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• What happened to coffee shops?

  By Shaun on October 24, 2025 • ( 3 )

  

  My wife and I had a revelation recently after spending a LOT of money in Costa Coffee over the past decade or so. Prices had crept up over time and a small hot chocolate with a medium decaf cappuccino was… Read More ›

• And the more intensely that the light shone, the darker the shadow it cast

  By Shaun on October 22, 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  If you have somehow not seen the video below, please watch it all of the way through. It is ridiculously clever, original and hugely stimulating. The last spoken bit hits home because the moments of light really do make the… Read More ›

• Kobo Remote

  By Shaun on October 17, 2025 • ( 3 )

  

  Kobo Remote lets you stay in the story, uninterrupted. Designed exclusively for your Kobo eReader, its intuitive controls allow effortless page-turning with a simple click. Stay immersed in your reading rhythm, without ever lifting a finger. With a comfortable, ergonomic… Read More ›

• MING Polymesh

  By Shaun on October 16, 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  Forget the tech stuff above, check out the video below. This is an incredible use of modern techniques to make an often used material work in a completely different way. Stunning (and expensive).

• Laika

  By Shaun on October 15, 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  It’s been 67 years since she was sent into space.People don’t really talk about it anymore — but I think we should.Not because I’m a scientist, but because what happened still matters.Laika wasn’t just a dog in a rocket.She was… Read More ›

• A $280 EBay find or a priceless link to JFK?

  By Shaun on October 14, 2025 • ( 2 )

  

  Bill Anderson was close to 70 when he first spotted the clock. It looked like a ship’s wheel, a kitschy bit of decor you might see at a nautically themed bar. But he was drawn to it because of its… Read More ›

• Postcrossing

  By Shaun on October 13, 2025 • ( 2 )

  

  The goal of this project is to allow anyone to send and receive postcards from all over the world! The idea is simple: for each postcard you send, you will receive one back from a random postcrosser from somewhere in… Read More ›

• He wants a Nobel Peace Prize…

  By Shaun on October 10, 2025 • ( 0 )

  

  Check out the video below. It’s eloquent, succinct and perfectly describes what is happening. And we are only at the start of where this scumbag and his band of awful sycophants are heading…

• We’re Not Ready for Superintelligence

  By Shaun on October 8, 2025 • ( 7 )

  

  AI 2027 depicts a possible future where artificial intelligence radically transforms the world in just a few intense years. It’s based on detailed expert forecasts — but how much of it will actually happen? Are we really racing towards a… Read More ›

• How real are your stats? Part 2: health

  By Shaun on October 6, 2025 • ( 3 )

  

  Health stats are becoming more important as time passes and we are starting to see devices grow in popularity that focus on your overall health. Whoop is one example and so is Oura, but are these products focussing on health… Read More ›

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