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• 🎶It’s not fun to play with the DMCA🎶

  By Shaun on July 26, 2021

  My podcast Better off Read has been down for the last 24 hours. This is because a DMCA takedown service reported I had breached copyright for making an episode of my podcast about 2666 by Roberto Bolaño because they have… Read More ›

• The Commodore PET smartphone

  By Shaun on July 26, 2021

  It will only mark the attempt of a small company to buy an off-the-shelf smartphone from China and ship it with a white casing and a slightly weird looking take on the Commodore logo. To justify selling under the Commodore… Read More ›

• Smartwatch Wars Part Two: Garmin Instinct Solar vs Casio G-Shock (any of them)

  By Shaun on July 26, 2021 • ( 1 )

  

  One of these is not a smartwatch by the true definition of the word, but for many it offers all of the smarts they need. The following Casio G-Shock GW-M5610-1ER, for example, is definitely smart- 1/ Satellite time keeping makes… Read More ›

• McGST Podcast Episode 71 (Marriage, brands, pay rises and being woke)

  By Shaun on July 25, 2021

  Questions- I got married last year and am looking forward to many years of happiness. What’s the secret? You two seem very happy together. Lucy (I think we missed that Lucy was already married in the discussion while wishing her… Read More ›

• We have the worst UK government in history

  By Shaun on July 25, 2021

  In case you didn’t know – and I didn’t till a senior government official told me – the daily tally of infections seriously understates the actual number of infections, because if you are sick with Covid19 today but had it… Read More ›

• No one will notice your watch, absolutely no one.

  By Shaun on July 25, 2021

  

  I would bet good money that the majority of luxury watch purchases are done so, at least in part, to impress other people. People I know who own brands such as Rolex, Omega and even Tudor have a tendency to… Read More ›

• Day of Rage: please never let someone like this be President again

  By Shaun on July 24, 2021

  As part of a six-month investigation, The Times synchronized and mapped thousands of videos and police audio of the U.S. Capitol riot to provide the most complete picture to date of what happened — and why. Quite incredible footage of… Read More ›

• 2021 iPhone Photography Awards

  By Shaun on July 24, 2021

  Today, we proudly announce the winners of the 2021 iPhone Photography Awards (IPPAWARDS). The 14th Annual Awards recognize photographs taken over a remarkable year of grief and loneliness, but despite a global pandemic, the winning images all glimpse moments of… Read More ›

• Somebody To Love – Live in Montreal. Beyond perfect?

  By Shaun on July 24, 2021

  For some reason I am seeing many reaction videos promoted on YouTube recently looking at this specific performance from 1981. I have always liked it, but when I ‘really’ listened to it and watched it closely it became so much… Read More ›

• Smartwatch Wars Part One: Garmin Instinct Solar vs Apple Watch series 6

  By Shaun on July 23, 2021 • ( 1 )

  

  The Garmin Instinct Solar is everything the Apple Watch series 6 is not and vice versa. I can think of no two products so different that technically do the same core thing, but the gap between the two is gigantic…. Read More ›

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