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.

A cheeseburger with lettuce and tomato is served on a plate.

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.”


Looks like there’s urgent security updates out for all the major Apple platforms this evening. Updateapaloza ahead.


A few images from the beginning of our holiday two weeks ago: Wightlink to the Isle of Wight, and setting up at the campsite outside Sandown. Oh, and charging the car off the electrical hookup on the campsite. 🚙 ⚡️ 👍🏻

A series of large windows reveal an expansive view of a calm sea under a sky filled with textured clouds, with a colorful patterned carpeted floor inside the room.Three children are sitting on a colorful bench, attentively looking at something off-camera.A blue and green tent is set up near a hedge decorated with colorful triangular flags under a sky filled with scattered clouds.Two children are sitting on camping chairs in an outdoor campsite with tents and a car in the background.A white electric car is parked on a dirt surface with a cable connected to it, set against a background of dense greenery.


I am faintly baffled as to why anyone would think that I’d like to run a piece about going commando on OM&HB. And yes, it’s “commando” as in “no underwear”.

I suppose it’s just someone blasting out them to a mailing list indiscriminately, and hoping for the best.


Hwæt!

A book titled A Guide to Old English with prose, verse, texts, and glossary is shown among other books or magazines.A box for the game Talisman: The Magical Quest is partially visible beneath a surface with a handwritten note saying Adam Tinworth QMW 1991.


I think it would be fair to say that my teenage record buying was not cool.

Singles of Doctor in Distress by Who Cares and Star Trekkin' by The Firm.