It took me three weeks to save up £60 to buy my first secondhand video player in 1981. Now I’ve got seven players and more than 6,000 VHS tapes which I’ve collected over the years. Although I do use Netflix,… Read More ›
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Social networks can be controlled by any one person
The recent fuss over Elon Musk and his silly management of Twitter has led many to claim that he will ruin the experience by allowing anyone to say whatever they like. It could well be true that he will potentially… Read More ›
Now we realise why we love Twitter
Musk appears to be doing everything he can to undermine the reputation that Twitter has built up and it is hard to work out why he spent $44 billion on it. From mass layoffs to treating staff badly to a… Read More ›
When you browse and buy in person, paragraph and place are joined forever
I can certainly remember where I was when I first encountered a great many of my favourite books. I never meant to keep these memories; I seem to have had no say in the matter. The bookstores, my mind decided,… Read More ›
Get debunking, people.
“To fully realize the impact everyday tech has on us, we sourced scientific research and expert opinion on the subject,” the TollFreeForwarding post reads, “before working with a 3D designer to create a future human whose body has physically changed… Read More ›
Time to say goodbye to the fax machine
The fax machine is about to be pushed closer to the dustbin of history. The device – formally known as a facsimile machine – was once a regular feature of British offices. But now the UK’s communications regulator Ofcom is… Read More ›
Then hoofprints appeared in the sand…
The wild horses all have names. Ronald, for example, and Becky and Clyde. The names sound mundane, even for horses, but each is something like a badge of honor. For years now, the people of Cedar Island, North Carolina, have… Read More ›
‘We’re packed in like battery hens. I was told off for leaning’
They’re OK on toilet breaks these days, because they got such bad press on the difficulty of staff taking toilet breaks, but you still have to be quick, because you have to keep scanning items. If you’re not constantly scanning,… Read More ›
Welcome To The Circus (We’ve Got Bots & Sockpuppets!)
While my account is in this “temporarily limited” state, Twitter has essentially stripped me of having a (public) voice on their platform. I was similarly silenced by Twitter back in April 2017, when I was no-platformed by Twitter-owned Periscope (yes,… Read More ›
The Tories won’t recover until they face up to the disaster of Brexit
Every single word of this, every single word!
McGST 