Five months on, I’m still here, but much has changed. Thankfully, the experience wasn’t as bleak as you might think. During the first few weeks of lockdown I found I was floating nicely through the time by staying occupied and… Read More ›
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I’m not playing the silly Rolex game anymore
The watch above is the Rolex Oyster Perpetual 39mm in white. It is the most watchy watch in the world and for a long time was the model I wanted above all others. At just above £4,000 it is entry… Read More ›
The Privileged Have Entered Their Escape Pods
“Don’t tell anyone,” one of my neighbors told me when he came over to borrow some chlorine tablets, “but we’re thinking to ride this whole thing out in Zurich, where the numbers are better.” His wife still has her European… Read More ›
Inside Cameo
Which is where Cameo comes in. The site boasts more than 30,000 “celebrities” across a plethora of industries from entertainment to sports to social media to business, all available to deliver individually-tailored missives at the touch of a button. All… Read More ›
The Tech My Dad Banned From Our House
You see, my dad was a hardware engineer. He didn’t talk much about the work he did, which I think involved designing circuit boards and working on EMVs—those chips we all have in our debit and credit cards. But his… Read More ›
A typical Apple family?
We bought my son a pair of AirPods Pro yesterday as he is soon returning to university and we canted to get him something nice. It then dawned on me that my daughter owns AirPods Pro and so do I,… Read More ›
When the fastest route is not the fastest route
The above screenshot is from my iPhone yesterday when we got caught in traffic. My wife was driving and I wanted to check that what TomTom was telling her was correct. And above is a screenshot from my wife’s iPhone… Read More ›
The Movement Against Psychiatry
“We watched her steadily deteriorate,” Martha said. Martha and her husband have now spent eight years trying to get their daughter help, but as is the case in many U.S. states, Stringer cannot be involuntarily given treatment unless she poses… Read More ›
Herd Immunity For COVID-19 Is Still A Terrible Idea
The basic idea of herd immunity is simple — if enough people are immune to a disease, then even if a person comes into the community carrying the illness, they won’t spread it. The few people who aren’t immune are… Read More ›
The Apollo-Soyuz Handshake
The Apollo–Soyuz mission showed that different political systems were not an obstacle for establishing strong, friendly ties between people. The story of Leonov and Stafford is a vivid example. The commanders continued to communicate closely for many years after their… Read More ›
