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• How good is the iPad Air?

  By Shaun on April 27, 2021 • ( 2 )

  

  I have owned the new iPad Air for a couple of weeks and have been more than a little impressed by the way it works. The design is sweet enough with modern sharp edges and it feels good in the… Read More ›

• The Vintage Rolex Datejust: think big

  By Shaun on April 26, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  My son will be 21 soon which is of course an important milestone and so we wanted to buy him something that he could keep forever. The problem is that he bought a Tudor Black Bay 58 3 years ago… Read More ›

• The Casio Calculator Watch: a ‘huge’ dose of nostalgia

  By Shaun on April 11, 2021 • ( 6 )

  

  If you want to purchase a new product today to experience a genuine hit of nostalgia from your youth (if you are around 50 years of age in my case) it is very hard to do because so few products… Read More ›

• Why people do not move from the iPhone?

  By Shaun on April 10, 2021 • ( 0 )

  If you go to this link on your iPhone you can experience what a Samsung Android smartphone feels like to use. It is a clever interactive website that attempts to offer a representation of how it would feel if you… Read More ›

• McGST Podcast Episode 61 (Royalty, psychopaths and God)

  By Shaun on April 9, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  A quick chat with Alice about- The Royal Family Megan and Diana Black + white does not = black God A new beginning Psychopaths  Music by Tom Munch.

• How we are taught to measure success is so wrong

  By Shaun on April 9, 2021 • ( 2 )

  I was struck by the above image in this tweet. This is something I have been hoodwinked by my whole life. I have always measured success by my job title and the associated salary, and with this the material objects… Read More ›

• The Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Quadriptyque: this is why analogue trumps digital

  By Shaun on April 9, 2021 • ( 1 )

  It is not easy for many of us to appreciate luxury objects and to understand why they cost so much. We look at expensive watches, jewellery and branded clothing and perceive that it is just the branding and a whole… Read More ›

• McGST Podcast Episode 60 (Why fix something if I won’t get credit for it?)

  By Shaun on April 7, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Some thoughts about why we tend to prefer to fix things rather than preventing a problem from happening. “Climate change is a political problem of the future. A government of now isn’t interested in doing anything that costs them money… Read More ›

• McGST Podcast Episode 59 (Do any of us really care about climate change?)

  By Shaun on April 5, 2021 • ( 2 )

  

  Do any of us really care about climate change? Probably not is the conclusion Joanne and I came to… Music by Tom Munch. by McGST.com.

• McGST Podcast Episode 58 (You name it, we talked about it)

  By Shaun on April 1, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Tom and I had what was supposed to be a quick discussion about a couple of topics. It went on a bit… We covered the following- Racism in the UK How do you solve big cultural issues such as race… Read More ›

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