The modern incarnation of the Computron pays tribute to the classics from the ’70s and ’80s while adding just enough new watchmaking tech to appeal to a new generation. The case is still the unusual trapezoid, and the screen is… Read More ›
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The Apple Watch series 5 battery is bad!
My wife has been building up to run a marathon over the past year and in that time has run 2 half marathons and undertaken many runs of 10+ miles to prepare. One thing that concerned us both is that… Read More ›
Famous typefaces
We encounter Helvetica every day, even if we don’t realise it. This Swiss-made typeface has been prolific since its 1957 creation, becoming the written voice of reliable information and trustworthy directions. Your passage through a network of hospital corridors is… Read More ›
Why I Want but Will Never Own…
The deeper fantasy, though, underneath all the daydreams about the manly adventures that would never be possible with a less expensive time piece, is that if I had an Explorer, then that would mean that I was the kind of… Read More ›
Ultra-short attention spans
Every episode of BBC Two’s darkly humorous State of the Union begins in the same way. A crumbling relationship between Louise and Tom plays out inside a London pub. The two examine their marriage, trade witty barbs about their gnarly… Read More ›
Is a one watch collection possible?
It probably isn’t if you have gone down the rabbit hole of understanding and enjoying watches. To truly enjoy just one watch one of two things needs to have happened- either it was handed down to you and as such… Read More ›
It just works, and works and works
I bought my iMac in 2009 and used it heavily for all of my writing and many other things for 7 years. In all of that time it rarely put a foot wrong and I felt that it was well… Read More ›
Why can’t we agree on what’s true any more?
Much of the outrage that floods social media, occasionally leaking into opinion columns and broadcast interviews, is not simply a reaction to events themselves, but to the way in which they are reported and framed. The “mainstream media” is the… Read More ›
Stuff not to buy: Galaxy Fold, iPhone 11 Pro, iPhone queues…
This is shocking. This is the ‘fixed’ Galaxy Fold from one of the biggest tech companies in the world. Not quite so shocking as nothing is shatterproof, but it can’t be nice to have this happen on day one. VERY… Read More ›
Children Raised Without Religion Are Kinder And More Empathetic
While most would believe that religion and a higher power breeds a better upbringing, this study seems to indicate otherwise. Led by Professor Jean Decety looked into the perceptions and behavior of various children located in six different countries. They… Read More ›
