Author Archives
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A fractal analysis of neurological changes in seven artists
The notion that artistic capability increases with dementia is both novel and largely unsupported by available literature. Recent research has suggested an emergence of artistic capabilities to be a by-product of involuntary behaviour seen with dementia, as opposed to a… Read More ›
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You look after it for the next generation…
Talk to someone who knows nothing about watches and within 60 seconds you’ll no doubt be asked about “that brand” with the “you know … you look after it for the next generation” advertising campaign. Patek Philippe has been using… Read More ›
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This Is How I Work
The company now known as Basecamp was founded 17 years ago by Jason Fried, Carlos Segura, and Ernest Kim. Originally called 37signals and involved with various types of web design and development—including products like Campfire as well as what became… Read More ›
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Philips ActionFit SHQ6500 wireless earbuds in an AirPods world (review)
In a world where the Apple AirPods exist, the most Apple product in years, it is possible boom time for competitors or the end of the road. The fact is that the AirPods are actually not expensive when you look… Read More ›
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drive space and network speeds have flatlined?
Hard drives ain’t getting bigger, the right side of that line is flat. Compare that to Komorowski’s 2009 post, when things were a bit more rosy… I’m feeling this now because I’m been looking for an excuse to replace my… Read More ›
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An entire life repairing cameras
That’s a lot of camera fixing expertise.
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Family resists Google
A Bay Area family is holding on to its ramshackle farmstead in the heart of Google’s sprawling headquarters despite reason to believe it has been offered $5m to $7m by the tech giant for the tiny patch of land. The land… Read More ›
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Nixon Unit Boba Fett Watch
A limited reissue of Nixon’s ultimate Star Wars watch. We already love the design of The Unit digital wrist watch, and it’s just that much better dressed in Mandalorian armor. Offers 12/24h time, dual time, calendar, temperature, countdown, chronograph, alarm… Read More ›
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Watch nerdery
There are so many reasons to be a watch nerd and Hodinkee fits right into that, as the above summing up of 2016 shows.
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Once you have a mobile system that works…
I was looking at the App Store the other day and yet again I found nothing that I wanted to install. It has been this way for about a year now and I think it is because I have reached… Read More ›
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