Macro mode on the new iPhone is pretty impressive.

A close-up of a pink flower showing its central stamens and delicate petals.

Helloooo </Terry Thomas voice>

A hand is holding a new iPhone box in front of a desktop setup with an Apple monitor, keyboard, and a glass of water.

I wonder what would happen if I just started posting on a neglected blog, and saw what happened?

Selfie shot with the new GoPro Hero 10.

Adam Tinworth in Emerald Quay.

Journalistic clichés to avoid like the plague.

Note to self: rewrite before posting.

The text recognition in photos that’s part of iOS15 is pretty damn impressive.

Gotta say, shipping the new GoPro in a plastic bag somewhat undermines the “plastic free packaging” messaging…

A GoPro Hero 10 in its shipping packaging.

I’m really leaning into the Dad joke thing right now.

Life is too short to gift attention to unpleasant people

Something I should have worked out 30 years ago:

If someone whose work you like and enjoy turns out to be a complete tosser, let them and their work go. There are many lovely people out there doing great work who deserve your attention and money instead.

From a famous humorist who was the very first person who was just brutally unpleasant to me in my journalism career, to a former co-author who decided to interpret everything in bad faith, a lot of people have contributed to this insight. But now I’ve had it — and been using it for the past year or so — my world is a happier place.

The new Netflix CGI He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (the kid-friendly reboot not the Kevin Smith continuation series) is really quite a bit of fun, with some imaginative touches. My daughters are really enjoying it.