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• 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.

• Why I’m Never Tired

  By Shaun on July 5, 2021 • ( 0 )

  00:00 Intro00:17 Keep a Kindle on the nightstand01:04 Get a physical alarm clock01:45 No caffeine after 2 PM02:28 Get blackout curtains03:00 Optimal sleeping temperature03:43 The pilot’s strategy for falling asleep It may be an advert for a service, but some… Read More ›

• From f*cking useless to f*cking dangerous

  By Shaun on July 5, 2021 • ( 1 )

  Johnson called his previous health secretary ‘f*cking useless’ and he may have had a point, but he seems to prefer dangerous these days. Johnson will today announce that ‘legal restrictions on face masks will be dropped to let people “exercise… Read More ›

• Casioak mini (GMA-S2100-7AER) review

  By Shaun on July 4, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  I bought this for my daughter who already own a Casio Baby G watch which she has worn on and off for years. She is not into watches in any way, but when she saw this online she was taken… Read More ›

• Concern about hybrid work models

  By Shaun on July 3, 2021 • ( 0 )

  In response to the statement “I am worried that some of my colleagues will have to leave Apple due to LACK of location-flexible work options,” 58.5 percent said they “strongly agree.” A total of 1,743 people answered the question. A… Read More ›

• Is the Apple Watch close to being a small iPhone?

  By Shaun on July 3, 2021 • ( 0 )

  Something strange has happened over the past two weeks. I have been wearing my Apple Watch more often, almost 100% of the time, as I attempt (once again) to lose some weight and get back to pre-lockdown fitness levels. I… Read More ›

• Not everyone in the UK is horrible

  By Shaun on July 3, 2021 • ( 0 )

  A football fan from south Wales is raising money for a young German girl who was abused online to “show her not everyone in the UK is horrible”. The comments were made by England fans on social media when the… Read More ›

• The macOS Big Sur handheld

  By Shaun on July 1, 2021 • ( 0 )

  The design takes me back to the very early days of mobile computing, but with a super modern OS inside it. Some will scoff at this, but the end result is very impressive and while it has little practical use… Read More ›

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