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• Thank you Sir Clive

  By Shaun on September 18, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  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 ›

• A New Nurse Struggles / Sorry Antivaxxer

  By Shaun on September 18, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  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 ›

• Just a seahorse

  By Shaun on September 18, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  The Ocean Photography Awards showcase the pictures from around the world, and this year has featured some poignant images of the planet’s oceans under threat. The coronavirus pandemic has added to pollution problems around the world, as shown by the… Read More ›

• Apple’s World Time watch face is a triumph

  By Shaun on September 17, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  If you have £7,780 spare and want a world time watch you could go out and buy the Omega Seamaster Aqua Terra 150m Co-Axial GMT Worldtimer. It’s a fabulous watch and different enough from the usual suspects (Rolex Submariner etc)… Read More ›

• URBAN ARMOR GEAR UAG Apple Watch Silicone Band review

  By Shaun on September 17, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  I reviewed the URBAN ARMOR GEAR Active Apple Watch strap recently and it was not good. From the design to the price to the comfort it failed in almost every area for me. And here I am now reviewing another… Read More ›

• Recovering lost software

  By Shaun on September 17, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  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 ›

• The UK’s Online Safety Bill

  By Shaun on September 17, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  At the draft’s release, British Digital Secretary Oliver Dowden said that the UK was showing “global leadership with our groundbreaking laws to usher in a new age of accountability for tech and bring fairness and accountability to the online world.”… Read More ›

• Emma Raducanu is about to discover she can’t win

  By Shaun on September 17, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  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

  By Shaun on September 16, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  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

  By Shaun on September 15, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  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 ›

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