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• A story about a dog who is better than a human

  By Shaun on February 20, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  Six years ago my wife, Joanne, decided that she wanted a dog. She said it would be good for our children and that she has always missed having a dog since she lived at home with her parents. I did… Read More ›

• Long Live the Photographer

  By Shaun on February 20, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  His is an exceptional story. One of learning the art, science, and craft of photography back in the days when there were no digital cameras, no in-built light meters, and no way of knowing if you got a good, in… Read More ›

• DSLR Your iPhone

  By Shaun on February 20, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  Turn your iPhone into a professional compact camera with DSLR-like controls. Whether you’re shooting street, portrait, or travel: Never miss the perfect shot again… More here. It’s a decent design and I like the fact that an app is included,… Read More ›

• Glyph: unlocking the underlying logic of the world’s writing systems

  By Shaun on February 20, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  Studies of the shapes and visual properties of letters are currently lacking. The research team, led by Yoolim Kim and Olivier Morin of the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, hope to use the new glyph game… Read More ›

• 45 Presidents and their Watches

  By Shaun on February 19, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  On this President’s Day, we thought we would pull together as comprehensive a list as we can of US presidential watches. We’re talking all the way from Washington to Trump, from Timexes to a Patek Philippe. Some loved watches and… Read More ›

• What are NFTs? They are nothing

  By Shaun on February 19, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  The above makes perfect sense to me. I am struggling to see NFTs as anything more than a fad. Will this open a whole new market for decentralized collectibles? Will this cement the status-quo? Or could we see a stalemate… Read More ›

• The Two Sides of IKEA

  By Shaun on February 19, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  Such a good video which highlights just how well IKEA understands the current trend no matter what it is. On the other side, you may want to read Ikea’s Race for the Last of Europe’s Old-Growth Forest. Meanwhile, with Bosutar… Read More ›

• Quitting Wordle

  By Shaun on February 19, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  I have made judgments about people who post their results. I have made judgments about myself, primarily how brilliant I am. During a bout of insomnia, I’ve shared my grid at 3am with someone who has sent me their middle-of-the-night… Read More ›

• The Seiko 5 Sports x Brian May (again)

  By Shaun on February 18, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  For more than forty years, Brian May relied on his Seiko 7548 (quartz) diver that he bought on a trip to Japan in 1975. When it came to designing his first watch with Seiko, the natural choice was a Seiko… Read More ›

• Gentler Streak: lose the Apple Watch rings!

  By Shaun on February 18, 2022 • ( 3 )

  

  Gentler Streak is a personal fitness habit tracker offering a fresh, more compassionate approach. Making rest days part of a streak challenges the unrealistic mainstream mindset of always pushing harder — and it changes streaks as we know them… More… Read More ›

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