For some reason I have never checked out Reddit at all over the past few years. A gradually dispiriting experience with Twitter had dominated, fleeting looks at Facebook and a perplexed feeling about Thread, but never Reddit. I took some… Read More ›
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Glory Days: the MiniDisc
The MiniDisc was launched in 1992 by Sony and for some it quickly became the best format for their music consumption. It was portable, the sound quality was superb and with recording capability it felt like the next evolution of… Read More ›
Glory Days: Game & Watch Mario Bros
My wife found her old Game & Watch that she was given one Christmas a few weeks back and before I could take a photo of it we have managed to lose it again. I suppose we could buy this… Read More ›
Is the NHS recoverable?
I previously wrote about my recent health experiences, but it is safe to say that my opinion of the NHS and how it currently works is now through the floor. I feel uncomfortable writing that because I have always been… Read More ›
Glory Days: The Psion 5mx
As I look back at the scores of mobile devices I have owned over the past 30 years, the Psion 5mx is number one for me. It represents the ultimate high point for the Psion brand and was one of… Read More ›
One Million Checkboxes
A few days into making One Million Checkboxes I thought I’d been hacked. What was that doing in my database? A few hours later I was tearing up, proud of some brilliant teens. But let’s back up… More here. Thanks… Read More ›
Glory Days: The Nokia 6310i
This phone was amazing. We found it in the garage a few years ago and it still had a charge, the superpower that made this phone indispensable to me. With a claimed battery life of up to 408 hours on… Read More ›
Glory Days: The Palm Vx
The memories came flooding back when my son found my old Palm Vx in our garage. It was released in 1999 and was the improved Palm V, 8MB of memory compared to the previous 2MB. At a mere 114 grams… Read More ›
How many people died today because of the NHS?
You may have noticed that I have moved back to WordPress for my hosting and that there have been some new posts on the site in recent days. I would love to say that I have found a renewed interest… Read More ›
Glory Days: The Nokia Communicator
My son found some old mobile tech in our garage a couple of weeks ago and I thought I would highlight what he found. The idea is to understand what each device offered and how well it stood up in… Read More ›
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