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• Please Knock on My Door

  By Shaun on March 1, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Please Knock on My Door is a simple game about a person living with depression. The protagonist, a blocky, inky-black character, lives a fairly standard life: Wake up, go to work, come home, repeat. The days are punctuated with mundane… Read More ›

• Timex Weekender Watch Review

  By Shaun on March 1, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  The Timex Weekender is unique because it is so completely derivative. If you think of a basic watch, the Weekender likely comes to mind and this is what makes it so unbelievably cool. When you wear a Weekender, you are… Read More ›

• When organisations don’t bother validating email signups

  By Shaun on March 1, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  I received 3 emails overnight saying that I had signed up for offers, deals, newsletters and various other crap that I did not need or want. At first I thought it was just normal spam, but then I looked a… Read More ›

• A Fingerprint Scanner That Can Be Placed Beneath the Display. And so it begins…

  By Shaun on March 1, 2017 • ( 9 )

  

  Apple has just been granted a new patent over at the USPTO. Much like the previous patents, this one too is pertaining to the iPhone fingerprint scanner. As per the filing, Apple wants to devise a way wherein the fingerprint… Read More ›

• Why Nothing Works Anymore

  By Shaun on March 1, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  “No… it’s a magic potty,” my daughter used to lament, age 3 or so, before refusing to use a public restroom stall with an automatic-flush toilet. As a small person, she was accustomed to the infrared sensor detecting erratic motion… Read More ›

• The Raspberry Pi Zero W

  By Shaun on March 1, 2017 • ( 5 )

  Today is Raspberry Pi’s fifth birthday: it’s five years since we launched the original Raspberry Pi, selling a hundred thousand units in the first day, and setting us on the road to a lifetime total (so far) of over twelve… Read More ›

• The best 50 Apple Watch apps

  By Shaun on March 1, 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  Choosing the best Apple Watch apps is the best way to bring your Apple Watch Series 2 or first gen Apple Watch to life. One of the most impressive things about Apple’s ecosystem is the selection of apps compared to… Read More ›

• Simplicity is tremendously difficult

  By Shaun on March 1, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Technically, the new H. Moser & Cie Endeavour Perpetual Calendar Purity remains identical to the previous editions of the Schaffhausen-based Manufacture’s QP. And to be honest, no complaints, as there’s not much to improve on this movement. Indeed, it certainly… Read More ›

• The Nikon D5 and D500 100th anniversary set

  By Shaun on March 1, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  I received these pictures of new graphite/gunmetal gray color Nikon D5, D500 camera sets and three Nikkor lens sets designed for Nikon’s 100th anniversary that were on display at the CP+ show in Japan. There is no information on pricing… Read More ›

• Gemini PDA: the most exciting mobile product I have seen in 10 years

  By Shaun on February 28, 2017 • ( 12 )

  

  The folks at UK-based Planet Computers want to bring back the idea of a small, clamshell computer. And they’ve partnered with the designer of the classic Psion Series 5 to do it. The Gemini is basically a tiny laptop featuring… Read More ›