entertaining to millions of people around the globe. Now he turns his attention inwards… Read More ›

• Why I Will Never Want a Smartwatch

  By Shaun on October 15, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Basically, a smartwatch, even a great one (which does not exist) is like NFC—the “futuristic” technology that lets you pay for things by tapping your phone against something instead of swiping your credit card, and which has never really caught… Read More ›

• The Evolution of Kitchen Appliances

  By Shaun on October 14, 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  Today’s kitchens have changed from even just 20 years ago. It seems like now we have an appliance for everything – from deshelling hard-boiled eggs to mincing garlic. Kitchens are pretty high tech in the 21st century… More here. This… Read More ›

• Is the Oysterquartz a sleeping giant?

  By Shaun on October 14, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  I keep looking at the Rolex Oysterquartz and can’t help wondering if it will become much more valuable that it is currently. It was produced for a limited time in comparison to other Rolex models and actually holds a few… Read More ›