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• Cherish the Age of Usain Bolt

  By Shaun on June 25, 2017 • ( 0 )

  At which point there are probably a couple of things worth saying about Bolt. The first is that his retirement is already the most interesting point of the sporting summer. In part because he remains the greatest in an event… Read More ›

• The World’s Ugliest Dogs

  By Shaun on June 25, 2017 • ( 0 )

  Ladies and gentlemen, I fear that the fix was in at this year’s World’s Ugliest Dog competition. A three-year-old Neopolitan Mastiff named Martha took the $1,500 top prize at the annual celebration of repulsiveness in Petaluma, California. No offense to… Read More ›

• I Hate Tennis

  By Shaun on June 25, 2017 • ( 0 )

  I’m a young man, relatively speaking. Thirty­-six. But I wake as if 96. After two decades of sprinting, stopping on a dime, jumping high and landing hard, my body no longer feels like my body. Consequently my mind doesn’t feel… Read More ›

• Does it matter who designed your watch?

  By Shaun on June 25, 2017 • ( 0 )

  Nevertheless, the post-war rise of the designer was inevitably going to reach the watch world. That it did so first in the United States probably shouldn’t be a surprise. Movado’s Museum Watch, with its dial being defined by a solitary… Read More ›

• ‘Oh, Jeremy Corbyn!’

  By Shaun on June 24, 2017 • ( 1 )

  Is it just me or will he almost certainly be our Prime Minister at some point this year?

• It was good while it lasted

  By Shaun on June 24, 2017 • ( 4 )

  It doesn’t seem so long since we were pretty much mentioning expansys on a weekly basis. It was the place to go if you wanted a smartphone or tablet without having a network tweaked model. Now times have changed and… Read More ›

• Timex will use a Micro-Electro-Mechanical System

  By Shaun on June 24, 2017 • ( 0 )

  What does this mean? Timex says the watch world is limited by the size and shape of traditional magnetic motors used today; but MEMS devices are really small, with components only able to be seen using a microscope. The two… Read More ›

• 25 iPhone Secrets and Stories

  By Shaun on June 24, 2017 • ( 0 )

  The first iPhone call was ignored and went to voice mail. How prescient, right? Even the development team was like, “C’mon, man. Send me a text instead!” The intended recipient was Andy Grignon, an iPhone engineer, who told Merchant: Instead… Read More ›

• The World’s Largest Collection of Hello Kitty Memorabilia’s is Owned by a 67-year-old Man

  By Shaun on June 24, 2017 • ( 0 )

  Gunji, a retired police officer from Yotsukaido, in Japan’s Chiba Prefecture, bought his first Hello Kitty item over thee decades ago, at a sightseeing spot. He just thought it looked really cute, and it ended up making his stressful job… Read More ›

• The Ken Doll Reboot

  By Shaun on June 24, 2017 • ( 0 )

  Well, not anymore. Starting now, Mattel is re-imagining the all-American guy. He may not be as inspiring as an imaginary female solo homeowner or the first imaginary female president, but that doesn’t mean he can’t have a rich imaginary inner… Read More ›

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