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September 2, 2020• Internet, Technology

The Pros and Cons of YouTube Music – September 2020 Edition

I’ve been a user of Google Play Music for quite some time now – almost...

Finished PC

August 26, 2020• Technology

Building A Computer

For something like 10-15 years now, my main computer has been a laptop. Most recently, a...

August 21, 2020• Media

YouTube Ads Are Not Smart

Like many people, I watch a fair bit of YouTube. A surprisingly large amount I watch via...

Out of Time

August 17, 2020• Books

Out of Time by David Klass

The Green Man is out there, committing crimes across the US in support of the...

August 6, 2020• Books

The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist by Adrian Tomine

I bought this book off the back of an entertaining interview with the author in The...

Just Like the Other Girls

August 6, 2020• Books

Just Like the Other Girls by Claire Douglas

This is a twisty little tale where you’re never quite sure where the story is heading....

July 27, 2020• Media, Technology

Four Months In – Many Politicians are Still ‘Zooming’ Badly

I posted a Twitter thread on this subject earlier, but I thought it was worth exploring a...

The Thursday Murder Club

July 26, 2020• Books

The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman

Richard Osman’s first novel is as delightful as it is unexpected. Writing a crime novel...

July 23, 2020• Media, Technology

Micropayments and Transaction Fees

Yesterday I wrote about my frustration that every news outlet that doesn’t want to...

News

July 22, 2020• Media, News

News Subscriptions – and the Lack of Alternatives

I’m a bit of a news junkie. I always have been. I read a newspaper each day –...

The Chalet

July 22, 2020• Books

The Chalet by Catherine Cooper

The Chalet is a debut thriller, and it’s a great ride. Told from several vantage...

RAJAR

July 20, 2020• Radio

RAJAR During COVID-19

This afternoon RAJAR, the UK’s radio research body, published a press release...

July 18, 2020• Video

North Norfolk

I actually got out of my home town for the first time in months recently, to visit my...

July 18, 2020• Photography

Comet NEOWISE: Part 3

After a week of mostly cloudy weather, Friday night looked like it might be slightly...

July 14, 2020• Books

Fair Warning by Michael Connelly

Of course I’m going to read a new Michael Connelly book, and it’s interesting...

July 14, 2020• Books

Just Like You by Nick Hornby

This is the first Nick Hornby novel I’ve read in a while, although I’ve certainly...

July 13, 2020• Photography

Comet NEOWISE: Part 2

Following my previous attempts at photographing Comet NEOWISE, I went out again late on...

Comet NEOWISE

July 12, 2020• Photography

Hunting Comet NEOWISE

There’s a new comet in the skies, and it’s perhaps the most visible comet...

July 10, 2020• Technology

USB-C: So Much User Uncertainty

The PC I’ve just been building (I’ll reveal all soon), has two USB-C sockets....

Tsundoku

July 9, 2020• Books

Reading in a Time of Covid

Since the world went to the dogs earlier in the year, and many of us have been stuck...

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