Author Archives
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The strange trend of apps leaving the Apple Watch
Uber has quietly shut down its Apple Watch app, with the software now showing a message that instructs people to “please switch to the Uber mobile app.” The company is “no longer supporting the Apple Watch app,” according to the… Read More ›
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Omicron is ending the pandemic
In the United Kingdom where the Omicron wave is about 2 to 3 weeks ahead of North America, the Chair in Infection and Global Health at the University of Liverpool says the UK is entering “a new Covid-era”, which he… Read More ›
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When you attack the BBC, the NHS and the Queen you are not patriotic, and you will lose
‘One day, we’ll have a PM who isn’t a monstrous arse. There won’t be knighthoods for failure. The Culture Secretary won’t be a vain moron. The Home Secretary won’t be a dullwitted bully. The govt won’t need to be under… Read More ›
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The medieval habit of ‘two sleeps’
Nearly 300 years later, in the early 1990s, the historian Roger Ekirch walked through the arched entranceway to the Public Record Office in London – an imposing gothic building that housed the UK’s National Archives from 1838 until 2003. There,… Read More ›
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The time that I broke Covid rules
This is a wonderful thread which explains how rules can be broken for the right reason. The reality is that every single person on the planet has broken a Covid rule, either accidentally or on one occasion, but the problem… Read More ›
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You can’t replace the feel of turning a real page
That trend undermines the tech companies’ seductive promises that apps and platforms will always and inevitably eclipse physical objects. The unexpected triumph of printed books – partly a result of their enhanced design values – proves that not all upgrades… Read More ›
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Anne E Currie’s “Panopticon” series, books 1 and 2 reviewed
The books are set in the relatively near future – 2025 onwards – and revolve around three key events: the creation of the Panopticon, the all-seeing surveillance state, which some love and some hate. Crime is almost – but not… Read More ›
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How to avoid a narcissist
According to Erin Leonard, a practising psychotherapist, understanding the interplay between emotionally intelligent qualities and narcissistic tendencies at various stages in a relationship may help us to be able to see a toxic or abusive dynamic more quickly… More here…. Read More ›
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iOS Music Player Showcase
There’s new and exciting developments every year in the realm of iOS third-party music players, and 2021 was no exception. While 2019 enjoyed an explosion of new players like Power Player and Albums that through time came to lead the… Read More ›
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Dad of the year builds his son a wooden Rolls Royce
Hopefully the videos recording the process of wood carving and crafting from wood will be useful and entertaining for you. I like to use wood from discarded trees, not precious woods from the forest. Amazing.
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