It’s been a funny year. Feels like it has passed by in a blur while at the same time feeling like it has taken 3 years to move from 2024 to the cusp of 2026. McGST has done surprisingly well… Read More ›
Thoughts
Box of frogs…
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 ›
X: he shot her in the head and then he killed himself
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 ›
Zelensky cannot accept Trump’s ridiculous plan
In 1994, following the break-up of the Soviet Union, Ukraine agreed to give up its nuclear weapons stockpiles in exchange for security guarantees from the UK, US, France – and, most notably, Russia. This was known as the Budapest Memorandum…. Read More ›
27 years later…
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 ›
Henry is a good boy
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 ›
Things I learned this week…
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 ›
Leave us alone…
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 ›
iOS 26 is not the best even though it is the best
After some time with iOS 26 it has proved to be the most unreliable iOS to date in my experience. I’m using it on a 16 Pro Max as well so not an old device. Safari pages often get stuck… Read More ›
(Un)Remarkable Security
This Reddit thread is worrying if you are using a Remarkable product with their cloud service. It adds to my thoughts about the likes of Boox and other e-ink product makers that the security and privacy is vague at best… Read More ›
McGST 