Best ever feedback from an in-house training/workshop delivered a few months back:

“He’s a proper journalist, who swears and everything”.

That is so going on my gravestone. It should probably be my LinkedIn bio, too…


When I was a regular at the Barbican in the early 90s, back when the RSC had a residency there, I never dreamed that I’d find myself on that stage twice a year 35 years later…

#CityStGeorgesGrad


Just discovered that I need a 30 year old filling replaced.

Fabulous start to the week. Now I have to decide which day I want to sacrifice to that delight in the coming months…


Why is DNS propagation so annoyingly unpredictable?


Welcome back, iPad. Your new screen suits you.

An iPad with a keyboard case displaying a home screen full of apps and widgets on a wooden desk next to a wireless keyboard and a coffee mug.

My iPad is in the iPad hospital for the second time in a little over a month.

I hadn’t realised how central it’s become to my workflow. I feel a little lost without it.


Just pressed “go” on something I’ve been contemplating, planning and building for a little while.

Sorry to be vague, but more details will be coming early next week. 🤫


Diesel may start vanishing from forecourts within four years:

A report by the electric vehicle think tank New AutoMotive predicts that some filling stations in London will stop selling diesel by 2030. Nationally, many of the UK’s 8,400 forecourts are expected to scrap it by 2035.


Interesting move. Warhammer-maker Games Workshop has banned its staff from using AI in its products.

This seems like a smart move: a hobby built around creativity (building, modifying and painting models), is likely to be hostile to their raw materials being AI created.

Off to poke at the reaction in the Warhammer subreddits.


Not saying it’s cold up here on the Downs today, but…

A person is bundled up in a hooded jacket and knit cap, appearing to be in a cold environment.