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• LEGO Nintendo Entertainment System

  By Shaun on July 15, 2020 • ( 0 )

  Recreate classic Super Mario Bros. gameplay with this cool LEGO Nintendo Entertainment System! Place the Game Pack in the brick-built console. Turn the handle on the retro TV to make 8-bit Mario move across the screen. And place LEGO Mario… Read More ›

• Restoring The Tudor That Took A Bullet In Vietnam

  By Shaun on July 15, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  As it turns out, Tudor was listening and offered to have the watch rebuilt in-house by Rolex’s restoration specialists. Tudor devised a plan to repair Barry’s watch while maintaining as much of the original as possible; however, a series of… Read More ›

• What happens if we continue to work from home?

  By Shaun on July 14, 2020 • ( 4 )

  For those of us who work in offices the working from home situation during the pandemic has produced a variety of views. It would seem that for the majority they prefer to not be in an office and to have… Read More ›

• Tortoise: slow journalism

  By Shaun on July 14, 2020 • ( 0 )

  We’ve worked on plenty of projects with codenames. We’ve been in enough meetings behind closed doors. We think we’ll do better work by opening up.We think everyone should have a seat at the table.We’d like you to become a member… Read More ›

• Mudra Band

  By Shaun on July 14, 2020 • ( 2 )

  The band slides over your Apple Watch screen just like a normal band, and instantly turns the watch into a single-handed device. By requiring you to use only the hand that’s wearing the watch, Mudra Band lets you multitask while… Read More ›

• iOS 14 (why the big icons?)

  By Shaun on July 13, 2020 • ( 0 )

  The iOS 14 beta is proving to be quite stable with the odd quirk thrown in as you would expect. A huge amount of ‘other’ storage is used up and random crashes in some apps occur, but overall it is… Read More ›

• Model homes

  By Shaun on July 13, 2020 • ( 0 )

  A man in lockdown has “found a niche” making detailed scale models of real houses. Lee Robinson, of Kirkburton, near Huddersfield, started making the models in March after being furloughed. The 1:76 replica of life-size houses can take him up… Read More ›

• Joe Rogan on Watch Collectors

  By Shaun on July 12, 2020 • ( 0 )

  The Joe Rogan podcast is one of the most varied available today and almost always the discussions will keep you going for the (often) +3 hour episodes. This episode in particular explains a little as to why people like me… Read More ›

• Lower cognitive ability linked to non-compliance with social distancing guidelines

  By Shaun on July 12, 2020 • ( 2 )

  “Our findings reveal a novel cognitive root of social distancing compliance during the early stage of the COVID-19 pandemic,” Zhang said. The researchers also found that higher levels of fluid intelligence and agreeableness were associated with greater social distancing compliance…. Read More ›

• Read more

  By Shaun on July 12, 2020 • ( 10 )

  It is rare for me to agree with public figures and while I do not agree with everything Jordan Peterson says I find myself nodding my head to the majority of his views. They are well thought out, evidenced and… Read More ›

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