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• 280

  By Shaun on September 29, 2017 • ( 3 )

  We want every person around the world to easily express themselves on Twitter, so we’re doing something new: we’re going to try out a longer limit, 280 characters, in languages impacted by cramming (which is all except Japanese, Chinese, and… Read More ›

• Timekeepers: How the World Became Obsessed With Time

  By Shaun on September 29, 2017 • ( 3 )

  Time flies like an arrow, but fruit flies like a banana. The Beatles learn to be brilliant in an hour and a half. An Englishman arrives back from Calcutta but refuses to adjust his watch. Beethoven has his symphonic wishes… Read More ›

• Evil carpet designers

  By Shaun on September 29, 2017 • ( 2 )

  – A carpet design from a French retailer is going viral. – It’s an optical illusion that makes it look like you’re standing on an uneven surface instead of a flat one. – The photo of it originated from a… Read More ›

• The Garmin vívofit jr. 2

  By Shaun on September 29, 2017 • ( 0 )

  OLATHE, Kan.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Garmin International Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ: GRMN), today announced the vívofit jr. 2 activity tracker1 for kids with Disney, Star Wars and Marvel-themed bands and mobile app adventures. Featuring designs of kids’ favorite characters including… Read More ›

• 25 hijab-wearing dolls

  By Shaun on September 29, 2017 • ( 0 )

  A Muslim woman from Ontario, Canada, has thanked the mystery person who gifted her 25 hijab-wearing dolls. Sheza Hasan was returning home when she discovered a box, with a note, by her doorstep. Inside the “super sweet package” she discovered… Read More ›

• Penis Waffles

  By Shaun on September 29, 2017 • ( 1 )

  If it were a joke, it would be a little too on-the-nose, but it’s very real: A restaurant is selling penis-shaped, sausage-filled waffles and it is causing a stir in Bangkok. One local chef is leading a boycott of the… Read More ›

• Casio MRW S300H-8BVCF

  By Shaun on September 29, 2017 • ( 0 )

  Very positive to me is the readability as well. Large white hands, large numerals and bold index dashes mounted in a 3-dimensional way towards the edge of the dial. The hands and numerals are luminous in the dark, oddly enough… Read More ›

• The iPhone SE.X

  By Shaun on September 27, 2017 • ( 6 )

  I was playing around with my iPhone 7 yesterday and my colleague at work remarked on the difference in size to his iPhone SE. It was only when I placed his SE on top of my 7 that I realised… Read More ›

• The truth about whether Apple really does slow down old phones

  By Shaun on September 27, 2017 • ( 3 )

  The truth is far more complicated, and doesn’t involved Apple slowing down phones to try and make you buy new ones. The reason people think so is probably the result of a number of things: the fact that Apple releases… Read More ›

• Worldometers

  By Shaun on September 27, 2017 • ( 1 )

  Try going to this page and not staring at the numbers and then scrolling down to see more. Mesmerising.

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