Two years before the introduction of the first Grand Seiko, the pinnacle of the Seiko product tree was occupied by the Lord Marvel, introduced in 1958 as a luxurious refinement of the Marvel. The first Lord Marvel movement used as its basis the 11.5 ligne (25.6 mm) Marvel but with significant...
The term ‘Trigger’s broom’ gained its place in the British vernacular following an episode of the sit-com Only Fool’s and Horses in which one of the characters, Trigger, a road sweep, earns a medal from the local council for saving it money through his careful twenty-year maintenance of his...
If the Windows XP subreddit is a good indicator, it feels like Windows XP is entering a renaissance period. XP-era games are just old enough to be considered “vintage”, and there’s even new development for Windows XP applications, like the web browser Supermium. I’ve been dabbling with Windows XP...
I have always loved small, portable devices. Over the years, I have owned and enjoyed many, always upgrading from device to device, carefully picking out each successor. For awhile now, I’ve wanted to list them out and write a bit about each one, including my experience with it, and whether I miss...