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• Smartwatch Wars: The fenix 6 Pro finally beat the Apple Watch

  By Shaun on October 26, 2021 • ( 4 )

  

  I wrote three articles (part one, two and three) about the Apple Watch and its competitors and at the time I found myself sticking with the Apple Watch for a variety of reasons. It became clear to me that the… Read More ›

• This high-stakes showdown involved music mogul Jimmy Iovine and rock star Bono of U2

  By Shaun on October 26, 2021 • ( 0 )

  It’s a loooooong thread, but a good one.

• The Motocompo XL bike concept

  By Shaun on October 26, 2021 • ( 0 )

  So, what would a Motocompo on steroids and muscle be like? Shedding away its sweet character for a hotter version of itself – undeniable metamorphosis and rising like a phoenix from the ashes of time. This metaphoric vision is soulfully… Read More ›

• iPhone 13 Pro Leather Case with MagSafe review (part 2: after 2 weeks)

  By Shaun on October 25, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  You probably know what to expect from an Apple case by now and the soft internal lining is the final part of the case that makes it what it is. It will patina over time to add some extra personality… Read More ›

• 20 years of the iPod (a prototype)

  By Shaun on October 25, 2021 • ( 0 )

  Now, there are a lot of mysteries in the Panic Archives (it’s a closet) but by far one of the most mysterious is what you’re seeing for the first time today: an original early iPod prototype… More here. Some excellent… Read More ›

• A new NHS crisis

  By Shaun on October 25, 2021 • ( 0 )

  This week, in the first national Covid press conference to be held in five weeks, the Health Secretary Sajid Javid looked the population in the eye and claimed: “We are a lot closer to normal than we were a few… Read More ›

• hothouse gullibility flowers

  By Shaun on October 25, 2021 • ( 0 )

  I find these thought experiments infuriating when they are used as examples of people’s “irrationality”. It’s akin to economists thinking people are irrational for preferring receiving ten dollars now vs thirty dollars a year from now. In an uncertain world,… Read More ›

• Is This Why the Apple Watch Series 7 Was Delayed?

  By Shaun on October 24, 2021 • ( 0 )

  Excellent teardown as ever from iFixIt. The similarities between the 6 and 7 are obvious right from the start and I remain as convinced as ever that this was not the device Apple wanted to release this year. More from… Read More ›

• The draft Online Safety Bill

  By Shaun on October 24, 2021 • ( 0 )

  As readers of my personal blog, or people who know me, will probably be aware, I’m a proponent, and user, of Free and open source software. And this got me thinking: how would the draft Online Safety Bill affect the… Read More ›

• The original 1851 reviews of Moby-Dick

  By Shaun on October 24, 2021 • ( 0 )

  “To convey an adequate idea of a book of such various merits as that which the author of Typee and Omoo has here placed before the reading public, is impossible in the scope of a review. High philosophy, liberal feeling,… Read More ›

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