So, after having two vaccinations on Saturday (flu and COVID booster):

  • Sunday I spent barely able to stay awake and shivering all the time
  • Monday started with headaches and lethargy, but improved thereafter
  • Today, I feel great.

So happy I’m boosted and done. 💉💉💉


I suspect that the best use of my evening would be ensuring that there’s enough good coffee and whisky in the house to see me thought what feels like the inevitable lockdown #4.

With that, and the flu and COVID booster vaccinations earlier, I feel prepared.


Two jabs in one session:

Covid: 💉💉💉 Flu: 💉


The iPad Pro is the best coffee shop computer yet invented.

Thank you. I will not be taking questions.

An iPad Pro with Magic Keyboard on a table in a coffee shop.

Time to slay the iPhone tabs monster…


One for GoPro folks: New firmware for the Hero 10 Black, including more 24fps modes.


Down by the harbour arm again. It’s cold and grey, so I had the beach to myself, apart from a handful of scavenging birds.



Currently reading: The Christmas Chronicles: Notes, stories & 100 essential recipes for midwinter by Nigel Slater 📚

Well, it’s the right time of year. 🎄


We have our Christmas tree.


Fantastic lanterns at Light Up Shoreham this evening.


Taking a quick break down by the harbour arm.



I’m pretty sure I read this story 15 years ago, except it was Second Life people were getting married in, not the ”metaverse”:

Getting Married in the Metaverse


The low light capabilities of the iPhone 13 Pro continue to impress me.


These people are mad. Admirably, impressively mad. But mad.

A 15 mile walk. In December. In their swimming costumes. 🥶


A rubicon has been crossed. I just scanned a QR code in a print magazine to open a webpage.


This is worrying: an OFSTED report has found that “nearly all children” have seen a negative educational impact from the pandemic.


At last, I threw down my article and smote its ruin upon the mountainside.

I’m off to have a celebratory coffee, while the editor goes to work on it.


13 years ago, taking a film in to be developed already felt antiquated.

I suppose I’d had digital cameras for half a decade at that point.