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Bear
As of this week, after the better part of a decade, I’m no longer an Evernote user. There are many reasons why — its ever-bloating feature set, its rising prices, its privacy gaffes — but the biggest reason why is… Read More ›
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Paragraph of the year
A political post, but how well written is that paragraph? It sums up a lot and says even more in very few words. via John Harris.
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A luxurious hotel room anywhere
DROP box is part of the DROP microarchitecture collection, a modular hotel suite suitable to be installed on natural locations… More at Intenta Design. That is sooooo cool!
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Taking Good Photographs on a Bright and Sunny Day
Midday is one of the most difficult times to shoot for any photographer. The brutal truth is that cameras struggle with the extreme light and photographers struggle with making that harsh light result in a pleasing image. That being said,… Read More ›
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Knockoff Apple Watch bands tested
Buying a full-price Sport Band for my Apple Watch ($49) is probably one of the dumbest financial decisions I’ve ever made. Sure, it’s a nice band, and I did want a workout-ready alternative to the fancy Milanese Loop I picked… Read More ›
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Uber names/blames… or maybe not
Uber names/blames me for account deletes, and has a different law firm -not Holders – investigating me. tweeted by Susan Fowler Rigetti. If you are unaware of the original story, you can read about it here. Not surprising that Uber… Read More ›
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Why I think I need a Psion-style device, but won’t be buying the Gemini PDA
The world has moved on a lot since Psion exited the mobile market, an exit that for most people is either a distant memory or of no consequence whatsoever. For those of us, however, who were introduced to the world… Read More ›
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He’s a Local Pillar in a Trump Town / Woman deported from UK despite being married to Briton for 27 years
Juan Carlos Hernandez Pacheco — just Carlos to the people of West Frankfort — has been the manager of La Fiesta, a Mexican restaurant in this city of 8,000, for a decade. Yes, he always greeted people warmly at the… Read More ›
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The CEO Paying Everyone $70,000 Salaries Has Something to Hide
It seemed too good to be true. On April 13, with reporters from the New York Times and NBC News hovering nearby, Dan Price, the young chief executive officer of Gravity Payments, a Seattle-based credit card processing company, told his… Read More ›
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I want a Talkase T3
This Talkase T3 GSM phone has just a 0.96-inch diagonal OLED display and also has a calculator type of looks. When you give this phone a look, you will understand that there was no special effort made to make it… Read More ›
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