My most common typo for “metaverse” is “meat verse” which is ironic, given that it’s pretty much the exact opposite…


Good grief - 5G in central London is quite something…

A speed test result showing a download speed of 525.75 Mbps, an upload speed of 41.45 Mbps, a ping of 25 ms, and jitter of 3.2 ms on an iPhone 13 Pro connected to the Three network in London.

So, by botching a Spotlight search for Teams, I accidentally opened a search for “teacup puppies”.

I win the internet today.

A Google search results page shows various small and fluffy puppies posed in or near teacups.

👻5️⃣

Ghost 5.0 is here…


Finished reading: From the Mull to the Cape by Richard Guise 📚

A pleasant enough read. Entertaining in place, interesting in others. But a few rather ill-judged attempts at humour made me wince. Good enough that I’ll likely read another of his cycling adventure memoirs.


Whoops.

The screenshot shows a smartphone browser with 299 tabs open and the battery at 53%.

I found out today that one of my good university / student magazine buddies passed away some weeks ago. Regretting deeply phone calls not made, chats postponed too long and which will now never happen.


Netflix’s itchy cancellation finger has made me less and less likely to start watching a new series there. Our subscription is safe for now, but it won’t take too many more series abruptly truncated without resolution before it’ll be heading for the chopping block.


📷 May Photoblogging

Day 16: Time

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Not one of my better looks…

On the Suffolk coast, circa 1993.

A young man wearing a black and green Adidas sweater and jeans is walking on a pebbly beach with other people in the background.