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Feb 20, 2025 - 5:17pm Amazon MGM now has creative control over Bond 😬 blot.blog/2025/02/2…

Feb 20, 2025 - 10:25am Raising a glass of Wild Turkey to Hunter S. Thompson, who died 20 years ago today. The father of …

Feb 16, 2025 - 8:28am I hate tiny mug handles. elliot.my/262

Feb 14, 2025 - 4:54pm I’ve written a deep dive into the tech that powers my life. imlefthanded.com/2025/the-…

Feb 10, 2025 - 8:52pm I like dedicated servers

Jan 31, 2025 - 6:00pm Being ill in 1643 must have been awful

Jan 31, 2025 - 9:27am I remember being so excited about the rise of tech. I was sure nerds would create a utopia – a fair, …

Jan 30, 2025 - 11:38pm 30-year-olds buy a cottage in the country and make it their whole personality. And do you know what? …

Jan 29, 2025 - 11:21am Test post – please ignore

Jan 29, 2025 - 10:27am Garth Hudson has died

Jan 10, 2025 - 3:33pm In 1700’s London, if you received charity from your local parish you were supposed to wear a …

Jan 10, 2025 - 10:00am In one of his sermons from the 900s, Ælfric of Eynsham warns against over-eating and excess drinking …

Nov 25, 2024 - 7:54am 50 years ago today Nick Drake died. All three of his albums are melancholic. masterpieces. If this …

Oct 24, 2024 - 9:43pm I rarely think about how I’m lucky to live in a warm house with running water, have access to the …

Oct 23, 2024 - 1:25pm AI has officially arrived. My Mum has sent me a AI-generated video on Instagram.

Oct 23, 2024 - 9:36am I’ve written about Andrew Roberts' diary routine. blot.blog/2024/10/2…

Oct 19, 2024 - 10:02am Morning all 🍂 UK-folk, don’t forget to get yourself into some woods in the next few weeks — …

Oct 16, 2024 - 6:43am I envy people who can be productive in a coffee shop or office. My ideal working condition is a a …

Oct 15, 2024 - 3:57pm "Cheating alleged after men’s world conker champion found with steel chestnut"

Oct 13, 2024 - 9:58pm I’m getting old. Not because I turned 33 yesterday. But because ‘late nights’ are now defined as …

Oct 13, 2024 - 9:38pm I love people who use social media like it’s 2009. Yes, please tell me that you’ve brewed some …

Oct 13, 2024 - 9:22pm my google.searches on my.phone.alwuas end up looking.like.this

Oct 13, 2024 - 9:19pm Newsletters feel inherently uninteresting. Blogs feel like a digital living room where I can share …

Oct 13, 2024 - 8:50pm How does my ADHD manifest? Mostly as accidental cardio from running up and down the stairs 20 times …

Oct 13, 2024 - 7:48pm What files from your Mac do you actually need on your phone?

Oct 13, 2024 - 7:32pm When you review things on Plex your friends can now see them. I love this. I trust my friend’s …

Oct 13, 2024 - 4:50pm One of the consistently good sources for interesting websites or news is the Pinboard ‘popular …

Oct 11, 2024 - 9:37am I’ve decided to write up my favourite 500 songs. I expect to be done in about 3 years.

Oct 10, 2024 - 10:57pm I love a cutesy nickname. But I draw the line at “doggo”. There’s just something about it that oddly …

Oct 10, 2024 - 10:47pm I love a door you can open just by pushing it. Sure, the doorknob is busted and it should be fixed. …

Oct 3, 2024 - 11:38am I’ve written: “On Writing: Short Enough to Finish, Long Enough to Matter” …

Oct 1, 2024 - 8:34am I’ve written about ADHD and the struggle with internal expectations. …

Sep 27, 2024 - 9:07am 🍿 Film Review: The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

Sep 27, 2024 - 12:04am I now fall asleep every time I go to the cinema. I regularly struggle to sleep at night in my comfy …

Sep 26, 2024 - 11:58pm Digital legacy

Sep 26, 2024 - 11:08pm Find out what the weather was like on the day you were born. bdayweather.com

Sep 24, 2024 - 12:47pm I’ve written about ADHD and the burden of possessions blot.blog/2024/09/2…

Aug 11, 2024 - 8:28am Remembering Robin Williams, who left us 10 years ago today. His comedic genius and deep humanity …

Jul 28, 2024 - 9:13pm — Ashridge

Jul 27, 2024 - 11:22pm Some photos from my night of Italian food and English theatre.

Jul 27, 2024 - 10:15pm “Much Ado About Nothing” at Shakespeare’s Globe.

Jul 26, 2024 - 11:30am Why do tape measures always have a very distinctive smell?

Jul 26, 2024 - 9:40am There’s a session drummer named Steve Gadd who looks awfully like George Clooney.

Jul 25, 2024 - 6:57am This ad I saw is from 2007.

Jul 24, 2024 - 9:44am The restaurant I made a reservation at lets me upload a photo of myself so they can greet me by name …

Jul 24, 2024 - 7:46am Morning all ☀️ I don’t know about you lot, but my sun is gorgeous this morning.

Jul 22, 2024 - 2:59pm I’ve written about how media companies keep on underestimating the value of new technologies. …

Jul 18, 2024 - 8:26am 🍿 Film Review: Air (2023)

Jul 17, 2024 - 7:18am Front and Back

Jul 16, 2024 - 6:00pm KFC is the only good value fast food chain left. As long as you ignore the burgers and stick to the …

Jul 15, 2024 - 8:32pm My fellow English autumn addicts, just how much are you loving this wonderfully rainy July?

Jul 15, 2024 - 3:07pm If you want to use Dropbox but don’t want to have to pay $10/mo for 2TB you can apparently …

Jul 14, 2024 - 11:33am Happy Sunday all. The weather is fine and sunny in Hertfordshire today and I’ve been for a …

Jul 14, 2024 - 8:54am The barista yelled ‘Mi’lady!’ and for a split second I thought I’d …

Jul 13, 2024 - 3:14pm Hope everyone’s Saturday’s are going well. I’m just back from a spooky July walk …

Jul 13, 2024 - 2:02pm Modern life feels like death by a thousand £9.99 subscriptions.

Jul 13, 2024 - 7:20am I mean, doesn’t the word ‘buy’ imply you get to keep it?

Jul 12, 2024 - 1:03pm Captcha: ‘Select all stairs.’ Brain: ‘What defines a stair?’ Suddenly, …

Jul 9, 2024 - 8:51pm The longest title for a film that I’ve come across.

Jul 9, 2024 - 2:14pm The Queen’s final Christmas speech before she died is listed as the “series …

Jul 9, 2024 - 1:42pm I’m flattered Hozier wants my phone number. But I shouldn’t have to give it to him just …

Jul 9, 2024 - 11:40am I propose we bring back the 19th century tea dance. It’s so much better than a night club or …

Jul 9, 2024 - 11:30am “It was illegal until the mid-1960s for bars in New York to sell alcohol to people known to be …

Jul 9, 2024 - 7:41am I love the wonderful terminology of American music in the 1940’s. Crooner, bobby soxers, …

Jul 8, 2024 - 3:50pm The original toilet roll patent from 1891 clearly shows it should hang over the roll, not under.

Jul 8, 2024 - 9:01am The Google Maps iOS app finally has a speedometer on it.

Jul 7, 2024 - 5:43pm I rate films precisely out of 100. I can tell you exactly what I liked and disliked. But books? …

Jul 7, 2024 - 2:19pm Sunday so far: a walk, a shop and a burger from a greasy spoon. 🥾🌲🍔 Next: Tour de France and then …

Jul 7, 2024 - 8:39am I’ve written about the struggle of birthdays in an extrovert-centric world. Ron Swanson gets …

Jul 6, 2024 - 8:17pm Post England game. The sun has come out and I’m drinking a Leffe 0% beer 🍺☀️ My second ever …

Jul 6, 2024 - 4:36pm Pre England game walk and food. 🥾🍽️ 📍 National Trust - Ashridge Estate + The Traveller’s Rest

Jul 5, 2024 - 11:18am I think the concept of ‘cultural appropriation’ is largely nonsense. But some of you …

Jul 5, 2024 - 11:12am The AI data gold rush meets its match: Cloudflare – imlefthanded.com

Jul 5, 2024 - 11:09am The absolute disappointment of turning on the Tour de France and discovering it’s a time trial day. …

Jul 5, 2024 - 8:28am A good day to no longer be under a Tory government 🙅‍♂️

Jul 5, 2024 - 12:46am Snacks taste 15% better if I browse their website whilst eating them.

Jul 4, 2024 - 11:30pm Cloudflare is making it easier to stop AI crawlers scraping your site.

Jul 4, 2024 - 10:38pm ‘noplace, a mashup of Twitter and Myspace for Gen Z, hits No. 1 on the App Store’ It very much is …

Jul 4, 2024 - 7:49pm 🗳️ Voted. Labour.

Jul 4, 2024 - 4:47pm What an odd headline in the Times: “No more koala cuddles at sanctuary visited by Putin and …

Jul 4, 2024 - 11:43am A hip church, a modern poet

Jul 4, 2024 - 12:00am SoundCloud doesn't let you fast forward without signing in

Jul 3, 2024 - 9:21am Pipes.digital is a great replacement for Yahoo Pipes. As a keen RSS user I used to love Pipes back …

Jul 3, 2024 - 2:16am Blogging like Dave Winer: the case for making more of your thoughts public

Jul 2, 2024 - 10:28pm No one oversells more than a podcast host pushing a VPN. Apparently it will stop people tracking …

Jul 2, 2024 - 9:32pm I wrote several post bearish on AI today. But it is simply amazing at helping you remember the …

Jul 2, 2024 - 9:21pm The first ever podcast I listened/watched was Diggnation, back in 2005 (nearly 20 years ago!) If you …

Jul 2, 2024 - 7:20pm I struggled to find a TV show to watch. Tried “Monarch: Legacy of Monsters” and …

Jul 2, 2024 - 5:34pm A few new posts on my tech blog today, mostly around AI. ‘Why AI can’t replace science’ …

Jun 30, 2024 - 3:44pm 🍿 Film Review: The Lobster (2015)

Jun 30, 2024 - 7:33am If you’ve got an adblocker Rotten Tomatoes isn’t letting you in anymore. They’ve had this popup for …

Jun 29, 2024 - 6:39pm I despise Putin’s Russia and am totally on the 🇺🇦 side of the Russo-Ukrainian War. But I think their …

Jun 29, 2024 - 11:33am I keep on hearing such mixed things about The Bear season 3, it’s insane. I wouldn’t know. found …

Jun 28, 2024 - 10:00pm Not the most original artwork by Discovery+ here.

Jun 28, 2024 - 8:50pm “Brighton FC want to buy Dewsbury Hall from Leicester.” Dewsbury Hall sounds like it should be …

Jun 28, 2024 - 8:04pm 🍿 Film Review: Wonka (2023)

Jun 27, 2024 - 5:47pm Me: “Hey ChatGPT, what’s 2 + 2?” ChatGPT: “I’m not going to answer that. Here’s some Python code …

Jun 27, 2024 - 5:11pm Playing Battlefield 1. Probably my favourite game of all time. The graphics, soundtrack and ‘feel’ …

Jun 27, 2024 - 5:30am After 20 years, my morning RSS ritual still feels like unwrapping digital gifts. From news to niche …

Jun 26, 2024 - 8:07am June 26, 2024

Jun 25, 2024 - 6:03pm A sports score Mac menu bar app inspired by teletext. I haven’t used it, but I love the look.

Jun 25, 2024 - 2:43pm App subscription pricing in 2024. Yearly: £99 Monthly: £250

Jun 23, 2024 - 2:55pm 🥾 Ashridge Estate

Jun 23, 2024 - 8:40am “Excuse my fingers.” No Barbara, I won’t excuse them. Just use some utensils you tramp.

Jun 22, 2024 - 6:28pm Alban Day 2024

Jun 21, 2024 - 9:43am June 21st, 2024

Jun 21, 2024 - 8:33am This morning I saw a man walking along with a ceramic mug in his hand and a beaming smile on his …

Jun 21, 2024 - 8:32am Glad Apple has created the Journal app. But I would recommend Day One over it. Its a mature product …

Jun 21, 2024 - 1:15am The moon is so bright tonight it looks like the sun 📷

Jun 20, 2024 - 10:48pm Watching Noah Kalina’s “Hotline Show” series on YouTube. I can’t tell if it’s good or not. But it’s …

Jun 20, 2024 - 8:31am June 20th, 2024

Jun 19, 2024 - 4:03pm Didn’t realise there was a Five Guys with a glorious view of Tower Bridge. Great place to see …

Jun 19, 2024 - 7:53am June 19th, 2024

Jun 19, 2024 - 7:07am 🔗 15 rules for blogging - Matt Webb Some of the best and most realistic rules for blogging I’ve …

Jun 19, 2024 - 6:47am A common British experience is that for every single place you know there’s an identically named …

Jun 18, 2024 - 10:12pm 🍿 Dumb Money (2024) Adequately put together and fairly fun, but this was merely okay. The whole Wall …

Jun 18, 2024 - 4:34pm These AI newsletters are essentially identical. I don’t know why I’ve remained …

Jun 18, 2024 - 4:24pm I’ve reached the point in my digital life where I’ve used enough ‘saving’ …

Jun 18, 2024 - 4:08pm 🔗 Why I write and why I won’t – Remy Sharp° He says that one of the benefits of sharing your …

Jun 18, 2024 - 3:39pm A place to write where you just don't care

Jun 18, 2024 - 3:14pm New word learnt: standfirst. “An introductory paragraph in an article, printed in larger or …

Jun 18, 2024 - 2:55pm 1988 Flannel

Jun 18, 2024 - 8:52am Continuing on from yesterdays post about preserving your websites once you die Derek Sivers has the …

Jun 18, 2024 - 7:07am They were talking about the “agri-food industry” on the radio. But all I could hear was the “angry …

Jun 17, 2024 - 5:10pm People who put (Save for later) in their posts sure must think highly of what they have to say. I …

Jun 17, 2024 - 5:04pm fredbenenson on Threads: Apple needs to ban notifications from delivery / service apps that are …

Jun 17, 2024 - 1:58pm Digital legacy

Jun 17, 2024 - 1:45pm I’ve written about @vincent’s wonderful Tinylytics.

Jun 17, 2024 - 9:51am It’s a human rights violation for a company not to have any wi-fi signal in their toilets.

Jun 17, 2024 - 7:59am “Israel Adds a Medieval Weapon to Its Arsenal in Fight Against Hezbollah"°

Jun 17, 2024 - 12:00am Small Sites Want Analytics Too

Jun 16, 2024 - 9:12am Finally getting around to watching the Apple WWDC keynote. Favourite new thing thus far? You can now …

Jun 15, 2024 - 1:17pm Perfect weather for staying indoors and watching 📺 “Clarkson’s Farm”. As a …

Jun 15, 2024 - 12:03pm Portugal - 2024

Jun 15, 2024 - 11:26am Reddit is a much more pleasant place once you start blocking certain words and subreddits.

Jun 15, 2024 - 1:02am I’ve been rewatching those stunt/dare/prank reality shows of my teenage years, like Jackass …

Jun 14, 2024 - 8:13pm 🍿 Rewatching “Bullet Train”. It’s a fun popcorn film. 64. And it’s worth watching just for its array …

Jun 14, 2024 - 5:44pm I still miss app.net techcrunch.com/2017/01/1…

Jun 14, 2024 - 5:42pm I don’t know what it is but I can never bring myself to use the 😂 emoji.

Jun 14, 2024 - 5:17pm I am pleased to report that Uber/Deliveroo now lets you add extra patties to your Five Guys order. …

Jun 14, 2024 - 3:53pm “More Than This” by Roxy Music is a fantastic song (it’s great for testing out new speakers …

Jun 14, 2024 - 3:50pm Few feelings are more wonderful than the exciting early stages of a new hobby.

Jun 14, 2024 - 3:28pm 1920’s depression treatment: lots of milk and lots of nothing

Jun 14, 2024 - 3:24pm 1930’s Protective Foods

Jun 14, 2024 - 3:13pm I began tagging emails as ‘not important,’ but soon realised I was labelling 95% of them …

Jun 14, 2024 - 7:09am Cleaning tip for people with ADHD. Make yourself a coffee and then start cleaning. You will move …

Jun 13, 2024 - 7:07pm I completely misjudged how crowded the train would be and snagged the first available seat, right …

Jun 13, 2024 - 4:55pm I can eat lunch and lose focus and have an energy crash and struggle to get work done. Or I can skip …

Jun 13, 2024 - 4:49pm I’ve been enjoying a lot of Japanese ambient music recently. And I just discovered this one and love …

Jun 13, 2024 - 4:47pm I often accidentally type 2014 instead of 2024. And when I do 2014 as a date doesn’t feel that long …

Jun 12, 2024 - 8:56am Sorry, I missed that. I was too busy having a crisis over the communal food in the middle of the …

Jun 9, 2024 - 1:52pm High-end hotels and first class plane tickets are two things I’m always shocked at the price of. …

Jun 7, 2024 - 9:19pm I’d never been in a proper bookshop nook before. The cosiest part of it is actually how it sounds in …

Jun 7, 2024 - 5:38pm I’m actually really enjoying summer this year. But I have to admit, I still have autumn and …

Jun 7, 2024 - 5:09pm This is a test post

Jun 7, 2024 - 4:48pm I love the illustration on the Pika.page. It makes me feel warm, fuzzy and happy for some reason. I …