A second-hand bookshop golden age?
A second wind for second-hand books?
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A delightful rediscovery
An Apple Watch strap that I'd thought I'd lost is found. Just as well - it's long discontinued.
Small Batch Coffee break
Grabbing a moment in a busy family weekend.
The web just got a little bit more social
Why Ghost's ActivityPub Beta matters, even if you don't undertand the first half of this sentence.
King Charles x Apple Music
DJ Charlie in da Palace…
They moved fast. They broke things. What now?
The Trump revolution in the US happened because nobody truly expected it. We are now warned.
Microsoft Teams, perfectly encapsulated
It's not complimentary.
Could imagination be an antidote to over-thinking?
Rumination, anxiety and over-thinking could well be products of the intelligent, analytical mind. So harnessing a different cognitive solution might help address the problem.
Coffee costs more thanks to the climate crisis
The climate crisis is hitting us coffee fans in the wallet.
Banff Mountain Film Festival Brighton: a quick review
What did the Red Film Programme have to offer? Thrills, dangers — and meditations on mental health and community.
Cancellation: a complex mix of accountability, power, justice, anger and societal change
Driving out people can be emotionally satisfying and create a sense of justice. But is it actually making the world better?
Walking the narrow path between tech utopianism and digital cynicism
We’ve been burnt by the tech companies, and we’re rightfully wary. But slipping into digital doomerism won’t help us solve today’s problems.
Sussex Life
Beach walk and transitory art
Escaping the first day of work and school with a walk and some natural crafting on the Sussex shore.
Photos
Walking at WWT Arundel
A pre-Christmas few hours of escape at the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust in Arundel.
Random slices of other people's lives
A simple way of finding virtually unmatched videos on YouTube — and glimpses into other lives.
Photos
Mods, Vespas and Jeeps: the Southwick Remembrance Sunday parade
Sometimes the parade is more than veterans, youth clubs and volunteer organisations…
Apple
Apple: Think Slacker
Apple’s new ads are not what you’d call aspirational.
Books
Sleepless, with Annabel Abbs
An author talk in Steyning, about discovering the power of the night self.
fediverse
Ubiquitous Activity Pugs
They’re pugs AND active.
EVs
The EV dawn is here
Electric vehicles are already over the tipping point, and are our future. And that’ll change our landscapes.
fediverse
Coffee & Complexity: Federated
Into the Fediverse!
EVs
A core EV disappointment
Oh, the battery tech we could have had.
Digital Society
A simple way to improve the internet
Internet incivility is a real world problem.
Photos
20 Minutes on Littlehampton Beach
A photographic break from a life of being finance and transport.