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• The TAG Heuer Mario Connected Watch

  By Shaun on July 13, 2021

  

  The Connected watch gamifies your everyday life and rewards you with thematic animations when you hit certain targets. For instance, when you reach 25 percent of your intended step count for the day, Mario will eat the super mushroom that… Read More ›

• The English football team vs the British government

  By Shaun on July 13, 2021

  

  It all started when the English football fans started booing the England football team when they took the knee before their matches. Some fans felt that doing this was not right, but I suspect if you asked them why it… Read More ›

• McGST Podcast Episode 67 (the nocebo effect)

  By Shaun on July 12, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  The ‘nocebo effect’ is new to me, but it may answer a lot of the questions I have had over the past year about the differing ways people have handles the pandemic. The ‘luxury effect’ details a recent experience in… Read More ›

• You can literally buy nothing for £659

  By Shaun on July 12, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  The AMBUSH Timeless Watch 2 bracelet costs £659 (apparently it was previously £1,098) and for that you get a watch bracelet. It is made of stainless steel (the word Silver is used to try to suggest it is silver, but… Read More ›

• Site update, masks (again) and the beautiful game

  By Shaun on July 11, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  I have been checking out Squarespace again as the costs for WordPress were too high to make the site worthwhile and I have been on quite a journey. A short and brutal journey, but one which threw up a few… Read More ›

• Spigen Lite Fit: the best Apple Watch strap I have worn

  By Shaun on July 11, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  You can pay £99 for a Braided Solo Loop, £49 for a Sport band or even £349 for a Silver Link Bracelet from Apple. Or you could treat yourself to a Hermès Ébène Barénia Leather Single Tour Deployment Buckle for… Read More ›

• A $24-million miniature version of Canada

  By Shaun on July 11, 2021 • ( 1 )

  

  Over the past 10 years, Brenninkmeijer and a merry band of model makers have been creating a Lilliputian replica of the country. In their tiny version of Toronto, elevators zoom up and down a 14.5-foot-tall CN Tower, and toy-sized trucks… Read More ›

• Should Apple bring back the classic iPod?

  By Shaun on July 7, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Most of, if not all, of Apple’s devices also can’t play the highest-end lossless files that Apple Music can now deliver without additional hardware. This means that Apple doesn’t sell something it can point to and say “this is the… Read More ›

• Our understanding of “long COVID”

  By Shaun on July 7, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  For this preliminary entry to the long COVID discourse, researchers in the JAMA study isolated 875 subjects from the health monitor-wearing database (all of whom wear Fitbits), and compared those who had tested positive with COVID to those who had… Read More ›

• McGST Podcast Episode 66 (personal irresponsibility)

  By Shaun on July 6, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  A quick talk about personal responsibility and masks. Who exactly is the government protecting with their new unlocking in the UK? Image via The Times. Music by Tom Munch.

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