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• My son, the green bubble friend

  By Shaun on November 15, 2016 • ( 2 )

  My son’s iPhone 6 bent at the exact point that a lot of iPhone 6 phones bend and so we took it to Apple. It is 18 months old and Apple’s view was that they would give us a new… Read More ›

• Chris Porsz tracks down people he photographed decades ago

  By Shaun on November 15, 2016 • ( 0 )

  REUNIONS by Chris Porsz is unique. Chris has spent the last few years tracking down hundreds of the amazing people he photographed in the 1970s, 80s and 90s. Some were easy, some were hard, some were impossible to find. When… Read More ›

• The Jacob & Co. Epic SF 24

  By Shaun on November 15, 2016 • ( 1 )

  Understanding a bit about the brand might help to explain where something like the Jacob & Co. Epic SF 24 watch came from. It isn’t really inspired by anything Jacob & Co. has in the past – which is actually… Read More ›

• It’s easy to buy spectacles. Well, it should be.

  By Shaun on November 15, 2016 • ( 0 )

  Late last week, a Minionesque vending machine mysteriously appeared in a parking lot near Snap’s original offices in Venice, California. It was named Snapbot, and it was there to sell Specs, the company’s goofy new picture-taking sunglasses, for $130 a… Read More ›

• Wonderful Acts of Kindness

  By Shaun on November 15, 2016 • ( 0 )

  Following a biking accident, Welshman Dan Black was paralyzed from the chest down at age 22. He spent four years raising £22,000 in the hopes that a future stem-cell treatment might help him walk again one day. But then his… Read More ›

• Touché: download your own Mac Touch Bar

  By Shaun on November 14, 2016 • ( 0 )

  Touché lets you assign a global keyboard shortcut for easy toggling of the simulated Touch Bar window. Leave Touché running, and when inspiration to see the Touch Bar strikes? Just press the keyboard shortcut… Download it here, but you must… Read More ›

• Obama vs DSLR shutters

  By Shaun on November 14, 2016 • ( 1 )

  President-elect Trump met with President Obama for the first time this week, and the short press conference afterward can be seen in the 3-minute video above. But politics aside, the video has people talking for a different reason: everyone’s pointing… Read More ›

• Amazon offers unlimited music streaming

  By Shaun on November 14, 2016 • ( 0 )

  Amazon has brought its music streaming service to the UK for £7.99/month (Prime members price). A 30 day trial is also available.  Why does £7.99 feel ‘so’ much cheaper than £9.99 to me? Odd.There is a seperate, even cheaper, deal… Read More ›

• How mirrors made us individual

  By Shaun on November 14, 2016 • ( 1 )

  Polished metal and obsidian mirrors have existed from ancient times, and because of this, historians have usually passed over the introduction of the glass mirror as if it was just another variation on an old theme. But the development of… Read More ›

• Amazon’s Japanese Kindle

  By Shaun on November 14, 2016 • ( 0 )

  Japanese comics, called manga, are hugely popular. Although you probably knew that, you probably don’t know the extent of it. In 2015, Japan’s bestselling manga series, One Piece, sold more than 14 million copies. It helps that the format runs… Read More ›

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