Month: May 2018

  • Podcasts and Paywalls

    There seems to be something of a brouhaha* just now in podcasting land over the idea that some podcasts might live behind a paywall, and I thought it was worth thinking about that a little more. It was reported at the end of last week, that Amy Schumer has signed a $1m deal with Spotify…

  • Ride to Cambridge

    Saturday was a nice day for a ride. Cambridge Ride from Adam Bowie on Vimeo. And via Relive, here is the route I took. Relive ‘Ride to Cambridge’

  • Bulletproof

    Oh dear. Sky One’s big new glossy action drama is pretty awful. Before I explain why, I will admit that I’m not the target audience for this show. But nevertheless, this show is just all over the place. Bulletproof is trying to be a 2018-vintage action cop show set in London. Imagine The Sweeney or…

  • Railplan 20/20

    Hooray! The new timetables began today, and although I had spent time looking at them previously, it wasn’t until they first properly kicked in today that I realised that on my section of the Great Northern rail network, we seem to have got something of the raw end of the deal, in two separate ways.…

  • GDPR

    No, I am not asking you to re-sign up to my website. You’re OK. But if you’re based in the EU like me, then you’ve probably been swamped with direct emails from businesses asking if I can confirm that I’m happy to continue to receive their missives. This Friday, GDPR comes into effect and appears…

  • Fens: Ely to Cambridge

    Cambridge to Ely from Adam Bowie on Vimeo. From a ride I did earlier in the year between Ely and Cambridge, taking my drone and using a bike camera.

  • RAJAR Q1 2018

    As ever, this post is brought to you in association with RALF from DP Software and Services. I’ve used RALF for the past 9 years, and it’s my favourite RAJAR analysis tool. So I am delighted that I continue to be able to bring you this RAJAR analysis in association with RALF. For more details…

  • Three New Exhibitions

    There are some really good exhibitions on at the moment in London. Actually, there are always really good exhibitions on. But over the weekend I went to three new ones, and all three were really good, and well worth visiting in their own rights. I spent a May Sunday visiting the three and using a…

  • Gursky

    In 2011 a record price was set for the sale of a photograph. Rhein II by Andreas Gursky was sold at Christie’s for $4.3m. It was the then highest price paid for a photograph (and likely remains so). Compared to the Leonardo da Vinci Salvador Munci painting that was sold for $450m last year, that’s…

  • Giro D’Italia – T-Shirt

    It has been a while since I screen-printed anything, so with Simon Yates in the Maglia Rosa at the moment, winning today’s stage at the Gran Sasso d’Italia, I made the t-shirt above. I’m reasonably happy with it, and that’s a treated image of Fausto Coppi on the right, the five times winner of the…

  • Garmin Varia RTL510

    I seem to have a constant battle with rear lights on my bikes. The main problem is that I use a saddlebag on my full-size bike, and attaching a bike light to it is a seemingly simple task, but tends not to be brilliant. If you have enough seat-post showing, then placing the light below…

  • The Redundancy of Imploring Me To Change Things

    I regularly receive emails of the following type: Hi, My name is XXXX and I’m writing to you on behalf of YYYY. We have noticed that you wrote about on your page . We have a new that would be helpful to your readers. We think you’re doing a wonderful job and everything you publish…