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  • Garmin Epix (gen 2) and a bunch of phantom steps

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    I thought this problem had gone away with the older Fitbit devices, but it appear to not be the case. My wife and I were driving back from Norfolk today and I noticed something strange happening. When we left I… Read More ›

  • FloxJam is here

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    Get it while you can! Thanks to Simon.

  • Lose the stand ring…

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    “That can be a little bit of unnecessary noise,” he says. If you’re in the middle of a project or focused, the buzz to stand up can make you lose focus and even create a little anxiousness to close that… Read More ›

  • Space 2081

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    Giving spaceships back their spotlight, Dalakishvili set out to design a watch that encapsulates the futuristic aesthetics and fine-tuned, technical details of spaceships. Space 2081 takes on subtle detailing to hone in on the watch’s futurist look and incorporates an… Read More ›

  • Don’t forget Covid

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    Daily cases: 67,159 (up by 23,142 from last week) Hospitalisations: 11,639 (up by 827 from last week) Deaths: 123 (up by 49 from last week) The original source is here (scroll down a bit). The fact that there has been… Read More ›

  • Apple (March 2021)

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    Tim Cook started by announcing weekly baseball Apple TV+ content. Baseball, a game that is a child’s version of cricket. Cricket, a game that is not a sport. It’s just standing around waiting for something to happen. So, as a… Read More ›

  • Scan your body… soon

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    Advanced sensors embedded in the handle are able to scan torso, arms, and legs to give a precise picture of body composition and overall fitness. Body Scan uses multi-frequency Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis (BIA) to measure body composition ultra-precisely by distinguishing… Read More ›

  • Selfie: How the West Became Self-Obsessed

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    We are living in an age of heightened individualism. Success is a personal responsibility. Our culture tells us that to succeed is to be slim, rich, happy, extroverted, popular – flawless. The pressure to conform to this ideal has changed… Read More ›

  • The Movano Ring

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    Your ring measures heart rate, heart rate variability, sleep, respiration, temperature, blood oxygen, steps and calories. It can tell you why you slept the way you did, and that your resting heart rate’s higher after a few glasses of wine…. Read More ›

  • The Garmin epix (gen 2) is the fenix from the flames

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    The new Garmin epix is effectively a Garmin fenix 7, but with an AMOLED display. There are subtle differences between the two (flashlight, size and power options, price etc) and for most people it will be hard to decide which… Read More ›