Author: Jack Slater
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Sony Giving Away Eight PlayStation 4 Games
Sony is giving away eight PlayStation 4 games as part of their Play at Home marketing campaign during the pandemic to encourage people to stay home instead of going out. Click this link for the games on the US PlayStation store. There’s Subnautica, Enter the Dungeon, Abzu, The Witness, Rez Infinite, Astro Bot: Rescue Mission,…
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The Secret Life of Components: Switches
Before the Nintendo Switch there was the electrical mechanical switch. Tim Hunkin’s new video about the subject is out in his Secret Life of Components series above and we are about midway through the release schedule for these videos as they go up every Thursday. We are about midway through the series of eight episodes having…
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I’ll Relax When AppleCare+ Doesn’t Exist
Apple has a new series of video ads with the statements “More durable than ever” and “Tougher than any smartphone glass” followed by the slogan “Relax, it’s iPhone.” The first ad depicts a home cook mishandling, spilling ingredients on, dropping their iPhone 12, and finally washing it off with tap water. If the rubber gaskets…
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Animal Crossing’s New Island Tour Creator
Nintendo released a little single-purpose Animal Crossing: New Horizons website that you can use to make either a poster advertising your Animal Crossing island or a short video about the island. Oddly, the website is only available through the end of this year. The process of getting photos and videos off of a Nintendo Switch is so…
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The Secret Life of Components: Hinges
Tim Hunkin’s ongoing series about the parts that he uses to make his contraptions continues in episode three: Hinges. Tim is an absolute legend and he can even make hinges interesting. The series has so far covered working with chains and LEDs. You can find out more about The Secret Life of Components at Hunkin’s…