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• Why is the Galaxy Fold even on sale?

  By Shaun on September 28, 2019 • ( 2 )

  

  We can’t say the company didn’t warn us. As I noted the other day, Samsung issued a video prior to launch, advising users to “Just use a light touch,” B/W the footnote, “Do not apply excessive pressure to it.” The… Read More ›

• Vintage Electric’s Roadster Bike

  By Shaun on September 28, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Introducing the all new Roadster from Vintage Electric. The next evolution in our electric transportation arsenal. The Roadster takes the premium craftsmanship and performance of the Tracker and raises the bar to further amplify your ride experience… More here. You… Read More ›

• Citizen PRT AW7031-54A review

  By Shaun on September 28, 2019 • ( 3 )

  

  Now and again I see a watch that stands out to me in a shop window and I’m not quite sure why. I saw the PRT in a local jewellers a couple of months ago and saw it again yesterday… Read More ›

• The GREATE$T Trick of Boris, Brexit & Trump

  By Shaun on September 27, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  How the greatest illusion of our time quietly transfers your money to the super rich. The truth is hidden by Boris, Brexit, Trump, and the trade war. Well worth a look.

• Decimal: a vintage watch font

  By Shaun on September 27, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Instead of trying to reproduce the anarchic (and sometimes impractical) letters from actual watches, Decimal dissects the style into discrete themes, reassembling them in a different but more useful order. In the Breitling watch above, each model of letter G… Read More ›

• It just works, and works and works

  By Shaun on September 26, 2019 • ( 4 )

  

  I bought my iMac in 2009 and used it heavily for all of my writing and many other things for 7 years. In all of that time it rarely put a foot wrong and I felt that it was well… Read More ›

• Is Apple Arcade worth it?

  By Shaun on September 26, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  What your $4.99 doesn’t get you is a product worth shouting about. Apple Arcade is fine if you like to burn through simple, mobile games. But if you were hoping for something more — something that would push mobile gaming… Read More ›

• Echo Buds (oops!)

  By Shaun on September 26, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Everything you love about Alexa, now in true wireless earbuds. Enjoy premium sound, limit background noise with Bose Active Noise Reduction, and get up to 5 hours of music playback on a single charge. Advanced microphones give you hands-free access… Read More ›

• New NOMOS sports watches

  By Shaun on September 26, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  It’s easy to categorise NOMOS as one type of watch, but these are fabulous. Not cheap, but a real surprise. The three watches we have here today are the Tangente Sport Neomatik 42 Date, the Tangente Sport Neomatik 42 Date… Read More ›

• Why can’t we agree on what’s true any more?

  By Shaun on September 25, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  Much of the outrage that floods social media, occasionally leaking into opinion columns and broadcast interviews, is not simply a reaction to events themselves, but to the way in which they are reported and framed. The “mainstream media” is the… Read More ›