Author Archives
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Rainbows go all the way around
You learn something…
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The Singer Track1 Chronograph
The Track1 is the result of a three-way partnership between Singer founder Rob Dickinson, watch designer Marco Borraccino, and watchmaker Jean-Marc Wiederrecht. Dickinson and Borraccino met and eventually decided to make a watch together, and Wiederrect was then brought into… Read More ›
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Lenovo’s bendable tablet
The future?
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1986 Google Pi Intercom
This is a 1986 Radio Shack Intercom that I’ve converted into a Google Home style device using a Raspberry Pi and the Google AIY (Artificial Intelligence Yourself) kit that came free with the MagPi magazine (issue 57). It uses the… Read More ›
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Turn off your push notifications
Apple made push a system-wide feature in 2008, and Google did the same soon after. Suddenly, there was a way for anyone to jump into your phone when they wanted your attention. Push notifications proved to be a marketer’s dream:… Read More ›
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I see a little silhouetto of a man
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Bejla
She had just learned to walk and she is exploring New York. Lovely video.
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The earliest comics
But a century after they were first published, those original comics were deteriorating badly. Maresca realized that he had an opportunity to honor the comic and its creator for its centennial. He had a full run of the series, and… Read More ›
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The cognitive differences between men and women
At the time, this was not a universally popular idea. The neuroscience community had largely considered any observed sex-associated differences in cognition and behavior in humans to be due to the effects of cultural influences. Animal researchers, for their part,… Read More ›
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The Importance of Email Typography

