I love writing.

I hate getting started on writing.


Night in the Quay.

Boats moored in Emerald Quay at night.

Always sound advice.

A sign in a pub toilet saying "Gentlemen adjust your dress".

Blimey. I think Substack is down.


Do I have the mental bandwidth left to update a theme on one of my Ghost blogs? Hmmm.


Cory Doctorow is not pulling his punches on NFTs.


Are you an outdoor or wild swimmer? Then fill in the 2021 Trends in Outdoor Swimming Survey to help gather information about the potential and problems with the activity globally.


One of those headlines that takes on a whole new level of “ick” if you’re a Brit:

The Nasty Logistics of Returning Your Too-Small Pants


Today, I turn 50.

Please respect the privacy of my family and I at this difficult time.

Thank you.


UK has “no intention” to deliver COP26 pledges says Cambridge scientist:

“The UK’s net-zero strategy is as unrealistic as “magic beans fertilised by unicorn’s blood” and will fail to deliver the emissions reductions promised by 2030”


Gunpowder, treason and plot. 💥


While my frantic week isn’t yet done, my reward has arrived. Looking forward to spending time meandering through this: A Year Unfolding 📚



Today, it’s exactly 20 years since I wrote my first blog post.

I’ll write more about this tomorrow. But I just wanted to mark the day.

Two decades under the blog. 👴🏻


Evening walk at Woods Mill.

The lake at Woods Mill nature reserve in Sussex

Interesting. Is anyone else unable to access Quora with iCloud Private Relay on?


🚨 Important discourse. 🚨

Will the Metaverse save journalism?


It’s very clear that Facebook corporately wants the profits of global scale, without incurring the costs of managing that scale:

How Facebook Failed the World


Commuting mask watch: down to about 10% of people wearing masks on this Southern train. Very thinly occupied, though.


One day I will manage to swab myself for a lateral flow test without retching.

Today is not that day.