The best way I’ve found of preventing photos from looking too digital is to make them with film.

— @jbaty@social.lol

I still have a film camera. One day I shall use it again. One day.

It’s probably fair to say that I love blogging so much that if everybody else gave it up, I’d still continue.

It’d be less fun, obviously. But still worthwhile.

Bloggers and journalists, 20 years on.

Inspired by John Naughton’s Observer column about @dave’s 30 years of blogging…

Today’s newsletter muses on Meta’s inability to recognise that people are messy, contradictory and contain multitudes. The more it tries to shove people into algorithmic boxes, the less compelling its products become.

A simple way to improve the internet.

Headline of the day:

No, Donald Trump Isn’t Wading Through Hurricane Floodwaters, You Absolute Morons

I was complimented on my hair by a cashier at the supermarket today.

If nothing else, this proves I can still have brand new experiences in my 50s.

A first experiment with Halide’s Process Zero while shooting with my iPhone.

An image of Northampton Square features tall trees, a building in the background, and a gazebo surrounded by greenery.

The beach huts on Littlehampton beach this morning turned out to be a real photographic gift, as did an unexpectedly shaped café.

I must do more random photography like this.

More images here.

A row of colorful beach huts with green and yellow doors stands on a pebble-covered shore under a partly cloudy sky.Bright yellow beach huts are situated near a modern building with people and dogs walking nearby.

Cheeky coffee and bap at Edge by the Sea after dropping my youngest at a Brownies day.

A small table in a cafe is set with a book, an empty plate with utensils, a coffee cup, and condiment bottles, with a chair and cushion nearby.

The clash between Sober October and London Cocktail Week feels particularly vexing this year.

Quite the reverse: challenger digital news brands are now snapping up traditional print media ones. But what should we make of the sale of The Spectator, and the discussions about Tortoise buying The Observer?

I have thoughts.

A Network of AI ‘Nudify’ Sites Are a Front for Notorious Russian Hackers - and the site attempt to infect you device with malware.

Moral of the story: don’t be a creep.

Survived the first day of lecturing this academic year. Just 9½ weeks to go…

A hallway in City St George’s with rows of lockers and a glass-paneled wooden door leading to another area.

Abandoned shoe on the beach.

A worn-out white and peach Nike sneaker lies in the grass.

Need a POSSE?

I think we all do. And, right now, micro.blog is mine.

This is the way forward, if we want to navigate the social media diaspora in an efficient, feasible way.

Another day, another pub. 🍺

A pub with a sign that reads "Welcome to The Kings Head at Staplehurst" is beneath a string of bulb lights against a partly cloudy sky.

Started reading: Late Light by Michael Malay 📚

Started reading: Coffee First, Then the World by Jenny Graham 📚

Morning from a Kentish pub.

A weathered wooden window beside a colorful hanging basket filled with red and yellow flowers.A lush cluster of vibrant pink and orange flowers is growing against a brick wall, illuminated by sunlight.A rustic pub with brick and wooden elements is shown under a clear blue sky, surrounded by trees and a paved walkway.