London is falling — and Britain cannot ignore the warning signs any longer. From failing infrastructure and unaffordable housing to political censorship and broken institutions, our capital is in crisis. The Liz Truss Show investigates what’s gone wrong, who is… Read More ›
A friend sent me a clip of a British politician saying something funny and stupid last week which was a link on X. I watched the clip, lightly chortled to myself and then it jumped to the next video. Before… Read More ›
21 years ago I said to my son Tom, who was 4 years old at the time, that I would take him to see the World Cup when Scotland next qualified. I really did not expect him to be 25… Read More ›
Since then, popular blogs have been commercialized; added comment sections and video; migrated to social media platforms; and been subsumed by large media companies. The growth of social media in particular has wiped out a particular kind of blogging that… Read More ›
Enshittification, also known as crapification and platform decay, is a pattern in which two-sided online products and services decline in quality over time. Initially, vendors create high-quality offerings to attract users, then they degrade those offerings to better serve business… Read More ›
The above was cross-posted on Reddit and it makes perfect sense. We have had a Henry for many years and it works perfectly, always has and easily beats the performance of Dysons we have tried. Perhaps the best response to… Read More ›
I spent some time criticising the iPhone Pocket and its ridiculous pricing. Somehow it still sold out in many places- am I crazy or have I completely lost touch with what people want and what they consider good value? Why… Read More ›
I am going to choose the ‘long’ iPhone Pocket offering which Apple is selling for £219. Yes, that’s just for one sock-like structure with a slit in it. As it’s a sock I will buy 2 to make a pair… Read More ›
I was speaking to Apple about a possible return of a product and was expecting the usual quick, polite and useful process. This happened yesterday and I ended the transactions wondering what the hell had happened. After some time navigating… Read More ›
The video below is not surprising because we know that a lot of what we are seeing online is targeted and in many cases it’s ruining the experience. It is getting truly ridiculous and I’m finding myself moving further and… Read More ›
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