Recent Posts - page 196

  • Vinyl Sales Surpass CD Sales

    By on • ( 1 )

    Physical sales overall dropped by 23% in the first half of this year, likely because fewer people are leaving their homes, nevermind to visit music stores. However, CD sales declined by 48% whereas vinyl sales started to climb, particularly during… Read More ›

  • A snake is not a mask

    By on • ( 0 )

    A passenger who was spotted wearing a snake as a mask while travelling on a bus has been warned it is not a legitimate face covering. The man was seen with a light brown serpent with diamond-shaped markings on its… Read More ›

  • From 4 to 6 does not go

    By on • ( 2 )

    The Apple Watch 6 replicated that moment when I watched one of the iPhone keynotes and thought that the upgrade was not worth it. The SP02 monitor is useful of course, and will help sell the product in a covid… Read More ›

  • My weird quest to find a lost game

    By on • ( 4 )

    Although the name of the game escaped them, both had a clear memory of how it looked. In the game, you played as anthropomorphised fruit, interacting with other players in a garish 2D environment. The game, they remembered, was linked… Read More ›

  • The Helvezzia Tipo-6

    By on • ( 1 )

    The Helvezzia Tipo-6 exists in a parallel universe where electric vehicles were commonplace back in the 1940s. I wouldn’t be surprised though, if the world, plagued by the 2nd World War and the need to have an efficient way to… Read More ›

  • When counterfeit Apple AirPods are real(ish)

    By on • ( 0 )

    It can be hard to tell a difference between AirPods and the many earbuds that resemble them, but checking the box is always a good start. US Customs and Border Protection tonight tweeted that its officers had “recently seized 2,000… Read More ›

  • Addicted to losing

    By on • ( 0 )

    Shellz, 37, a nurse from Houston, spends at least two hours a day with her husband playing a casino-style smartphone game called Jackpot Magic. The app offers a variety of typical casino games to play, including their favorite, called Reel… Read More ›

  • A winter of discontent

    By on • ( 1 )

    This article unfolds the likely scenario of a large resurgence of COVID-19 cases this winter after poor planning for foreseeable events. The situation is set to be exacerbated by the spike in cases we are currently witnessing in the UK,… Read More ›

  • Fear of failure

    By on • ( 0 )

    More than a third of UK 15-year-olds scored low on life satisfaction, the annual Good Childhood Report from the Children’s Society found. They also fared badly across happiness measurements including satisfaction with schools, friends and sense of purpose compared to… Read More ›

  • McGST Podcast Episode 9 (kids)

    By on • ( 0 )

    In this episode Jo and I have a loose discussion on what it has been like to be parents, what we worry about for their futures and we then somehow drift on to how organisations work in 2020. Music by… Read More ›