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• 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.

• 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 ›

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