Author: Holly Brockwell
Editor Holly worked on some of the tech industry's most high-profile smartphone launches before coming to us, and is a self-confessed Android fangirl. She's currently lusting after the Galaxy S6 Edge, and is never seen without her Misfit Shine.
8 Valentine’s gifts for the cat in your life #LoveWeek
In many ways, cats are the perfect partner. They snuggle up to you every night. They bring you treats. They lick your nose and rub your legs and never insult your mother. Granted, they won't ask for your paw in marriage, but they will stay by your side through thick and thin, as long as there's tuna…
WANT: Firebox is launching the world’s first WiFi coffee machine
Hot on the heels of lazy-person favourite, the iKettle, Firebox is launching what might just be the dream product for us lackadaisical internet types: a WiFi coffee machine you control with your phone. The unimaginatively-named Smarter Coffee costs £149.99 and can: Brew 1-12 cups of coffee on demand, controlled from your smartphone or tablet Automatically grind and brew the right…
2.9% Neanderthal and proud – exploring my genes with 23andMe #HealthAndFitnessWeek
When 23andMe launched in the UK late last year, the response was split between interest and concern. The opportunity to have your genes analysed, your ancestry traced and your health mapped through your DNA seemed irresistibly futuristic to some, and worryingly Orwellian to others. We took the former view, finding the idea of exploring our personal genome both fascinating…
Joylent review: day 10 and conclusions – Holly #HealthAndFitnessWeek
Shiny's Holly and Sadie are doing 10 days on Joylent, the EU equivalent of Soylent, which is a powdered complete food for humans. Find out more about the Joylent review project here, and read Holly and Sadie's write-ups of days 1 to 3 here, days 4 to 6 here, and days 7 to 9 here.…
A calorie-tracking app gave me an eating disorder #HealthAndFitnessWeek
We spoke to Sarah (not her real name), a 23-year-old woman from the Midlands who found herself suffering from bulimia after she started using an app to track her calorie intake. Here's what she told us (some details changed to protect Sarah's identity). It was on Christmas Day that I knew I had a problem.…
Joylent review: days 7 to 9 #HealthAndFitnessWeek
Shiny's Holly and Sadie are doing 10 days on Joylent, the EU equivalent of Soylent, which is a powdered complete food for humans. Find out more about the project here, and read Holly and Sadie's write-ups of days 1 to 3 here, and 4 to 6 here. Holly - day 7 I started today with…
Joylent review: days 4 to 6 #HealthAndFitnessWeek
Shiny's Holly and Sadie are doing 10 days on Joylent, the EU equivalent of Soylent, which is a powdered complete food for humans. Find out more about the project here, and read Holly and Sadie's write-ups of days 1 to 3 here. Holly - day 4 After a disastrous day yesterday (I ended up eating…
Joylent review: days 1 to 3 #HealthAndFitnessWeek
Shiny's Holly and Sadie are doing 10 days on Joylent, the EU equivalent of Soylent, which is a powdered complete food for humans. Find out more about the project here. The beginning Our Joylent arrived as a giant cardboard box full of mostly-unmarked plastic bags of powder. Yes, it looked like a shipment of drugs.…
Joylent review: 10 days of eating nutritionally-balanced powdered food for #HealthAndFitnessWeek
You might have heard of Soylent, the nutritionally-balanced, complete food for humans that's been making a bit of a stir in the US. Opinions vary from "this is the future of food" to "you've ruined everything that's good about being alive," and like everyone else, we were intrigued. So for 10 days, Editor Holly and…
It’s #HealthAndFitnessWeek on ShinyShiny
As the first month of the year draws to a close, we're here to help you keep running, swimming, and nourishing your way to the healthier, happier self you imagined when you wrote your new year's resolutions. With guidance on the easiest and most fun ways to exercise, where to get inexpensive fitness kit, and how…
