Category Archives: Gadgets

One way to read Dan Brown

Posted on Monday, 24 June, 2013 by jmacg

I’ve just enjoyed a romp through Florence, Venice and Istanbul in Dan Brown’s latest, The Inferno. It was the usual mix of conspiracy, skulduggery, historical intrigue, ancient symbols, secret societies, hidden codes, beautiful women and travelogue. Bugger the literati – … Continue reading →

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This decade’s epochal event?

Posted on Wednesday, 7 April, 2010 by jmacg

The epochal event of the decade happened last weekend. That’s right – the iPad tablet computer emerged from Steve Jobs’s reality distortion field. Correction: the iPad is still in that field, so is Jobs and so are gadget freaks the … Continue reading →

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In praise of vintage waffle irons

Posted on Saturday, 30 January, 2010 by jmacg

My father’s oldest sibling, Catherine, did a home science degree at Otago University before World War II, then after the war she went to the University of Chicago and did an MSc. That was a reasonably unusual thing for a … Continue reading →

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