Oh, yikes. The home office iMac won’t get macOS 26. Somehow it’s still “my new iMac”, but it’s five years old now…

Time to start putting the money aside for a Mac Mini and a decent 5k screen.


Wow, Midjourney really struggles with the idea of scissors.

A high-angle shot shows a person's hands holding an old pair of metal scissors, cutting out a square from a newspaper spread open on a table. Another piece of newspaper, already cut, is held in the person's other hand. The newspaper appears to be in a foreign language.

#mbjune Day 9: Wood 📷

All the images from the challenge.

A wooden birdhouse is attached to the trunk of a large tree with leafy branches extending into the scene.

Escaping email hell with a beach walk before school pickup.

A pebble beach stretches along the coastline with two people and a dog walking near the water's edge under a clear sky.

When did you last reply to someone on social media?

As Elvis didn’t sing, a little more conversation, a little less promotion please.


The downside of falling behind with your email:

“Wow, that looks like an interesting event. I must book. Let’s see, when is it…? Oh. Two weeks ago.”


I have spent the last 20 years of my career endlessly campaigning for the journalism business to take the idea of community-building around its journalism seriously.

Now it’s finally, finally happening I should feel vindicated and celebratory. But largely I just feel tired.


#mbjune Day 8: Travel 📷

All the images from the challenge.

A Snapchat advertisement on a London Underground platform features a collage of photos, including people and a dog, with overlayed text and the Snapchat logo.

I can’t find the list of #mbjune prompts for today onwards. Anyone seen it?


#mbjune Day 7: Switch 📷

All the images from the challenge.

A white light switch is adorned with a small, yellow bee decoration at its center.