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• Inside Wayback Machine

  By Shaun on November 5, 2018 • ( 1 )

  

  Today, the Wayback Machine houses some 388B web pages, and its parent, the Internet Archive, is the world’s largest library. The Internet Archive’s collection, which spans not just the web, but books, audio 78rpm records, videos, images, and software, amounts… Read More ›

• iPhones are hard to use

  By Shaun on November 5, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  On two occasions on the same bus route, I couldn’t stand to watch late-middle-aged persons (eyeglasses perched on forehead in one case) struggle to read their iPhones. I took hold of their phones for a moment each (I got permission)… Read More ›

• Apple doesn’t understand watch dial design

  By Shaun on November 4, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  When I say all, that is of course not always the case because brands like Diesel, Invicta and some others make some god awful watches that only those with zero taste would wear. However, the majority look at design for… Read More ›

• The Caviar Grand Complications Skeleton (mechanical iPhone XS case)

  By Shaun on October 18, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Not the cheapest iPhone case in the world, but I kind of like it.

• The Palm phone

  By Shaun on October 18, 2018 • ( 1 )

  

  Really hard to know if this idea is silly or if it make sense, and then the price appears ($350) and I go for the former. If you need contact when on a night out or somewhere away from home… Read More ›

• Fitbit Charge 3 first impressions

  By Shaun on October 17, 2018 • ( 1 )

  

  The Charge 3 is a step forward for Fitbit, a very small one. First impressions show that it wears and looks extremely similar to the Charge 2 and that the physical advantages are at first glance not indicative of a… Read More ›

• Henry London Chancery review

  By Shaun on October 17, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Introducing Henry London’s Chancery 41mm mesh bracelet wristwatch with a crimson red chronograph dial. The watch case is made of stainless steel and is completed with a double domed acrylic lens. The watch bracelet is made from stainless steel Milanese… Read More ›

• RHA’s TrueConnect earbuds. Better than AirPods?

  By Shaun on October 7, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Design is not the only thing that the RHA TrueConnect have in common with its AirPods. RHA ships TrueConnect earbuds in a case for convenient carrying and 25-hour battery life. A number that manages to beat AirPods by about an… Read More ›

• App Scams

  By Shaun on October 7, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Last summer Apple deleted an app scamming $80,000/month from iOS users. At the time, Apple promised to pay closer attention to subscription apps to prevent similar schemes in the future. Clearly, however, some are still slipping through… More at Forbes…. Read More ›

• A moment of sanity

  By Shaun on October 7, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  I spent some time yesterday looking at the Oris Carl Brashear limited edition and just for a moment thought that the asking price of £3,600 was reasonable. It was one of those moments when reason had left the building, when… Read More ›

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