In my last update in November, I talked about how I was feeling good, and felt positive about my recovery. I spoke too soon. Another bone marrow biopsy in December, thankfully, was MRD negative confirming I’m still in remission. That’s the main thing. Otherwise, the last quarter has been setback … read more

📷 Noosa Heads, Queensland, in a former life.

Netflix have now said the Apple TV integration was an error. So much for that then.

Yes, we did drive 90 mins just to visit the home of pork pies.

It looks like Netflix is finally going to integrate properly with the Apple TV! They must have realised that being a market leader is not enough these days with so much streaming competition. I for one often forget about Netflix because I default to my Continue Watching queue on Apple TV Up. It … read more

There’s a lot of news about at the moment. It’s early in Trump’s second term so the media seems to be doing a running commentary on everything he says and does. Fair enough, he purposely says stuff to stir the pot - knowing it’s going to be headline news 5 minutes later. It can be easy to get in to … read more

There were a couple of things I’ve read this week that only added to my disdain of Google. First, Google quietly dropped its previous commitment to not use AI for developing weapons and surveillance tools. Those pentagon contracts are obviously too juicy to ignore. This one doesn’t … read more

I learnt something new listening to the excellent podcast ‘If You’re Listening’. We all know the talk of the day is tariffs and the potential economic impact of Donald Trump’s impending plans. After World War II, the majority of developed countries slowly got rid of major tariffs and embraced free … read more

I’ve found that I’m pretty good at guessing the year a song was released - as long as that year was in the 80s. I’m not too bad at the 60s and 70s, even though I wasn’t born until 1975. I struggle a bit with the 90s. Those were my drinking and sailing years, so it’s all a bit of a blur (no pun … read more

I woke up this morning with a feeling of dread. For once, it was nothing to do with my health problems. No, I quickly remembered that today is Inauguration Day for President Trump. What will we have in store for this term? He is an agent of chaos. Completely unpredictable. Anything can happen. I can … read more

Lauren has finally spread her wings and left the nest. I suppose these days a child leaving home at the age of 23 is pretty common, if not early. The housing crisis means adults are often still living with their parents into their 30s. Last week, we helped her move into her new place in London. She … read more

When I settled in to watch Steve McQueen’s latest film Blitz, I expected a stirring and dramatic portrayal of the resilience of Londoners under sustained Nazi bombing. Instead, I was served a two-hour lecture on race relations—a clunky, heavy-handed, and, frankly, badly executed one at that. I … read more

I get the feeling that my fellow Brits just accept the current status of mobile network coverage as normal. It’s not. Any British expat who lives in a western country and comes back will be shocked. In fact, any Brit living here only needs to travel abroad on a short trip to realise how bad our … read more

HMS Duncan. This image photographed by Brian Burnell with permission was uploaded to Wikimedia Commons by George Hutchinson. What is the strategy to re-open the Red Sea to all commercial shipping? Operation Prosperity Guardian - the US-led coalition that aims to provide maritime security in the … read more

The social media platform BlueSky reckons 4 million new users have come over from X (Twitter) since Trump got re-elected. I’ve had an account on BlueSky for a while but only check it sporadically. I try to limit my social media consumption, and X remains the best platform for my relevant … read more

I received some good news this week. The first full bone marrow biopsy results have finally come back following the CAR-T infusion, and it’s Minimum Residual Disease (MRD) negative. It doesn’t mean I’m cured but it supposedly makes it less likely that I’ll relapse any time soon. The CAR-T seems to … read more

I recently finished reading: Elon Musk the authorised biography by Walter Isaacson 📚, who also wrote the authorised biography of Steve Jobs shortly before he died. I mention it because there are some clear similarities between Elon Musk and Steve Jobs, which I’m sure is not news to anyone. … read more

I was hoping my next blog post would be a bit more positive. In fact, I wasn’t even going to write this but I’ve now had some time to come to terms with things, so here’s where I am. Life continues to lay dog turds in my path. Things were going well. I was 160 days post transplant … read more

Last week I reached another milestone - 100 days post-transplant. If all goes well, this is typically the time when I can come off the immuno-suppressing drugs, reduce other drugs, and start mixing with people again. I’m happy to say that things have mostly gone well. Thanks to Nurse Ratched … read more

Initial thoughts after watching this for the first time: Clearly a great film in the cannon of Christopher Nolan’s catalogue. However, it didn’t need to be 3 hrs long. The film peaked at the Trinity Test, and then went into a courtroom drama for the last hour. This was interesting but in no way met … read more