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• The Privileged Have Entered Their Escape Pods

  By Shaun on September 6, 2020 • ( 0 )

  “Don’t tell anyone,” one of my neighbors told me when he came over to borrow some chlorine tablets, “but we’re thinking to ride this whole thing out in Zurich, where the numbers are better.” His wife still has her European… Read More ›

• Inside Cameo

  By Shaun on September 6, 2020 • ( 0 )

  Which is where Cameo comes in. The site boasts more than 30,000 “celebrities” across a plethora of industries from entertainment to sports to social media to business, all available to deliver individually-tailored missives at the touch of a button. All… Read More ›

• A Ural sidecar rigged up as a mobile cafe

  By Shaun on September 5, 2020 • ( 0 )

  This ‘cafe racer’ (get it?) is the work of Jason Leppa and Sean Taylor at Gasoline Motor Co. They built it for The Alternative Dairy Co., as a vehicle to promote its new range of plant-based dairy alternatives. Gasoline nailed… Read More ›

• The Avanguardia

  By Shaun on September 5, 2020 • ( 1 )

  The heart of the design is the “swan head” that functions as a control tower and can adjust the position of the yacht by lowering itself into the boat’s body. It can also fold down into the water, forming a… Read More ›

• The Flying-V

  By Shaun on September 5, 2020 • ( 0 )

  The Flying-V was designed as a fuel-efficient, long-range aircraft in which the passenger seating, fuel tanks and baggage hold are built into the wings. Research shows that the unusual design stands to gain up to 20 percent better fuel efficiency… Read More ›

• The Tech My Dad Banned From Our House

  By Shaun on September 4, 2020 • ( 0 )

  You see, my dad was a hardware engineer. He didn’t talk much about the work he did, which I think involved designing circuit boards and working on EMVs—those chips we all have in our debit and credit cards. But his… Read More ›

• MCGST Episode 7 (Apple, conspiracies, living at work)

  By Shaun on August 31, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  In this episode my wife, Joanne, and I talk about how Apple manages to create entire families of customers and how it helped them reach a $2 trillion valuation, and also her views on Apple products and how they work… Read More ›

• A typical Apple family?

  By Shaun on August 30, 2020 • ( 5 )

  

  We bought my son a pair of AirPods Pro yesterday as he is soon returning to university and we canted to get him something nice. It then dawned on me that my daughter owns AirPods Pro and so do I,… Read More ›

• When the fastest route is not the fastest route

  By Shaun on August 30, 2020 • ( 1 )

  The above screenshot is from my iPhone yesterday when we got caught in traffic. My wife was driving and I wanted to check that what TomTom was telling her was correct. And above is a screenshot from my wife’s iPhone… Read More ›

• Breitling’s marketing bullshit

  By Shaun on August 30, 2020 • ( 1 )

  Designed to be both a lightweight watch for athletes and a casual, everyday sports chronograph, the Endurance Pro perfectly blends high precision & innovative technology with a vibrant & colorful design. It is the ultimate athleisure watch. Designed for men… Read More ›

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