Tech false economy

So, today I’m working on a brand new iMac - the first time I’ve bought a new Mac in over half a decade. And that last couple of years where I was eking out what I could from the old Mac Mini has been a false economy. My productivity has shot up.

I hadn’t realised how much time I spent waiting for apps to open, or hanging around waiting for them to process something.

It really was a false economy. I should have made this investment a couple of years ago, and I need to budget for doing so in future.


I’m actually more interested in how — visually — Apple chooses to do the WWDC keynote later on today, than what they actually announce.

Do they try to replicate the normal stage format? Or do they go a different direction?


What’s collective noun for a group of SUPpers?


When the Rampion Wind Farm was announced, I was worried about its impact on the feel of the beach.

A few years on, I’ve grown rather fond of it.

A kitesurfer surfing in front of the Rampion Wind Farm.

Kitesurfers on Shoreham Beach

Kitesurfers in the sea off Shoreham Beach, West Sussex

Well, I am deeply disheartened to read this about Warren Ellis.

Is it that we as a society rewards manipulative talented people with success? Our that the success we grant allows talented people to become like this?


This lockdown concert by Madness is a real balm to the soul. Nicely done.


Turns out it’s easier to say “world-beating” than actually deliver it.

Who knew?

(Everybody else.)


Has the meaning of the word “blog” changed?

Sadly, I think the answer is “yes”.


Blimey. Plurk. The microblogging service where I was [marginally more popular than @ianbetteridge](https://onemanandhisblog.com/2008/06/plurk_3_week_verdict_on_microb/).