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• It’s not the object, it’s where it has been and who it was with

  By Shaun on February 21, 2021 • ( 0 )

  A friend of mine, Russ, recently inherited his Dad’s Tudor watch. It is a 1958 Tudor Oyster Prince 7909, the ‘Prince’ word denotes that it is self-winding. This is of course a fairly common occurrence, but it highlights just what… Read More ›

• The Mars Rover has less computing power than the original Apple Watch

  By Shaun on February 21, 2021 • ( 3 )

  

  NASA’s Perseverance rover, which landed successfully on Mars Thursday, is powered by an old chipset that gives it about the same processing power as an iMac from 1998, according to PCMag‘s breakdown. More specifically, it’s packing 256MB of RAM and… Read More ›

• Xiaomi has fingers in hundreds of pies

  By Shaun on February 21, 2021 • ( 0 )

  Xiaomi has fingers in hundreds of pies. During the November 2020 Cyber Weekend, roughly 10 per cent of search results for ‘fitness tracker’ in the UK were Xiaomi-related. Xiaomi also accounted for 22 per cent of the wearables market in… Read More ›

• Is Rolex a symbol of everything that is wrong with 2021?

  By Shaun on February 20, 2021 • ( 2 )

  Rolex is a brand that the vast majority of people know and one that many aspire to own. It didn’t used to be this way and there was a long period when Rolex watches were viewed as ‘old men and… Read More ›

• ‘No jab, no job’ policies may be legal

  By Shaun on February 20, 2021 • ( 17 )

  It may be legal for companies to insist on new staff being vaccinated as a condition of their employment, the justice secretary has said. However, Robert Buckland said it was unlikely bosses could make existing workers have vaccines under their… Read More ›

• Bruce Blackburn dies

  By Shaun on February 20, 2021 • ( 0 )

  Bruce Blackburn, a graphic designer whose modern and minimalist logos became ingrained in the nation’s consciousness, including the four bold red letters for NASA known as the “worm” and the 1976 American Revolution Bicentennial star, died on Feb. 1 in… Read More ›

• My Other Car is a Beatle

  By Shaun on February 20, 2021 • ( 0 )

  Thanks to Kirk who recommended the above mashup following my post yesterday. Well worth a listen.

• Is a foldable iPad coming?

  By Shaun on February 19, 2021 • ( 3 )

  The talk surrounding a foldable iPhone has been running for some time now as the competition continues to try to make the idea into something vaguely useable in spite of the obvious constraints. Just like styluses on phones I continue… Read More ›

• The PocketBook InkPad (colour e-ink is here)

  By Shaun on February 19, 2021 • ( 0 )

  The Inkpad Color it utilizing the second generation E INK Kaleido color e-paper technology. On a fundamental level, it still can only display 4,096 colors and 100 PPI. What has changed is the color accuracy and gamut, colors look stunning,… Read More ›

• ClockClock 9

  By Shaun on February 19, 2021 • ( 0 )

  ClockClock 9 is both a kinetic sculpture and functioning wall clock. It is the newest addition to the ongoing ClockClock project, distinguishable from its predecessors with its circular shape and the reduction of clock hands. The individual clock hands perform… Read More ›

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