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  • And so it continues…

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    I am going to reduce my time on the site and the podcast for a while to concentrate on getting better. It has not been a good four weeks since I caught covid and my wife, Joanne, is also experiencing… Read More ›

  • Music System Home Generation 2

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    A design driven smart system offering the latest in music services. Connect with the music you love and audio content from a wide range of services*. With Google Chromecast and Airplay 2 built-in, play music from any app with built-in… Read More ›

  • Tissot’s PRX

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    Tissot’s reissue has been given the reference PRX 40 205 and its three colour variants offer a “contemporary interpretation” of the original. The core idea remains unchanged: it’s quartz, it’s no-nonsense, it’s simple enough to go with anything – yet… Read More ›

  • Been together for 67 years

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    A Couple on the ward dying from Covid. Been together for 67 years. We have rearranged the ward so they can be together & hold each others hands, we have put their favourite music on Glenn Miller so they can… Read More ›

  • Mi Air Charge Technology

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    The core technology of Xiaomi’s remote charging lies in space positioning and energy transmission. Xiaomi’s self-developed isolated charging pile has five phase interference antennas built in, which can accurately detect the location of the smartphone. A phase control array composed… Read More ›

  • Empireland

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    In his brilliantly illuminating new book Sathnam Sanghera demonstrates how so much of what we consider to be modern Britain is actually rooted in our imperial past. In prose that is, at once, both clear-eyed and full of acerbic wit,… Read More ›

  • Eight more C-Types

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    Jaguar’s classics department has announced it will make eight more of the curvaceous C-Type that was originally produced from 1951 to 1953. The continuation cars, set to converge on a special track day in 2022 to celebrate 70 years since… Read More ›

  • Tesla Model S refreshed

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    The overhauled interior is the star of the show, though. It’s been completely redesigned, marking the Model S’ first major update since its debut way back in 2012. There’s a large 17-inch central screen much like that of the Model… Read More ›

  • $111.4bn

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    Apple finished 2020 with its most profitable quarter ever as sales of its high end iPhones, tablets and laptops soared amid the pandemic. The company announced that sales for the three months ending on 26 December 2020 totalled $111.4bn and… Read More ›

  • The 10th Anniversary of the iPad (the Windows Team perspective)

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    The announcement 10 years ago today of the “magical” iPad was clearly a milestone in computing. It was billed to be the “next” computer. For me, managing Windows, just weeks after the launch of Microsoft’s “latest creation” Windows 7, it… Read More ›