It is hard to imagine just how much of a boost Sir Clive Sinclair gave the tech industry back in the day. He will of course be remembered for the quirky ZX Spectrum, a computer that was hard to ignore…. Read More ›
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A New Nurse Struggles / Sorry Antivaxxer
I saw my name followed by “RN” for the first time on July 27, 2020. The next day, my instructor, or preceptor, and I were assigned to the COVID intensive care unit at our hospital in Nashville, Tenn. I read… Read More ›
Recovering lost software
At the beginning of the home computer revolution, the humble compact cassette was far and away the most popular choice for microcomputer data storage, especially on the European continent. As a volunteer at the Museum of Computing, [Keith] was instrumental… Read More ›
Emma Raducanu is about to discover she can’t win
Petrifying teenage girls, still in the earliest stages of working out who they might become, stymies their potential for growth. Billie Eilish has always expressed her displeasure with being held up as a “good” example for concealing her body in… Read More ›
The return of imperial weights and measures
Oh dear god. No one under 60 remembers such units and reintroducing them serves no purpose at all. It’s pure gimmickry, pure theatre and yet more nonsense to cover what Brexit is really doing to our country. EUs trade surplus… Read More ›
The iPhone 13 and new iPad mini
It was a strange September Apple keynote this year and it felt to me as if it was somewhat light on content. From the Apple TV+ filler segment at the start to the focus on certain new features that would… Read More ›
Too much screen time may not be so bad
“These findings suggest that we should be mindful of screens, but that screen time is likely not inherently harmful to our youth,” says lead study author Katie Paulich, a PhD student in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, in a… Read More ›
Is Apple about to kill the Apple ‘Watch’?
If the rumours are true regarding the design of the Apple Watch series 7, and they almost certainly are, I am somewhat concerned. It is of course a small computer, but it is perhaps more importantly a watch and with… Read More ›
What’s the next big technological epoch?
Epoch three in Thompson’s framework – the era we’re in now – was the mobile one. It dates from January 2007 when Apple announced the iPhone and launched the smartphone revolution. Unlike the two earlier eras, there’s no single dominant… Read More ›
If it’s broke, fix it. If it needs to be better, upgrade it.
My upgrade cycle, like many other’s, has changed a lot in recent times and I find myself upgrading much less these days. I will take each of my products in turn- iPhone 11 Pro The battery is still very good,… Read More ›
