Remembering Tim Smith of Cardiacs

Today we heard the sad news that Tim Smith passed away. He changed my life in many ways. Read more →

Overview of the Climate Change hustings in Stroud

I’ve not been to a hustings before, and I thought I’d write up my impressions of it.

The first very significant thing is that in Stroud we have three female candidates and only one male! This is a sign of progress whatever you think of the party policies. Read more →

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I had the start of an idea that could be part of the solution for limiting the damage of fake news.

We need “Protest Mode” on phones

Yes, it’s all very depressing and yet somewhat uplifting at the same time that so many people have the courage to resist what is going on at the moment. This happens a lot around the world, recall the “Arab Spring” was not so long ago, and this is but the most painfully close-to-home incarnation of it in the Western World. I have some ideas how software and hardware could perhaps help. Read more →

The Mac is back?

Listening to ATP #194 where John Siracusa is bemoaning the apparent exit of Apple from the “Display business”, I had an idea that might cheer him and other Mac Pro users. Read more →