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  • Tony Slattery

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    Tony Slattery, who has died of a heart attack aged 65, showed his great talent for improvisational comedy on the Channel 4 show Whose Line Is It Anyway? He often appeared as one of the four performers creating characters, scenes… Read More ›

  • Mum Does The Washing

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    Mums explain the world one article of clothing at a time. A useful explanation of the world for those who care little for politics, and idiots…

  • The SEA-GULL 2022. A decent mechanical watch for £50?

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    The official price of the Sea-Gull 2022 is £89 which in itself is low for an automatic watch, but you can easily grab it new for around £50 with a tiny bit of effort. So, what do you get for… Read More ›

  • Warfare Incorporated lives again

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    If, however, you download a game called BTFields – Pincer Movement and start a ‘New Game’, and then select ‘Planet Icarus’ at the top you will have the full Warfare Incorporate game again. I have no idea why it is… Read More ›

  • Apple (un)intelligence

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    That’s not a good AI recreation of my dog, above, and so far Image Playground has proved to be nothing more than a gimmick, one that doesn’t work particularly well. Summarising notifications has proved to be haphazard at best and… Read More ›

  • A new look at an everyday item

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    Gav cranks the frame rate to 10,000 and the magnification to 10x for some ridiculously close and slow footage inside the miniature marvel of watch movements. The video below is enlightening because it shows how truly organic movement is when… Read More ›

  • What Went Wrong With Capitalism

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    What went wrong with capitalism? Ruchir Sharma’s explanation is unlike any you have heard before. Progressives are partly right when they mock modern capitalism as “socialism for the rich,” but what really happened in recent decades is that government in… Read More ›

  • Lisbon, framed

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    Lisbon is a city of unique charm. Its historic center is filled with buildings of a distinct and harmonious style, nestled on a series of hills. Narrow and steep paths connect these neighborhoods, giving the city its iconic, layered appearance…. Read More ›

  • Short-term politics, long-term harm…

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    Threads and Instagram users will be shown more political content from people they do not follow, parent company Meta has announced. The firm says its part of its reorientation towards “free expression” – a move that saw it ditch fact… Read More ›

  • Dark mode…

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    The sun is setting on computers. In October, Google finally—finally—rolled out a new black-background view for its Calendar app. This is just the latest in a string of recent software darkenings. In July, Wikipedia went light-on-dark. And a few years… Read More ›