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• When was the worst time to be alive?

  By Shaun on June 17, 2025 • ( 1 )

  

  If there’s one lesson from history that might get you through such woes, it’s the fact that however bleak things are for you now, chances are they would have been worse if you’d had the misfortune to be alive in… Read More ›

• What Google Knows About You

  By Shaun on June 16, 2025 • ( 5 )

  

  It’s hard to overstate how deeply Google is woven into our lives—and how much it collects along the way. If you use services like Search, YouTube, Gmail, Chrome, Google Maps, or Android (which, let’s face it, covers most people), you’re… Read More ›

• Is Apple fixing the wrong things?

  By Shaun on June 15, 2025 • ( 3 )

  

  There are so many parts of iOS that could do with tweaking to make the experience better and yet they have been ignored in iOS 26. The reference is to market fancy new aesthetics and not to worry about these… Read More ›

• The best we have

  By Shaun on June 14, 2025 • ( 2 )

  

  It’s a dull grey day in the pebbledashed sprawl of north-west London when I first see Keir Starmer. We’re at RAF Northolt just outside Ruislip, a military airport that seems to capture much about modern Britain. Set among the tired… Read More ›

• TRMNL

  By Shaun on June 14, 2025 • ( 5 )

  

  Meet the world’s first dedicated screen for things that matter… More here. Good price and a potentially excellent utility. Tempted…

• Analogue Apple Watch Alternatives

  By Shaun on June 13, 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  With a rounded tonneau case reminiscent of the Patek Philippe Ellipse, the Noah x Timex Lighthouse Watch combines the modern horological trend for slim understatement, with throwback cool. The quartz ticker features a compact, rounded 31mm x 35mm case with… Read More ›

• 26’s main new feature- gaslighting

  By Shaun on June 12, 2025 • ( 1 )

  

  I have been trying iOS 26 on my iPad Air and I must say that it is not great. I’m not talking about the performance, it’s a beta, but rather the visuals. Apple spent a long time explaining the ‘innovation’… Read More ›

• Thanks Brian

  By Shaun on June 12, 2025 • ( 2 )

  

  A remarkable songwriter. Probably wrote the perfect song

• Charge and Auto Backup Your Phone in One Step

  By Shaun on June 11, 2025 • ( 3 )

  

  Effortless Backup While You Charge | 45W Fast Charging | No Monthly Fees | No Wi-Fi Needed | Supports Up to 2TB microSD… More here. A brilliant idea and I would buy this, BUT it’s Kickstarter and the success rate… Read More ›

• The only band in history with a number one hit from every member

  By Shaun on June 10, 2025 • ( 1 )

  

  What makes Queen such a rare anomaly is how each member managed to inject their worldview into the band’s catalogue without ever derailing the larger vision. It wasn’t just that they could write cracking songs, it was that they wrote… Read More ›

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