The outdoors rescue/location features of the Apple Watch Ultra and the iPhone 14 are an impressive idea that I didn’t expect. Let’s hope they work as advertised. #AppleEvent


Apple killing the physical SIM card in the US… #AppleEvent


I really like the Apple Watch Ultra. But I haven’t seen the price yet… #appleevent


This is a really good defence of RSS as the basis of podcasting

If you’re involved with podcasting, you need to understand this. Without RSS, big companies can start locking up the medium. 


Evening on the beach. 

A low sun


This is a fantastic idea for getting more reading done.


Currently reading: Ditchling Walks: in Eric Gill’s Footsteps by Lorraine Harrison, in search of inspiration for walks to tire out small people. 👧🏼👧🏼🚶🏼‍♀️ 📚


Trying out solar-powered tech. Working well so far.

charging an iphone from solar panels.

Campfire reading.

Currently reading: Coasting by Elise Downing 📚


Night in the woods.

A view of stars through trees.

Currently reading: Mistletoe Winter by Roy Dennis 📚

Such a melancholy book. It’s absolutely bursting with Roy’s joy in nature, and his knowledge of it. But his awareness of the climate crisis ever hovers in the background, like Banquo’s ghost.


Apparently I’m in the mood for photographing sunflowers at the moment.


Lovely light on the Adur this afternoon.


A field near Petworth in the heart of the English summer.


The more we learn about the Warner Bros Discovery / Batgirl mess, the weirder it seems.


A long dive into the current and future fortunes of the tarnished newsletter platform Substack. The easy ride is over. These are the hard yards.


Wow. Tinder’s a decade old.

It’s been two decades since I dated, (happily married!) and the landscape has changed out of all recognition in that time.

But is it for the better?


Took me a while to adjust to vegan burgers, but I’m really enjoying them now. A fine example from the pub this evening.


Summer’s not over while the sunflowers still look this good.

Sunflowers at Spring Gardens Nursery.

My eldest, playing an iPad game: “10pm is about the time a grown-up goes to sleep.”

My wife and I: “In our dreams.”