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The World’s Ugliest Dogs
Ladies and gentlemen, I fear that the fix was in at this year’s World’s Ugliest Dog competition. A three-year-old Neopolitan Mastiff named Martha took the $1,500 top prize at the annual celebration of repulsiveness in Petaluma, California. No offense to… Read More ›
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I Hate Tennis
I’m a young man, relatively speaking. Thirty-six. But I wake as if 96. After two decades of sprinting, stopping on a dime, jumping high and landing hard, my body no longer feels like my body. Consequently my mind doesn’t feel… Read More ›
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Does it matter who designed your watch?
Nevertheless, the post-war rise of the designer was inevitably going to reach the watch world. That it did so first in the United States probably shouldn’t be a surprise. Movado’s Museum Watch, with its dial being defined by a solitary… Read More ›
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‘Oh, Jeremy Corbyn!’
Is it just me or will he almost certainly be our Prime Minister at some point this year?
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It was good while it lasted
It doesn’t seem so long since we were pretty much mentioning expansys on a weekly basis. It was the place to go if you wanted a smartphone or tablet without having a network tweaked model. Now times have changed and… Read More ›
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Timex will use a Micro-Electro-Mechanical System
What does this mean? Timex says the watch world is limited by the size and shape of traditional magnetic motors used today; but MEMS devices are really small, with components only able to be seen using a microscope. The two… Read More ›
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25 iPhone Secrets and Stories
The first iPhone call was ignored and went to voice mail. How prescient, right? Even the development team was like, “C’mon, man. Send me a text instead!” The intended recipient was Andy Grignon, an iPhone engineer, who told Merchant: Instead… Read More ›
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The World’s Largest Collection of Hello Kitty Memorabilia’s is Owned by a 67-year-old Man
Gunji, a retired police officer from Yotsukaido, in Japan’s Chiba Prefecture, bought his first Hello Kitty item over thee decades ago, at a sightseeing spot. He just thought it looked really cute, and it ended up making his stressful job… Read More ›
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The Ken Doll Reboot
Well, not anymore. Starting now, Mattel is re-imagining the all-American guy. He may not be as inspiring as an imaginary female solo homeowner or the first imaginary female president, but that doesn’t mean he can’t have a rich imaginary inner… Read More ›
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Bólido
The movement is supplied to us by a leading manufacturer and is hand-assembled by highly skilled craftsmen and women. The cost of such a movement relates to two main factors: Accuracy of adjustment in several position-angles The finishing of the… Read More ›
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