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• The typo that led a man to a stranger’s stag party

  By Shaun on January 23, 2019 • ( 0 )

  The email, titled Angelo’s bachelor party, had been intended for a small group of friends. It set out the details of an upcoming ski trip to Vermont, to “send Angelo off” into married life. Will doesn’t know anyone called Angelo…. Read More ›

• The same red cabin

  By Shaun on January 22, 2019 • ( 0 )

  It was in August 2013 that I by accident stumbled upon the red cabin and its surrounding lake. I assume the location has been photographed before my first attempts at capturing its inherent beauty and charm… More here. Same place,… Read More ›

• I Fought Apple and Won

  By Shaun on January 22, 2019 • ( 0 )

  I continued the conversation with the store duty manager and she said the best she can do is take 25% off the replacement handset price of AUD$800 (or close to it). I was not about to pay an additional $600… Read More ›

• The Best Wireless Active Noise Cancelling Headphones

  By Shaun on January 22, 2019 • ( 0 )

  The journey was prompted by my own desire to replace an aging pair of wired Bose QuietComfort 25s with something new. That pair has travelled with me around the world without missing a beat, so its replacement had big shoes… Read More ›

• The Swiss Dreams Watchphone

  By Shaun on January 21, 2019 • ( 0 )

  Oh yes, this design attracts eyes! What a vivid idea, what a luxurious performance! The design of this smartphone is a story about how the world changes, how modern achievements conquer it and creates a new vision, new references, new… Read More ›

• The best Windows laptop is a MacBook

  By Shaun on January 21, 2019 • ( 6 )

  And then the Best Buy salesman tossed in a suggestion I hadn’t expected: “You could always get her a MacBook.” “What?” “Some things will look a little different. Some of the programs she works with would be different. But there’s… Read More ›

• I fail to understand Apple…

  By Shaun on January 20, 2019 • ( 0 )

  I fail to understand why companies like Apple don’t address the entire market. That means various smartphone sizes and various smartphone prices. I don’t believe that making a less expensive phone with fewer features eats away at the higher priced… Read More ›

• Brexit is a lie

  By Shaun on January 20, 2019 • ( 1 )

  May’s defeat should dispel any illusion that there is a happy ending to the Brexit story. The truth of the matter is that the project that defined May’s premiership — negotiating a Brexit deal acceptable to both the EU and… Read More ›

• Wear OS is doomed

  By Shaun on January 20, 2019 • ( 0 )

  It’s all being blown way out of proportion. The Fossil deal is not going to fix Wear OS. This is not the acquisition that will lead to a Pixel Watch. In reality, the deal was probably too small to really… Read More ›

• Going For A Song

  By Shaun on January 20, 2019 • ( 0 )

  Garth Cartwright has travelled the length and breadth of the country, conducting more than 100 interviews with some of the icons of the record shop trade and the wider music industry, including Martin Mills (Beggars Banquet), Geoff Travis (Rough Trade),… Read More ›