5 degrees, rainy and grey. British autumn is here at last.

A harbor scene with boats docked along the water, construction equipment in the foreground, and buildings lining the shore under a cloudy sky.

Old Toys

I’m slightly concerned that I appear to have grown up in the last few years. Despite the exciting and shiny new iPad Pros released last week, I’m still more than happy with my 2 plus year old iPad Pro 9.7. It does everything I need it to. And my MacBook Pro is around five years old, and I’m not planning on replacing that either. What has happened to me? I used to be a “twitchy after two years” guy.

A tablet with a keyboard case is placed on a wooden table next to a white cup and saucer, with a stylus lying beside the tablet.

MediaGazer is really good at inflating my ego in a really unearned way, by putting me in some amazing company:

Facebook is donating £4.5 million to fund 80 local newspaper jobs across the UK over the next two years, subsidizing the cost of trainee reporters.

Touching. I feel very special…

A person shares their dream of New York City, describing it as the city that never sleeps and recalling their move to NYC in 1996 to pursue love.

Coffee date.

A young child with blonde hair and blue eyes, wearing a colorful sweater, is sitting indoors with their hand resting on their cheek and looking attentively to the side, while a cup topped with whipped cream is visible in front of them.

Stunning autumn morning in #shorehambysea

A historic stone church with a clock tower stands beside a tree with vibrant orange autumn leaves in a graveyard.

I need to have words with my teenage self about keeping negatives clean.

A black and white photo shows a rocky outdoor area with sparse vegetation and bushes.

Only seven months between episodes…

A podcast profile description highlights the host's commitment to improving digital journalism, a preference for coffee, and their gender pronouns, followed by a list of two podcast episodes with titles and brief summaries.

Here’s my incredibly sophisticated micro casting set-up, using Wavelength on my phone…

A cluttered desk features a Blue Snowball microphone on a tripod, a smartphone connected to a charging cable, an Apple keyboard, a coffee mug, and various scattered papers and items.

Be vewy, vewy quiet. I’m hunting typos…

A cartoon character dressed in hunting gear is holding a rifle and making a shushing gesture while walking quietly.