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How can one person compete with a device linked to everyone you’ve ever known?
Imagine that you are interviewing a candidate for a job in your office. You switch your mobile phone to silent mode and place it face down on a table several feet from where you and the candidate are sitting. This… Read More ›
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George Daniels, A Master Watchmaker & His Art
George Daniels is a polarizing and fascinating figure. He was a watchmaker you hear stories about, one you idolize for his many confident successes, and one you try to emulate as a rags-to-riches type of self-made triumph on a human… Read More ›
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Fruit and vegetables skateboarding
And why not. You can see more here.
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America’s quietest town
There’s a town in West Virginia where there are tight restrictions on mobile signal, wifi and other parts of what most of us know as simply: modern life. It means Green Bank is a place unlike anywhere else in the… Read More ›
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Any iPhone camera will do
I was checking out a new watch yesterday and decided to quickly snap a photo of it with my iPhone SE (above). Natural light was coming in through the window behind me, but it was only when I zoomed in… Read More ›
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Which phone has the best battery life in 2016?
Some varied results, but largely in line with expectations.
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White Rainbow
I ventured down to Rannoch Moor today with fellow talented Scottish landscape photographer Scott Robertson in preparation for my four day workshop that starts this Thursday when I saw this unbelievably beautiful white rainbow also known as a fog bow…… Read More ›
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Grandma’s wrong number
The heartwarming tale of a grandma texting a Thanksgiving invitation to the wrong number just got a perfect ending. After 17-year-old Jamal Hinton from Phoenix, Arizona, received a text message inviting him to Thanksgiving dinner from an unknown number claiming… Read More ›
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Crippling phones while driving
The problem for the NHTSA is that these are all just guidelines. Not only are these guidelines voluntary (meaning car makers could choose to forego implementing a special driver mode), but if the terms seem too onerous, users will just… Read More ›
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Fidel Castro is dead!
Elias Isquith tweeted the above image detailing the official statement of the current US President regarding Fidel Castro’s death. It’s elegant, dignified and offers a hand of friendship. So it’s only right that the next President of the United States… Read More ›
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