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• The medieval habit of ‘two sleeps’

  By Shaun on January 16, 2022 • ( 0 )

  Nearly 300 years later, in the early 1990s, the historian Roger Ekirch walked through the arched entranceway to the Public Record Office in London – an imposing gothic building that housed the UK’s National Archives from 1838 until 2003. There,… Read More ›

• The time that I broke Covid rules

  By Shaun on January 16, 2022 • ( 0 )

  This is a wonderful thread which explains how rules can be broken for the right reason. The reality is that every single person on the planet has broken a Covid rule, either accidentally or on one occasion, but the problem… Read More ›

• You can’t replace the feel of turning a real page

  By Shaun on January 15, 2022 • ( 0 )

  That trend undermines the tech companies’ seductive promises that apps and platforms will always and inevitably eclipse physical objects. The unexpected triumph of printed books – partly a result of their enhanced design values – proves that not all upgrades… Read More ›

• Anne E Currie’s “Panopticon” series, books 1 and 2 reviewed

  By Shaun on January 15, 2022 • ( 0 )

  The books are set in the relatively near future – 2025 onwards – and revolve around three key events: the creation of the Panopticon, the all-seeing surveillance state, which some love and some hate. Crime is almost – but not… Read More ›

• How to avoid a narcissist

  By Shaun on January 15, 2022 • ( 0 )

  According to Erin Leonard, a practising psychotherapist, understanding the interplay between emotionally intelligent qualities and narcissistic tendencies at various stages in a relationship may help us to be able to see a toxic or abusive dynamic more quickly… More here…. Read More ›

• iOS Music Player Showcase

  By Shaun on January 15, 2022 • ( 2 )

  There’s new and exciting developments every year in the realm of iOS third-party music players, and 2021 was no exception. While 2019 enjoyed an explosion of new players like Power Player and Albums that through time came to lead the… Read More ›

• Dad of the year builds his son a wooden Rolls Royce

  By Shaun on January 14, 2022 • ( 0 )

  Hopefully the videos recording the process of wood carving and crafting from wood will be useful and entertaining for you. I like to use wood from discarded trees, not precious woods from the forest. Amazing.

• 5 reasons to wear a watch

  By Shaun on January 14, 2022 • ( 2 )

  It’s time for you to save your smartwatches for your morning runs and use a classic machine for the rest of the afternoons. Men ‘s watches are, beyond a useful tool, a symbol of status and style wherever we go…. Read More ›

• The Fitbit Charge 5 is good, but inconsistent

  By Shaun on January 14, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  So far I must say that the Fitbit Charge 5 is a decent fitness tracker in terms of the hardware design. The screen is responsive which is unusual for Fitbit devices and also visible, in a good way, in most… Read More ›

• Testing the Fitbit Charge 5: not the best of starts

  By Shaun on January 13, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  I have been testing the Fitbit Charge 5 and after 1 day I am already struggling. My experience with Fitbit has note historically been one where I have a lot of faith in the hardware, but this is a strange… Read More ›

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