Author Archives
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Is the Kindle Paperwhite perfect?
My Kindle Paperwhite died last week after a long period of faithful service. A period in which it was used almost every day, in which it was charged about once a month and a time in which it never failed… Read More ›
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My son, the green bubble friend
My son’s iPhone 6 bent at the exact point that a lot of iPhone 6 phones bend and so we took it to Apple. It is 18 months old and Apple’s view was that they would give us a new… Read More ›
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Chris Porsz tracks down people he photographed decades ago
REUNIONS by Chris Porsz is unique. Chris has spent the last few years tracking down hundreds of the amazing people he photographed in the 1970s, 80s and 90s. Some were easy, some were hard, some were impossible to find. When… Read More ›
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The Jacob & Co. Epic SF 24
Understanding a bit about the brand might help to explain where something like the Jacob & Co. Epic SF 24 watch came from. It isn’t really inspired by anything Jacob & Co. has in the past – which is actually… Read More ›
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It’s easy to buy spectacles. Well, it should be.
Late last week, a Minionesque vending machine mysteriously appeared in a parking lot near Snap’s original offices in Venice, California. It was named Snapbot, and it was there to sell Specs, the company’s goofy new picture-taking sunglasses, for $130 a… Read More ›
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Wonderful Acts of Kindness
Following a biking accident, Welshman Dan Black was paralyzed from the chest down at age 22. He spent four years raising £22,000 in the hopes that a future stem-cell treatment might help him walk again one day. But then his… Read More ›
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Touché: download your own Mac Touch Bar
Touché lets you assign a global keyboard shortcut for easy toggling of the simulated Touch Bar window. Leave Touché running, and when inspiration to see the Touch Bar strikes? Just press the keyboard shortcut… Download it here, but you must… Read More ›
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Obama vs DSLR shutters
President-elect Trump met with President Obama for the first time this week, and the short press conference afterward can be seen in the 3-minute video above. But politics aside, the video has people talking for a different reason: everyone’s pointing… Read More ›
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Amazon offers unlimited music streaming
Amazon has brought its music streaming service to the UK for £7.99/month (Prime members price). A 30 day trial is also available. Why does £7.99 feel ‘so’ much cheaper than £9.99 to me? Odd.There is a seperate, even cheaper, deal… Read More ›
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How mirrors made us individual
Polished metal and obsidian mirrors have existed from ancient times, and because of this, historians have usually passed over the introduction of the glass mirror as if it was just another variation on an old theme. But the development of… Read More ›
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