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• Is anything better value for money than a book?

  By Shaun on January 3, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  I was pondering this recently when I finished a book that had taken me 2 months to read. I am not a prolific reader by any means, but I like to catch a few minutes each day and also have… Read More ›

• Couriers are safer than encryption?

  By Shaun on January 3, 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  Speaking to reporters during his New Year’s Eve party at the exclusive Mar-a-Lago club in Florida, Trump addressed the thorny problem of cybersecurity. “I’ll tell you what: no computer is safe,” he said. “I don’t care what they say.” It… Read More ›

• What Could Have Entered the Public Domain on January 1, 2017?

  By Shaun on January 3, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Current US law extends copyright for 70 years after the date of the author’s death, and corporate “works-for-hire” are copyrighted for 95 years after publication. But prior to the 1976 Copyright Act (which became effective in 1978), the maximum copyright… Read More ›

• Apple’s AirPods for Android

  By Shaun on January 3, 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  There are plenty of great Android-compatible Bluetooth headphones that are both cheaper and sound better than the Apple AirPods. But there are none that I want to walk around in my ears with as consistently, and that leads to me… Read More ›

• I love this dog

  By Shaun on January 3, 2017 • ( 3 )

  

  Tamás Szarka has a boxer dog called Strawberry who is rather adorable. Some of the faces he pulls in this portfolio are brilliant.

• Assassin’s Creed Paper Parkour

  By Shaun on January 2, 2017 • ( 0 )

  Apparently the movie is awful, but the work above from Serene Teh is stunning.

• The little things mean a lot

  By Shaun on January 2, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Cute. Listen to a Star Wars song on Spotify and the progress bar turns into a lightsaber. Great tweet from Tom Mason.

• One second means a lot

  By Shaun on January 2, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  There probably were not a lot of us that noticed it during the countdown to midnight, and the New Year, last Saturday, but this year, time needed a tweak. At 23:59:59 on December 31, 2016, an additional second was added… Read More ›

• AirPods: A Magic Moment

  By Shaun on January 2, 2017 • ( 4 )

  I happened to wake up at around 11:30, and at that point figured I may as well stay up to see the ball drop. I quietly grabbed my phone, started my Slingbox and tuned it to ABC. When the time… Read More ›

• POMO Waffle: a smart watch for kids

  By Shaun on January 2, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Meet POMO WAFFLE, a fun and fashionable smartwatch for kids that includes several useful safety features for parents. The POMO WAFFLE is easy setup, use, and maintain. POMO WAFFLE is the first GPS smartwatch that helps kids understand responsibility, express… Read More ›