Author Archives
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Non-browning apples
The first genetically modified apples will go on sale in the US next month, according to agricultural site Capital Press. The fruit, produced by Okanagan Specialty Fruits and sold under the brand name Arctic Apples, were approved by the USDA… Read More ›
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Easy Restore All Of Your Computer’s Settings Using Dropbox
Just to be clear, Dropbox isn’t backup software; it’s a syncing service. If you delete a file and that change is synced, and your file no longer exists. I really love the things you can do with Dropbox. And since… Read More ›
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Donald Trump has surrendered his Android phone
Donald Trump has given up his beloved Android phone ahead of today’s inauguration, the Associated Press reports, though it is unclear what type of device he will use in the White House. According to The New York Times, Trump is… Read More ›
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A permission-grabbing privacy disaster
Meitu is one of Google Play’s “Sand Hill” apps, part of the company’s accelerator for apps with “viral potential” — take a pic of yourself and Meitu will make you over to look like an anime character, and all they… Read More ›
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On Leonard Cohen, Fandom, and Posterity
They who tend to be a mite sensitive to begin with. And remember also the bad old days, before the present éminence grise phase of the career. When to speak too lovingly about Leonard Cohen was a sure way to… Read More ›
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Fée Ondine Automaton by Van Cleef & Arpels
François Junod not only gives life to a fairy, a flower and a butterfly, but also to the undulating movements of the water lily leaf. Working in an atelier in Sainte-Croix, Junod and his team designed and crafted an automaton… Read More ›
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Temporary stuff
It dawned on me recently that mst media I now purchase is temporary and that a lot of it is in a place I am unaware of. For example, when I purchase films they sit on an iTunes server,… Read More ›
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The filter bubble
Any technology is in itself neutral. With the possible exception of what artificial intelligence will become. Bob I think that there is a degree of nuance here, and a need to be slightly careful in referring to technology as “neutral”. If… Read More ›
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AirPods vs Apple Watch (again)
I’ll bet that AirPods were designed by a small team whereas the watch always felt like design by committee. Certainly one possible reason why there was such a major change in WatchOS 3. AirPods don’t have the range of functions… Read More ›
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What is innovation?
Arguing with my sparring partner, we got to think about what innovation is, like the iPhone launch – if it was more the thunderbolt of a new idea, or incremental progress suddenly revealed. I think it’s both – someone high… Read More ›
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