I know that the phone has the advantage of being the camera you always have with you, but I do enjoy the tactile nature of more traditional cameras — the viewfinder, the lens barrel, the dials and buttons. Grabbing the Canon and going shooting with it is my weekend treat.
I try to avoid spending too much money in franchise chains, but when your small, indie coffee shop is closed due to a broken coffee machine, sometimes you fall to the temptations of Starbucks — and regret it afterwards.
This may have been one of the first music videos I watched on a computer:
It was included as an Easter egg on the installation disc for OS9 for the Mac. I still love the aesthetic of this video.
Social media isn’t dead — it’s regenerating.
Life doesn’t always go to plan. The secret to resilience is to just adjust and forge new paths forwards. And that’s fine.
Well, dealing with the flat tyre put pay to our planned afternoon out. But, given how tired the girls were, I have a suspicion it was for the best.
“I heard someone recently describe Twitter as a social network where the users hate the service and they hate each other. That’s unflattering, but I think it’s also completely accurate.”
Right, I’m now using my own Mastodon instance for work-style stuff. Anyone interested in journalism, audience and the creator economy can follow me there.
Finally solved the email problem, and my personal Mastodon instance is working. A few more tweaks, and then I’ll open it up to newsletter subscribers.
I just discovered that the minister from my childhood home carried on working well into his 80s.
There’s something quite moving about being that committed to a calling.
