Author Archives
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The Analog Spaces In Digital Companies
Primo Orpilla, the co-founder of the architecture and design firm Studio O+A, has been designing offices for digital-technology companies for more than thirty years, basically since the start of the PC era. His clients have included Cisco and Microsoft, PayPal… Read More ›
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A History Of The Photo Camera
You can learn a lot in 90 seconds. Great video.
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Are all phones the same in 2016?
Mike Murphy posted the above photo on Twitter and what an exciting line-up of varied and enticing phone designs it is. At least there is a difference in specifications as shown by Quartz– Yes yes, I am being sarcastic, but… Read More ›
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iPhone 7 Plus VS DSLR Camera
A video is likely the best way to compare such diverse products.
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Loser on the Moon
For those among the world’s inhabitants who take for granted that one day, in some far flung corner of the cosmos, a preternaturally melancholic being — earthling or otherwise — will come by chance to hear a Leonard Cohen song… Read More ›
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Fences: A Brexit Diary
Back in the old neighborhood in North West London after a long absence, I went past the local primary school and noticed a change. Many of my oldest friends were once students here, and recently—when a family illness returned us… Read More ›
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The Most Influential Images of All Time
A stunning resource from TIME which gets better when you click each image. Not all of the photos are easy to look at though so be careful if you are easily upset.
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Three breached
The company confirmed the breach on Thursday evening but declined to say whether customers’ data was stolen or how many have been affected. Three said that the data accessed included names, phone numbers, addresses and dates of birth, but added… Read More ›
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Dumping on Apple
Seems like we’re dumping on Apple a lot lately. But I just read this excerpted from an Ars Technica article: iFixit also found a smaller (albeit still firmly glued-in) battery—something we already knew about from the spec sheet—as well as… Read More ›
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George Lucas: A Life
On May 25, 1977, a problem-plagued, budget-straining independent science-fiction film opened in a mere thirty-two American movie theaters. Conceived, written, and directed by a little-known filmmaker named George Lucas, the movie originally called The Star Wars quickly drew blocks-long lines,… Read More ›
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