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• The Whisky Watch

  By Shaun on March 23, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Swiss watchmaker Louis Moinet has partnered with Wealth Solutions, a Polish company that specialized in luxury collectibles to add a drop of Old Vatted Glenlivet 1862 — the oldest whiskey in the world — into a glass chamber in 50… Read More ›

• The Lomo’Instant Automat Glass

  By Shaun on March 23, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Lomography has announced a new camera called the Lomo’Instant Automat Glass. It’s the world’s first instant camera with a wide-angle glass lens. The 38mm lens (21mm equivalent in 35mm terms) on the front of the camera features 6 elements in… Read More ›

• Subscriptions are amazing value in the grand scheme of things

  By Shaun on March 22, 2017 • ( 11 )

  

  Netflix £7.49 / month Amazon Prime £79 / year Dropbox £79 / year Amazon Prime Music £7.99 / month When I work out the above, I pay £28.65 per month for thousands of films and TV shows, unlimited music streaming,… Read More ›

• Apple’s surprising(ish) updates

  By Shaun on March 22, 2017 • ( 2 )

  

  I’m not sure that the title is correct, but I would be interested to know what you thought of Apple’s hardware updates yesterday. The fact that there was no event is understandable because these were relatively minor changes, but just… Read More ›

• Which of these computers did you own?

  By Shaun on March 22, 2017 • ( 2 )

  

  This advert really takes me back, but I didn’t own any of them. I had a Vic 20 followed by a Spectrum (squishy keys) 48k followed by an Atari STE. via Russ.

• ‘My life was ruined by a typo’

  By Shaun on March 22, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  When Nigel Lang was wrongly arrested on suspicion of sharing indecent images of children, he says his life fell apart. It all stemmed from nothing more than a typing error by police. “When I was arrested, I feared what was… Read More ›

• How to talk on the telephone

  By Shaun on March 22, 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  I may have posted this before, but it’s still great fun to read. via Old Pics Archive.

• Future Boyfriend: A Short Film

  By Shaun on March 22, 2017 • ( 0 )

  Worth 10 minutes of your time today.

• Always Put a Comma Before “and” in a List

  By Shaun on March 22, 2017 • ( 7 )

  Do you go to the store for “cupcakes, vanilla, and chocolate” or “cupcakes, vanilla and chocolate”? There’s a long-running debate over whether it’s proper to include that last comma in a list. Well, forget proper. The comma makes things clearer,… Read More ›

• The 1984 Chevrolet Corvette

  By Shaun on March 22, 2017 • ( 0 )

  Be honest, you would love to drive this for an hour.