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• What if we didn’t need jobs?

  By Shaun on February 24, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  These days, everybody from Left to Right – from the economist Dean Baker to the social scientist Arthur C Brooks, from Bernie Sanders to Donald Trump – addresses this breakdown of the labour market by advocating ‘full employment’, as if… Read More ›

• Bespoke Watch Straps

  By Shaun on February 24, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  I went to my loft, where my shoe overspill is located: yes, I have well over 100 pairs of footwear from Converse and other sport brands to smart shoes from Church’s and Grenson. I removed the canvas from the sole… Read More ›

• Grandaddy, ‘Last Place’

  By Shaun on February 24, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Jason Lytle was burnt out. In the years following the release of Grandaddy’s beloved The Sophtware Slump at the turn of the century, the Modesto, Calif., indie-rock band had hit a wall of diminishing returns and inter-band frustrations. And Lytle,… Read More ›

• The Origins of the White Collar Worker

  By Shaun on February 23, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  They labored in poorly lit, smoky single rooms, attached to merchants and lawyers, to insurance concerns and banks. They had sharp penmanship and bad eyes, extravagant clothes but shrunken, unused bodies, backs cramped from poor posture, fingers callused by constant… Read More ›

• What does the Apple watch do?

  By Shaun on February 23, 2017 • ( 2 )

  

  I have been wearing an Apple Watch for the past few days to see if I can bring up some enthusiasm to understand why some people love it so much. I have failed again. The fitness bit makes sense because… Read More ›

• Fakespot: find fake Amazon and Yelp reviews

  By Shaun on February 23, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Fakespot helps smart shoppers make informed decisions. The Fakespot iOS app allows you to easily and instantly analyze Amazon product reviews with just a few clicks straight from the Amazon product page or within the Amazon app. We are a… Read More ›

• Possibly the weirdest smartphone accessory ever

  By Shaun on February 23, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Android Smartphone USB Endoscope can take photo and record video. And the photos & video can be stored directly in your android Smartphone/tablet or PC, the whole process of recording. It is very conveniences for observation and follow-up analysis. For… Read More ›

• The Nine Stages of Forgetting your Phone

  By Shaun on February 23, 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  Well worth checking out the whole comic strip.

• The MMT E-Strap Smart Module Watch Straps

  By Shaun on February 23, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Ostensibly, something like the MMT E-Strap allows you to wear any old watch that you want and have some smarts (the aforementioned tracking) built into the experience. This is the “best of both worlds” compromise that I would consider a… Read More ›

• Every NYT front page since 1852: how photography took over

  By Shaun on February 23, 2017 • ( 0 )

  The above video is a compelling way to demonstrate how photographs became so important in print publishing for grabbing attention.