I’ve seen a few bloggers do this so I thought it would be an interesting personal project, particularly given the amount of time I have for reflection given my current circumstances. Introducing - My Life in Weeks. The project is inspired by Life in Weeks at Wait But Why. I adapted the code … read more

Job searches across multiple platforms are repetitive and inefficient. Agentic AI, capable of automating tasks, could streamline this by consolidating listings, filtering emails, and eliminating duplicates. However, AI’s rise poses questions about privacy, trust, and tech giants' growing … read more

My news blackout didn’t last long. Like many, I was outraged by the shit-show that took place in the White House Oval Office last Friday. The bullying and intimidation of President Zelensky by Trump and Vance was horrific. The last time I was this angry from watching the news was when Russia … 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

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 started this blog in 2006. I used to blog quite a lot, but then Facebook, Twitter, etc took over the world and I got swept up in social media like most people. I then got disillusioned. First with Facebook after all the drip, drip, drip of revelations about privacy breaches, election interference, … read more

My thoughts on today’s Apple Special Event covering the new services... Apple TV and Apple TV+ All the press before the event speculated on Apple launching a Netflix-killing TV service. Well, let’s wait and see. Judging by the fact that they didn’t even play a single trailer for a show, they’re … read more

When Apple finally released the HomePod on the 9th Feb 2018 it didn’t take me long to buy one. I had looked at the Google Home and Amazon Echo with curiosity, but was never really tempted. I’m an Apple Music subscriber for one, and I was also reluctant to put an Amazon or Google listening device in … read more

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The British Press Complaints Commission (PCC) has ruled that journalists are within their rights to quote tweets from Twitter because they are not private. The case centres around Department of Transport employee Sarah Bakersville's tweets that were quoted in two national newspapers without her … read more

A number of Lonely Planet travel apps for iPhone are currently available free. These are for cities in the US and Canada including New York, LA, Las Vegas, Vancouver, and Seattle. Get them while you can as the offer runs out Friday 4th Feb (today). They did the same thing just before Christmas when … read more

Looking down my blog at previous blog posts I've noticed that some of the images are no longer showing. I've done some investigation and this seems to be a problem caused by iPhoto. I use iPhoto on my Mac to store and manage all my photo's, and then publish them to Flickr using the built-in features … read more

The use of Twitter seems to have taken off enormously over the past few months as people are realising how the tool can be used not only for messaging, but also for marketing and self-promotion. It's interesting to see all the celebrities that are now 'tweeting'. Some of them are obviously just … read more

Google has finally entered the Internet Browser market with the release of Google Chrome. Only time will tell to see if it can compete with Internet Explorer in terms of market share. For me, Firefox is the best browser out there but it still only has a 20% share of the market - even IE6 which is … read more

I'm now the proud owner of a new Apple MacBook Pro. It's actually the first computer I've bought in about 8 years as I usually just use the laptop provided by work. But now that I'm doing web development work, both at home and at work, I needed something that I could rely on and a machine that … read more

After two years of battle between Sony's Blueray and Toshiba's HD-DVD technology, the High Definition format war is finally over. Now that all 6 major movie studios have backed Blueray, Toshiba has been left with no choice but to discontinue production of the HD-DVD disks. As with the previous … read more

It seems Google are not content with just 'organising the world's information'. They're now branching into developing clean energy technology to help address climate change. They're taking the Toyota Prius hybrid car as a start and further developing this by plugging them into solar charging … read more

I've just given up trying to watch the Liverpool v PSV Eindhoven match online via skysports.com using my T-Mobile 3G data card. When I tried the demo earlier to see if my connection speeds would cope it seemed ok, but when I've tried to watch the live match it just keeps stuttering - I reckon I've … read more

I really like the new Filehippo Update Checker. It scans your installed applications and checks to see if you have the latest versions installed. This is important because it's not just your operating system that can contain security vulnerabilities that need patching - applications need patching … read more

I've been a Gmail user for 15 months now so these hacks and extensions could be quite useful. read more