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TL;DR: Apple Books is a storefront that happens to read ebooks. If you own your library, the real choice is between two apps. Readest is open-source, runs on everything (Mac, iOS, Windows, Linux, Android, web), and has the deepest...
Yesterday I stumbled across ScribblyPam's article on The Gentrification of Air-Drying Clothes and realised this "vintage" value can also be applied to my type of house. I also realised this would fit nicely as a post for JulyReply! I...
It has been nearly two weeks since I last posted here. I’ll promise that was not planned, it just sort of happened. That would sound better if there was some family emergency or something, but there wasn’t (thank goodness). My excuse is...
I make many of my road trips alone, but when I can I bring a friend. I’ve managed to photograph all of them along the way. Dawn is my first and most frequent road-trip friend. She was along on my very first road trip in 2006, when we...
Last Saturday I participated in the Art Explora Festival where I got to visit the boat-museum where you get to do a VR experience visiting Venice, Athens or Alexandria (I did the last one) using Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed maps. For a 7...
It has been an exciting week. Despite a few days off, including today, there is still plenty to talk about today so grab a drink, get comfortable and find your wallet…First of all, massive exciting news! A GWR ‘what-if’ Kerr Stuart -...
VAR instigated a retake of my old retake of Billy Bragg’s “A New England”. I wasn’t even born when we won the World Cup I’m fifty-nine soon and all hope I’d given up My wife asks me now ‘Why don’t you be a better fan?’ But all the...
Trust me #118Love You by Primal ScreamThe cover of Reverberations ( Travelling In Time)Way before the beats, groove, futuristic sounds and strobe lights of Screamadelica and the leather-clad rock n roll swagger, funky jams and blissed...
I just stumbled upon Manu’s post on the AI Compass test. Fifteen questions about your relationship with AI, which are supposed to define your archetype and your position on a perceptual map. It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything...
Welcome to the introduction of what is a new approach to productivity that you've never come across before. An approach that will bring instant relief to those struggling with task lists that are just too convoluted, systems that are too...
AI chatbots know more about you than you realise If a machine can infer for you from millions of data pieces out on the internet, how hard will it be for it to infer you? How (not to) name things Don’t add “image” to a text alternative...
It‘s only crazy until it works.
A gem from Dickon Edwards’ diaries: A frequently asked question: Why don’t you just get a job? Answer: Because I’ve got too much else to do. Answer: Because I’m too busy to get a job. Answer: Being unemployed is a full-time job in...
It’s often nice to spot familiar faces where you don’t expect them, like an unforeseen run-in with a friend while on holiday. Joy in unexpected encounters is possible in the intellectual realm too; during my wanderings through the...
Überbackene Zucchini-Hälften mit Ofengemüse aus Pilzen, Tomaten und Zwiebel – mit einem Würzöl Es ist gerade wunderbar frisch in Hamburg – also so 23 Grad. Nach den vielen Hitzetagen eine Wohltat. Der Professor erwartete mich in seinem...