Turns out that if you go to bed super early on Saturday night, because you’re exhausted thanks to the first teaching week of term, a train strike, and working Saturday, that the 6.30am start for your daughter’s swimming lesson is much easier.

Who knew?

John Gruber:

X itself now feels like a third-rate Twitter knock-off.

Fair point.

A sign on a London coffee shop saying that the Romans did not have coffee.

I feel judged by my iPad.

An iPad warning that I have too many tabs open.

Sometimes, you prompt Midjourney, look at the results, and think “I’m going to have nightmares about that image”.

Images from Hamburg and the Reeperbahn Festival.

Deploying my camera on my annual working trip to Germany…

Why saving Harvard’s blog history matters — and why I’m sad I was unable to save the early work I led.

A lot of character in this old, partially ruined house.

Nymans, a National Trust property in Sussex, UK

No early morning drive to the pool this morning, as my eldest is unwell.

So, I’m drinking coffee and processing photos instead

A flower in the garden at Nymans House. Another flower in the garden at Nymans, this time a yellow-orange one.

It has begun. 🎄

Christmas cards on sale in WH Smith in late September 2023x