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• McGST Podcast Episode 22 (Survival mode, no possessions and Borat)

  By Shaun on October 26, 2020 • ( 0 )

  Joanne and I talk about James O’Brien’s new book, How Not To Be Wrong, and if survival mode is wholly a bad thing. The discussion meanders around a bit (far too long?), but I think she learned from me in… Read More ›

• Huawei wins, Huawei loses

  By Shaun on October 26, 2020 • ( 0 )

  Huawei’s new smartphone is technically really good. But don’t buy it. Again. Technically amazing, fatally flawed.

• The Center of a Spicy Dunkin’ Donut

  By Shaun on October 26, 2020 • ( 0 )

  Ostensibly, the Spicy Ghost Pepper Donut is part of the chain’s slate of Halloween promotional items, along with a decorate your own donut kit, a (pretty tasty) pumpkin donut, and their Spider Donut (the “spider” being a decorative design, not an ingredient)…. Read More ›

• Station Eleven

  By Shaun on October 25, 2020 • ( 0 )

  What was lost in the collapse: almost everything, almost everyone, but there is still such beauty. One snowy night in Toronto famous actor Arthur Leander dies on stage whilst performing the role of a lifetime. That same evening a deadly… Read More ›

• Books are banned?

  By Shaun on October 25, 2020 • ( 0 )

  The move by the Welsh government is quite strange in my view. Firstly, I believe that the book thing is maybe an error by the supermarkets for the reasons quote in the tweet above, but what I don’t get is… Read More ›

• The school meals campaign

  By Shaun on October 25, 2020 • ( 0 )

  Cafes and restaurants across England have promised to feed children in the school holidays, despite the industry struggling to survive coronavirus restrictions. Responses to Manchester United footballer Marcus Rashford’s child food poverty campaign escalated after the government voted against extending… Read More ›

• Oreo built a doomsday vault in Norway

  By Shaun on October 25, 2020 • ( 0 )

  Asteroid 2018 VP1, dubbed the “Election Day Asteroid” because it’s scheduled to graze Earth on November 2nd, has a slim chance of entering Earth’s atmosphere, and even if it does it will disintegrate before impact. But Oreo isn’t taking any… Read More ›

• The Island That Humans Can’t Conquer

  By Shaun on October 24, 2020 • ( 0 )

  St. Matthew Island is said to be the most remote place in Alaska. Marooned in the Bering Sea halfway to Siberia, it is well over 300 kilometers and a 24-hour ship ride from the nearest human settlements. It looks fittingly… Read More ›

• Don’t doublewrist! You don’t need to.

  By Shaun on October 23, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Doublewristing is a dirty word in the watch world for a variety of reasons. Some simply hate smart watches in all of their guises and do not consider them to be watches at all. Others are uneasy about the smart… Read More ›

• McGST Podcast Episode 21 (Music) [Spotify only]

  By Shaun on October 23, 2020 • ( 3 )

  This episode is merely a selection of my favourite ten songs. I built it because of the new music integration feature in Spotify and wanted to give it a try. Please note that if you are not a Spotify Premium… Read More ›

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