Author Archives
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Reassessing priorities…
Apple is currently undergoing an executive team shakeup, a new report from the Wall Street Journal claims. As a result of the reorganization and personnel changes, several projects have had the pause button hit. This is reportedly so that managers can “reassess… Read More ›
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Coffee makes you live longer
A ratio of 1 indicated no observable impact of coffee drinking, while a ratio of 0.5 would mean that coffee drinking subjects were half as likely to die as the non-drinkers. Since the ratios researchers assigned to the drinkers of… Read More ›
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The Deux Watch
A well-crafted chronograph watch offers the perfect meld of engineering and style. But sometimes, all those complex mechanics can feel somewhat overbearing. Especially when all you want is to know how much time has passed in the day without having… Read More ›
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Note Roller
Simple, sophisticated and carefully curated for everyday living. A small list maker, always at the ready to help you jot things down as they pop up. Perfect for shopping lists, phone messages, orders and any day to day note that… Read More ›
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It’s a Gas!
It’s a Gas! explores the surprisingly diverse world of the gas station—a functional high tech temple, a transit zone, a film set, a converted residence, or an abandoned ruin hidden in a backyard. The world of pumps is full of… Read More ›
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The crazy world of watch pricing
It is not easy to justify the purchase of an expensive watch if you have any part of your brain that is reasonable. Passion is an expensive thing at times and is what drives the watch market. I thought about… Read More ›
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Music
In the beginning (well, my beginning anyway) there were LPs and my parents old 33s. Then cameth cassette tapes and behold the radiant wonder of the CD. Upon this time was a golden age of mixtapes, whereupon one might assemble… Read More ›
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Intrigued.
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Impossible to function without the big five tech giants?
The technophobic tendency to attribute this failure to lack of moral fibre should be resisted. It’s not easy to cut yourself off from a system that links you to friends, family and employer, all of whom expect you to be… Read More ›
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Meet the Pangolin
Pangolins are unlike any other animal I’ve ever seen. They’re distantly related to bears and dogs, but they’re in their own taxonomic family. And they’re mammals—the world’s only mammal with real scales… More here. Amazing creature.
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