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• The Sunday Times wanted a free meal

  By Shaun on November 21, 2016 • ( 2 )

  

  And that’s how @StickyWalnut dealt with the request. Sort of impressed by the stance. 

• Less than 1 in 3 phone sales going to Apple and Samsung

  By Shaun on November 21, 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  Samsung and Apple are slowly losing their duopolistic control of the smartphone market, with the world’s two biggest manufacturers accounting for less than a third of all sales in recent months. Analysts at Gartner said that both companies had seen… Read More ›

• All I want is a digital notepad

  By Shaun on November 21, 2016 • ( 1 )

  The Sony Digital Paper product above is $799 and by all accounts has not set the world alight, probably because of the price. The size of it (A4) probably does not help either. The WG-S20 from Sharp, above, makes a… Read More ›

• The Forger

  By Shaun on November 21, 2016 • ( 0 )

  Take a note to watch the above video. It is a 16 minute documentary by The New York Times and is a must watch. As a teenager, Adolfo Kaminsky saved thousands of lives by forging passports to help children flee… Read More ›

• BLIPS: The Thinnest Macro & Micro Lenses For All Devices

  By Shaun on November 21, 2016 • ( 0 )

  The BLIPS (patent pending technology) is a set of two, extremely thin elements made of composite, multilayered structures. Each element is composed of a specifically designed objective lens, placed on a flexible film. The back side surface of the flexible… Read More ›

• Jer Bulsara

  By Shaun on November 21, 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  Jer was a warm and devoted Mum to Freddie, and, like Freddie, always had a strong twinkle in the eye. Although she was also devoted to her husband Bomi, and lived in the Zoroastrian faith as a good Parsee, she… Read More ›

• Quit Social Media. Your Career May Depend on It.

  By Shaun on November 21, 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  I’m a millennial computer scientist who also writes books and runs a blog. Demographically speaking I should be a heavy social media user, but that is not the case. I’ve never had a social media account. At the moment, this… Read More ›

• Perspective: Jessica Whelan dies

  By Shaun on November 20, 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  A four-year-old cancer sufferer whose struggle was highlighted in a heartbreaking photograph has died. Jessica Whelan’s illness was brought to public attention when her father Andy published an image showing her in pain as she battled her terminal condition. The… Read More ›

• The theater is an addictive vice

  By Shaun on November 20, 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  Great post by Pessimists Archive. The previous generation always seems to look negatively at new things.

• How Casinos Enable Gambling Addicts

  By Shaun on November 20, 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  Stacy thought that her husband was off to a job interview followed by an appointment with his therapist. Instead, he drove the 22 miles from their home in Steubenville, Ohio, to the Mountaineer Casino, just outside New Cumberland, West Virginia…. Read More ›

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