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The little things

I've just nipped into town to withdraw some cash for the weekend.

It looks like Barclays has a new ATM and - get this - just before it hands over the notes, it fans them out with a flourish and a flick of the robotic wrist. Is this just a machine showing off, or is there some functional purpose?

Maybe the designers realised it made it easy to count the money at a glance so you stuffed it into you wallet straight away, rather than count it in the street where you're more likely to have it snatched.

Whatever, it's the little things like this that keep me happy. The ways my life changes from day to day in almost imperceptible ways.