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• How Much Are You Giving Away?

  By Shaun on October 29, 2017 • ( 3 )

  

  As part of the Vitality program, which is designed to offer perks to policyholders who live healthy lifestyles, employees at those companies could buy a $350 Apple Watch for just $25, and earn an almost-free watch along with insurance discounts… Read More ›

• Mark Ronson and Chopard

  By Shaun on October 29, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  So what to make of the watch on Ronson’s wrist? As it happens, the Chopard LUC XP (£6,770) is itself a sharp and refreshing take on a celebrated style: a crisp steel dress watch that takes a more casual, paired-down… Read More ›

• Touch at Your Own Risk

  By Shaun on October 29, 2017 • ( 0 )

  Now that is funny

• The smart home of the future from the past

  By Shaun on October 29, 2017 • ( 0 )

  Using an IBM PC AT to control the lights in your house? YEP. Enjoy this history, setup, and demonstration of one of the X-10 Powerhouse and the HAL 2000 voice-controlled assistant! Needs a bit of work.

• Who do you trust?

  By Shaun on October 28, 2017 • ( 3 )

  

  Really not sure I trust Carphone Warehouse to deliver even though on the order it said the following which looked good, but the ‘from’ word is strangely placed- And then it said this- To me, there is a sense that… Read More ›

• Shoes vs watches

  By Shaun on October 28, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  The perfectly symmetrical heels feature three-carat rare pink and one-carat blue diamonds, which alone cost over $128k (USD).There are four flawless three-carat diamonds and 1000 pointer diamonds set in platinum framing the piped and quilted details, which are meant to… Read More ›

• Ericsson R380 Commercial

  By Shaun on October 28, 2017 • ( 0 )

  That still seems quite impressive to me.

• Brexit is stupidest thing any country has done besides Trump

  By Shaun on October 28, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  “It is really hard to understand why a country that was doing so well wanted to ruin it,” Bloomberg said of Brexit. “It was not a smart thing to do and getting out of it is going to be very… Read More ›

• Daylight saving time and oppression

  By Shaun on October 28, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  President Woodrow Wilson formally introduced the United States to daylight saving time in 1918, justifying it as wartime thrift. Over the following century it was variously resisted, overturned, reintroduced and modified, reaching its current dimensions with the Energy Policy Act… Read More ›

• Bullying Jr.

  By Shaun on October 28, 2017 • ( 1 )

  Worth a watch.