Author Archives
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What happens to your brain when you don’t get enough sleep?
First, when we accumulate a sleep debt, we lose some of the subjective ability to judge how that lack of sleep affects us.Second, even though we don’t realize it, objective tests show that we continue to have “deficits … in… Read More ›
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The RM UP-01 Ferrari
The RM UP-01 Ferrari is 1.75mm thick, $1,888,000 and appears to be somehow good value for money. Genuinely, it’s ridiculously amazing. Sporting mechanisms that are as elegant as they are immediately recognisable. An identical obsession with excellence, precision, reliability and… Read More ›
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The most British of things
Love this for so many reasons. Let’s just hope that today is the beginning of the end of the Johnson reign… Thanks to Marc.
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Apple Wallet is the stickiest of sticky things
Now, with its foundation being laid over the last decade, Apple is putting its foot on the accelerator to make Apple Wallet inescapable, for better or worse. Apps will soon be able to get ID and age verification (enabled by… Read More ›
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Rudderless HTC
Presumably the buzzword gimmicks are meant as a distraction from the fact that the HTC Desire 22 Pro is a generic-looking mid-range phone. It has a Snapdragon 695, a 120 Hz, 6.6-inch, 2412×1080 LCD, 8GB of RAM, 128GB of storage,… Read More ›
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2 years ago, Boris Johnson gave this speech…
Marina highlighted the above in this tweet as she challenges anyone ‘to find a single part of it, that hasn’t turned out to be complete bollocks.’ I thought I would highlight the most obvious aspects that turned out to be… Read More ›
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“Atari Was Very, Very Hard”
When you hear the name “Atari,” if you’re of a certain generation, you might think back to a period in the very late 1970s and early 1980s when the Atari 2600 home video game console seemed unstoppable. But prior to… Read More ›
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A collaborative ASCII art project
I don’t understand much about this art project and I am not sure what it does exactly, but I like clicking on it. Someone sent this to me, apologies but I cannot remember who. Thanks anyway!
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No parent should have to experience this…
I was unaware of Technoblade, but the video above got me big time. Hearing the pain he is feeling and the way he explains how impressive his son was is heartbreaking.
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‘The’ custom BMW R18
While relaxing at home, Brice stumbled across a documentary about the old AVUS circuit in Berlin—a road that was specifically designed to function as both a freeway and a race track. Since the R18 is built in Berlin, it felt… Read More ›
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