I just don’t understand why people think £250 for Airpods Pro - single user devices, with a lifespan of a few years - is fine, but £299 for a HomePod, a whole household device that will last half a decade or more, is not.


That’s it. Revue is gone, killed off by the new “management” of Twitter.

Once a great service, it never really kept up with the accelerating pace of newsletter evolution.

RIP Revue. 🫡

The landing page for the shuttered Revue newsletter service.

Feeling slightly guilty that our internet is fine, while the internet from the same provider is down for most people across the Beach.


Frost on the roof, sun on the river.

A frosty roof with the sunlit river Adur in the background.

Ah, it’s Winterwatch week. That’s a pleasant surprise.


Quite the sunset this evening.

Sunset over the Adur.

Well, it may be sub-zero in the garden this morning, but spring is still a’coming…

Shoots pushing through the earth in our back garden.

Craig Hockenberry:

“It feels like the time is right for a truly universal timeline. That notion excites me like the first time I posted XML status to an endpoint.”

In other words, it’s time to build ActivityPub clients, not just Mastodon ones.


Universities are already rethinking teaching and assessment in the light of AI tools.


Home, from the bridge.

Emerald Quay, as seen from the Adur Ferry Bridge.