Just finished watching Skeleton Crew with the family.

Just the best Star Wars in years. Family-friendly but with enough of an edge of darkness to give it depth for the adults.

More please.


Oh, no. David Lynch is dead.

From now on, sadly, the owls will be exactly what they seem.

🏔️ 🏔️



Rule #1: Never trust Facebook.

It’s been over 20 years. You’d think people would have learned this by now.


People who are trying to escape Meta’s platforms in light of the changes in recent weeks, and Zuckerberg’s latest moves, here’s an unwelcome reminder for you:

WhatsApp is a Meta product, too.


For those playing with Pixelfed, an open standards-based Instagram competitor, I’m there under the usual username.


Sussex Downs, 8.30am, Sunday 12th January 2025

A frosty landscape with long shadows cast by trees during a hazy sunrise.

Duolingo rather over-estimates how much time I spend interacting with owls, bears and elephants, day-to-day.


Just another Friday night in Falmer…

Two people in shiny metallic costumes with large spheres on their heads perform on stage under a sign that says "Welcome to the Stage: Light Fantastic!" while a chalkboard displays similar text.

Telling people they’re doing it wrong is fun. In a webinar for Smartocto yesterday, as part of a panel of trend watchers, I suggested that the industry was thinking about #newsletters in the wrong way.

That prompted more questions than we could answer in the session — so I did so on my blog.