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In 2024 I switched to Raycast from Alfred. I'd been a long time Alfred user but I was tempted by Raycast's shiny UI and better integration with things like Reminders. Turns out I never used the reminders integration or most of the other features Raycast has that are unique.

I…

[Michael Savage in the Guardian]

I hold three potentially-conflicting opinions about the BBC at once:

• The license fee is a regressive tax that is punitive for lower-income people and needs to be overhauled
• While it’s supposed to be independent and representative, its news coverage has sometimes fallen short…

Trafalgar Square is a special place. The architecture and views are breathtaking. The National Gallery, the church of St. Martins in the Fields, Canada House, and more, all surround the Square. From the right place you can look down Whitehall and see Big Ben.

In the heart of the Square…

[Corey Ford at Point C]

Another really good framework from Corey. Leading with vulnerability gives the people on your team permission to be vulnerable too.

“When leaders frame work as execution, they imply the answer is already known. When they frame it as learning, they acknowledge uncertainty…

This is my entry for this month’s IndieWeb Carnival on the topic “Museum memories”.

When I was 10 or so – maybe younger; childhood can be hazy – my grandparents took me to the National Museum of Flight in Scotland for a day. My memory starts as many…

I'm a fan of R.F. Kuang's books - but this is the first which I've found laugh-out-loud funny. What if your University advisor died and the only way to graduate was to descend into hell and bring him back?

In a terrible sort of way, I'm glad that Kuang had…

I mentioned on my last Weeknotes that I wouldn finish this next week, but against all odds, I ended up finishing the book on the very same day!

Persepolis Rising is the seventh book of The Expanse series by James S.A. Corey. And it continues the journey in a rather…

Around a month ago I switched this blog to Pure Blog, at the same time, I decided to simplify the design and give it a new lick of paint. Here's what it looked like:

It was okay. But I've done the box-shadow thing before, and I really wanted…

i'll spend my whole life looking for the next best thing
but when I finally find it, i’ll be too busy looking
for the next best thing

I had spent half of the day travelling and the other half looking at art. Whenever I am going anywhere, I like to…