2023-03-26: I’m not a big Nick Cave fan but this New Yorker interview really resonated with me. Nick Cave …
2023-03-24: I watched The Ipcress File for the umpteenth time. I can watch it again and again despite knowing …
2023-03-15: It’s that time of the year when foxes start making their nocturnal noise. I woke up in the …
2023-03-14: 😳 Hello insomnia, my old friend.
2023-03-13: Happy with my new desk.
2023-03-10: Wearing my badge for WFMU Fundraising Marathon fortnight. Increased my monthly contribution this …
2023-03-10: I’m always late to things and so I just finished watching the first season of Reservation …
2023-03-08: Clear blue sky and bitter cold today. There’s been a trend, here, over the last ten years or so for …
2023-03-07: I’m getting a new desk. The choice was between a nice, solid, Ikea desk with drawers or one …
2023-02-27: When you’re young ten years feels like an eternity. When you’re older it goes by in a …
2023-02-27: A starling sitting on the roof.
2023-02-26: It’s easy to say now but I always thought Dilbert was the least funny cartoon in the long history of …
2023-01-13: I’ve had Covid this week. I could have cried when I saw the positive result after being so …
2023-01-01: Started to read: Wyntertide by Andrew Caldecott 📚 It’s taken a while for me to get around to …
2022-12-30: 🥂 Last work day of the year.
2022-12-28: I just heard a radio advert for Galaxy Buds 2 Pro. That’s a bunch of words that don’t slip off the …
2022-12-28: I turned on the micro.blog newsletter service and sent myself a copy to see what it looked like. …
2022-12-24: Christma Eve dinner at relatives today including a few gin & tonics and this doggy.
2022-12-23: Trying to get back into the VSCO iOS app but the user interface is still awful. There’s something …
2022-12-22: I never really listened to Terry Hall’s band The Colour Field that much. Which means I’d never …
2022-12-22: 🙁 Contemplating the first Christmas without my dad around.
2022-11-24: I don’t like the way rich and powerful men get referred to using their first names eg …
2022-10-21: Steely Dan’s 20 greatest songs – ranked! | Steely Dan | The Guardian: With November marking 50 years …
2022-10-20: 🧐 It’s the start of a three week work break and I’m thinking about what needs to be done.
2022-10-20: I watch baseball late at night here in the UK. My late dad was in the US Navy and we lived in San …
2022-10-08: I shouldn’t still be surprised that there are people who will watch hours of a TV show they …
2022-10-05: 🤔 Contemplating an import of old Wordpress posts to micro.blog.
2022-10-05: Film log: Watched Rock and Roll’s Greatest Failure: Otway the Movie ★★★1/2 John Otway was/is the …
2022-09-30: Roger Waters is embarking on “his first ever farewell tour” according to an ad on the radio. If this …
2022-09-27: 🎉 This feels like Twitter did in the beginning.
2022-09-21: The Marillion show was rescheduled to the following night but at a different venue. This was my view …
2022-09-14: Some random finds out walking today. Early signs of autumn.
2022-09-13: I expected it but next Monday’s Marillion show in Glasgow has been cancelled. It’s …
2022-09-12: Varda by Agnès, 2019 - ★★★★ Watched on Sunday September 11, 2022.
2022-09-11: Film log: Watched Agnes By Varda, 2019 ★★★★. 🎥
2022-09-07: The share menu in iOS is a delight. You never know what you’re going to get. I do know that the app …
2022-09-03: Watched Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power. I really enjoyed it. The first episode was a bit …
2022-09-02: WFMU: Dance With Me, Stanley with Stashu: Playlist from September 2, 2022: Dance With Me, Stanley …
2022-09-02: I’ve got two live shows coming up this month. Marillion and Steve Hackett. The last two shows …
2022-09-02: Wonderful BBC Proms concert on TV tonight. Public Service Broadcasting and the BBC Symphony …
2022-08-25: I’ve been trying to clear out a lot of old paper stuff and I just found these old Apple …
2022-08-16: Finished reading: Rotherweird by Andrew Caldecott 📚Loved this one. It seems to divide people …
2022-08-09: Along the Coast, 1958 - ★★★★ Watched on Monday August 8, 2022.
2022-08-09: Faces Places, 2017 - ★★★★½ Watched on Monday August 8, 2022.
2022-08-07: Currently reading: Rotherweird by Andrew Caldecott 📚 I knew nothing about this book but at 99p for …
2022-08-06: I’m a fan of Wes Anderson’s films but, gosh, The French Dispatch is hard work. The premise is …
2022-07-30: I found an old notebook. There’s a page in it that has a list of old software license codes. …
2022-07-30: Spider-Man: No Way Home, 2021 - ★★★★ I never expect much from these things but this one had quite an emotional punch in the last third. …
2022-07-29: Film log - watched Spider-Man: No Way Home. I never expect much from these things but this one had …
2022-07-29: I’ve read lots of good things about the Pilot iroshizuku inks. I could have bought more ink in …
2022-07-15: Currently reading: Sound Within Sound by Kate Molleson 📚🎵 I haven’t been able to concentrate …
2022-07-15: Finished reading: The Sound of Being Human by Jude Rogers 📚
2022-07-09: Trying to make the best of the first decent summer day here. A heatwave is heading for the UK …
2022-07-08: Tough week. It was my dad’s funeral on Monday. I find myself almost getting back into a …
2022-07-01: Another uninvited guest.
2022-06-13: Nice clue in today’s Guardian cryptic crossword. Solving it will require knowing a bit of …
2022-05-30: Moonrise Kingdom, 2012 - ★★★½ Watched on Sunday May 29, 2022.
2022-05-30: The Hot Rock, 1972 - ★★★★ Watched on Sunday May 29, 2022.
2022-05-20: I started watching Better Call Saul but then my brother said I’d need to finish Breaking Bad …
2022-05-06: I had to pay for a digital copy of the WFMU documentary but it was worth the money. It made me feel …
2022-05-03: Nobody, 2021 - ★★★½ Watched on Monday May 2, 2022.
2022-05-02: Film log - watched Nobody, 2021 - ***½ 🎥
2022-05-01: Dropping everything to read : The Sound of Being Human by Jude Rogers. I’ve had this on order …
2022-04-27: Medicine by Momma. I love this. If you like 90s alternative stuff you probably will too. 🎵
2022-04-26: My decision to go default with the DuckDuckGo browser was a little bit rash. Too many little …
2022-04-26: I got my beta invite for the DuckDuckGo mac browser. Initial impression: it’s very fast but …
2022-04-24: I set up a new domain and theme for micro.blog this week. Wordpress is like a big machine with …
2022-04-22: Marillion have released a special edit, and video, of the song Reprogram The Gene for Earth Day - A …
2022-04-22: New pen. It’s the Yookers Gaia fibre-tipped pen that takes fountain pen ink cartridges. I …
2022-04-21: I’ve become a big fan of WFMU over the last few months and having unlimited fast broadband …
2022-04-20: Currently reading: The Horse’s Mouth by Joyce Cary 📚
2022-04-20: The final season of Brooklyn 99 comes to the UK tonight. I’ve managed to avoid any talk about …
2022-04-19: Read: ‘They didn’t go round the corner for beer’: Lou Reed and John Cale’s Songs for Drella …
2022-04-18: Finished reading: The Looking Glass War by John Le Carré. It took two attempts to read this gloomy …
2022-02-16: Preparing for Storm Dudley to hit later on. Storm Eunice is due tomorrow. I think British storm …
2022-02-15: Can a person have too many sets of headphones? I’m hoping the answer is “no”.
2022-02-09: The Challenge, 1960 - ★★★ Watched on Tuesday February 8, 2022.
2021-12-20: Spider-Man: Far From Home, 2019 - ★★★ Tom Holland as Spider-Man is hard to dislike and this film is hard to dislike.
2021-12-18: Cry of the City, 1948 - ★★★½ Watched on Thursday December 16, 2021.
2021-11-21: A week of highs and sad, sad, lows. It started with a tremendous Marillion gig and has ended with …
2021-11-16: I saw Marillion in Edinburgh. It was a fantastic night and felt like a real celebration. They were …
2021-10-27: Updated everything and, of course, Podcasts is broken on the Homepods. Apple should dump their …
2021-10-27: There are lots of things I like about Drummer blogging and lots of things I don’t. I’m …
2021-10-22: This a great little story. A rock star’s favourite guitar was stolen. One of his biggest fans …
2021-10-19: Family members have had Covid over the last week. I tested negative but I’m pretty sure …
2021-10-19: Hello from Drummer. It’s nice to have new things to play with.
2021-10-18: Le Cercle Rouge, 1970 - ★★★★ Watched on Sunday October 17, 2021.
2021-10-15: Another MP is murdered in the UK and people are trying to score points in the usual places. Twitter …
2021-10-03: I love Steely Dan and this is a great interview. Donald Fagen is supposed to be working on a new …
2021-10-03: Watched the old Hammer classic The Devil Rides Out again. It has some genuinely scary scenes but I …
2021-09-29: I have three more invites to literal.club.
2021-09-26: Off to my first post-lockdown big indoor public event tomorrow. I got an email from the venue with a …
2021-09-26: A great unreleased (as far as I know) live version of my favourite Genesis song. 🎵 Genesis Live at …
2021-09-25: A reminder for anyone thinking about getting the new iPad mini - your old Apple Pencil will not …
2021-09-24: Email from Blizzard re new Diablo 2 Resurrected game - “Hell’s Gates Have …
2021-09-22: The Drafts action “Append To Obsidian Journal” is good enough to make me want to use …
2021-09-21: I bought myself a little synthesiser to learn about synthesis and have a bit of fun. That led me to …
2021-09-11: The Shooting, 1966 - ★★★½ Watched on Thursday September 9, 2021.
2021-07-09: Mystery Men, 1999 - ★★★ Watched on Thursday July 8, 2021.
2021-07-08: The Friends of Eddie Coyle, 1973 - ★★★★ Watched on Wednesday July 7, 2021.
2021-06-01: Out of Print, 2014 - ★★★ Watched on Sunday May 30, 2021.
2021-06-01: Moonstruck, 1987 - ★★★★ Watched on Saturday May 29, 2021.
2021-06-01: John Wick: Chapter 2, 2017 - ★★½ Watched on Friday May 28, 2021.
2021-06-01: Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean, 1982 - ★★★½ Watched on Thursday May 27, 2021.
2021-04-26: Finished reading: Maskerade by Terry Pratchett 📚
2021-03-27: I plugged in an old external hard drive and had my first iMac system crash in years. There was a …
2021-03-21: I found a box of the limited edition Wilco Field Notes online. Who do I start to use first? Jeff …
2021-03-21: Keep The Change by Mattiel. 🎵
2021-03-19: It’s my birthday and I’m at work alone today. The good thing about lone-working is that I get to …
2021-03-18: I think spring just sproinged.
2021-03-16: I mentioned how great it was to see the return of Hakuho to Grand Sumo this month. He’s just …
2021-03-16: It’s Grand Sumo Tournament time again. I’ve been watching Sumo on the NHK World Japan TV channel for …
2021-03-15: The iOS app 1Writer is a very good companion for Obsidian. Notes and backlinks sync and if you set …
2021-03-10: Finished watching Pretend It’s A City on Netflix and now I want to read some Fran Lebowitz.
2021-03-08: There must be something magical in Lyon, France, that makes it produce so many great bands. This is …
2021-02-27: I seem have escaped any of the more common side effects of yesterday’s Covid jab. I shivered with …
2021-02-26: I got my first Covid jab today and also unfriended someone on another social media site. A Covidiot …
2021-01-21: I don’t want a foldable phone. I want a thin slab of plastic like the devices in The Expanse.
2020-11-01: October was such a dreary month and the rest of the year is shaping up to be more of the same. …
2020-11-01: The Trial of the Chicago 7, 2020 - ★★★★ Aaron Sorkin did a good job of boiling down the trial into a two hour drama.
2020-11-01: The Personal History of David Copperfield, 2019 - ★★★★½ Watched on Saturday October 31, 2020.
2020-10-29: A Scene at the Sea, 1991 - ★★★★ Watched on Wednesday October 28, 2020.
2020-10-28: When a Woman Ascends the Stairs, 1960 - ★★★★ Watched on Tuesday October 27, 2020.
2020-10-27: Ugetsu, 1953 - ★★★★½ Watched on Monday October 26, 2020.
2020-10-26: An Actor's Revenge, 1963 - ★★★★ Watched on Sunday October 25, 2020.
2020-10-25: Sansho the Bailiff, 1954 - ★★★★ Watched on Saturday October 24, 2020.
2020-10-19: Black Angel, 1946 - ★★★ Watched on Sunday October 18, 2020.
2020-10-19: The Man Who Cheated Himself, 1950 - ★★★½ Watched on Sunday October 18, 2020.
2020-10-09: Added these resistance bands to my daily indoor cycle exercises. I’m not a gym/workout kind of …
2020-10-09: It would be helpful if the Micro.blog account page told you which paid account you’re currently on. …
2020-10-02: I had to phone Apple Support today and speak to an actual human being. It was a pretty good …
2020-09-30: Bob has been on a run of fantastic albums recently. I’m looking forward to the new one very …
2020-09-26: I don’t get sleep tracking at all. Any tracker I’ve tried to use has just recorded how long I’ve …
2020-08-25: We’ve been leaving a side door open at work resulting in things like this.
2020-08-12: Sound. Another dip into the past. #mbaug
2020-08-12: Earworm of the day: Troublemakers by Lavinia Blackwall. 🎵
2020-08-11: Transport. Train, Earls Court, London. #mbaug
2020-08-11: I’d never seen Silicon Valley before so I started a binge watch. One season down and I’m really …
2020-08-10: Windows. #mbaug
2020-08-09: Black and white. #mbaug
2020-08-08: View from car, Glasgow city centre. #mbaug
2020-08-07: Daytripping. #mbaug
2020-08-06: Sometimes I delete things I’ve posted. I’ll find something I wrote that sounds so badly …
2020-08-04: It’s been a while since I fell in love with a song I heard on the radio. Love this one. Take …
2020-08-02: Drunken Angel, 1948 - ★★★★ Watched on Saturday August 1, 2020.
2020-07-30: Currently reading: Manhattan transfer by John Dos Passos 📚
2020-07-28: I grew up on buying vinyl records but I’m not wholly back into the resurgence of the format. …
2020-07-27: Mifune: The Last Samurai, 2015 - ★★★½ Watched on Sunday July 26, 2020.
2020-07-27: Stray Dog, 1949 - ★★★★ Watched on Sunday July 26, 2020.
2020-07-22: Cardiacs' Tim Smith: a one-man subculture who inspired total devotion | Music | The Guardian: Tim …
2020-06-10: Deadline - U.S.A., 1952 - ★★★½ Watched on Tuesday June 9, 2020.
2020-06-10: New York Confidential, 1955 - ★★★½ Watched on Sunday June 7, 2020.
2020-06-10: The Mob, 1951 - ★★★½ Watched on Saturday June 6, 2020.
2020-05-27: The Driver, 1978 - ★★★★ Watched on Tuesday May 26, 2020.
2020-05-18: The Hidden Fortress, 1958 - ★★★★ Watched on Sunday May 17, 2020.
2020-05-18: One Wonderful Sunday, 1947 - ★★★★½ Watched on Sunday May 17, 2020.
2020-05-14: It seems some folk are so desperate to try Roam that they’re willing to pay lots of money to buy …
2020-05-10: Our bumbling Prime Minister is going to get us killed. I’m not prepared to sacrifice myself, …
2020-05-10: “A-wop-bop-a-loo-bop-a-wop-bam-boom!” RIP Little Richard 💬
2020-05-09: Winter froze the river And winter birds don’t sing So winter makes you shiver So time is …
2020-05-08: Some favourite song lyrics. Steve McQueen jumped the first one clean But the great escape He …
2020-05-08: Kraftwerk: their 30 greatest songs, ranked! | Music | The Guardian: From cycling soundtracks to …
2020-05-07: Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories | Netflix Official Site: Patrons of an otherwise mundane Japanese …
2020-05-07: Carter, tears of terror mingling with make-up and the rain, squeezed the accordion. There was the …
2020-05-06: The Rules of the Game, 1939 - ★★★★ Watched on Tuesday May 5, 2020.
2020-05-06: “They all laughed when I said I wanted to be a comedian. Well, they’re not laughing …
2020-05-05: Lots of bird activity in the back garden today. I think a robin is building a nest in one of the …
2020-05-05: Oh, won’t you stay We’ll put on the day And we’ll talk In present tenses …
2020-05-05: Jenny Lamour, 1947 - ★★★★ Watched on Monday May 4, 2020.
2020-05-04: Sad to hear that Dave Greenfield of The Stranglers has died. The Black and White album was one of …
2020-05-04: They were both silent for a moment, and the silence wound out around them and filled the kitchen, to …
2020-05-04: Le Corbeau, 1943 - ★★★★ Watched on Sunday May 3, 2020.
2020-05-03: La Bête Humaine, 1938 - ★★★½ Watched on Saturday May 2, 2020.
2020-05-03: I removed and re-added my Letterboxd feed and it seems to have posted every update for the last few …
2020-05-01: Paterson, 2016 - ★★★★ Watched on Thursday April 30, 2020.
2020-04-30: Coffee and Cigarettes, 2003 - ★★★★ Watched on Wednesday April 29, 2020.
2020-04-29: Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell, 2008 - ★★★½ Watched on Tuesday April 28, 2020.
2020-04-28: Sisters, 1972 - ★★★ Watched on Monday April 27, 2020.
2020-04-27: Grand Illusion, 1937 - ★★★★½ Watched on Sunday April 26, 2020.
2020-04-26: Love & Mercy, 2014 - ★★★★½ Watched on Saturday April 25, 2020.
2020-04-25: Avengers: Endgame, 2019 - ★★★½ Watched on Friday April 24, 2020.
2020-04-24: Ant-Man and the Wasp, 2018 - ★★★½ Watched on Thursday April 23, 2020.
2020-04-23: Avengers: Infinity War, 2018 - ★★★½ Watched on Wednesday April 22, 2020.
2020-04-22: I watched Thor:Ragnarok next in my lock-in Marvel movie marathon. The straight up comedy did not …
2020-04-21: Thor: Ragnarok, 2017 - ★★½ Watched on Monday April 20, 2020.
2020-04-15: Vintage Ronald Searle.
2020-04-14: I’m reading a book about reading books.
2020-04-02: There’s a Twitter thing going around asking people to post a photo you’ve taken from a …
2020-04-01: Things just got serious. I’m drinking coffee instead of my usual tea! Kindle primed with books of …
2020-03-31: I’m trying my hand at writing little lipograms. A lipogram is a piece of writing that forces you to …
2020-03-29: I succumbed to the lure of Disney+ and signed up for a few months. The first thing I’m doing is …
2020-02-06: No trouble with “plant” today. Going for the literal.
2020-02-06: Genuine small ad in this week’s Private Eye magazine. Sounds totally legit.
2020-02-04: Spot the spots.
2020-02-03: I needed an external drive to rip CDs to flac files to play in my new music player. After looking at …
2020-02-03: Reflect.
2020-02-02: A welcome sight tonight.
2020-02-01: Open.
2020-01-29: January, not April, is always the cruelest month. I’m very happy to see the end of this one.
2019-12-30: So sad to hear about the death of Neil Innes (Bonzo Dog Band/The Rutles/Monty Python) today. I’m the …
2019-12-29: Unseasonably mild weather today.
2019-12-28: I’d forgotten how great the Popclip app is. The ability to select some foreign language text on a …
2019-12-27: My pal from yesterday.
2019-12-26: We don’t usually have a family Christmas until Boxing Day so I hope everyone has had a happy festive …
2019-12-22: Just watched the very first episode of The Expanse. I think I’m going to enjoy this.
2019-12-21: I’m already a bit of a cheapskate when it comes to Kindle books so £0.99 for Neil Gaiman’s American …
2019-12-19: Last pub quiz of the year. We lost the main quiz but won £50 of drinks for the next time we visit. A …
2019-12-10: Fantastic show by Dweezil Zappa and band in Glasgow tonight. Perfect antidote to the December …
2019-12-08: This “mistake” is more interesting than the other photos I took at the Drygate Brewery …
2019-12-06: The amount of choice available to a non-techy Wordpress user (themes, plugins etc) can leave you a …
2019-12-05: I don’t know many poems by heart but I think I could recite This Be The Verse by Philip …
2019-12-04: I’m finding it difficult to motivate my mind, wrist, and fingers to come up with an idea for …
2019-12-03: A knock-on effect of doing these little daily things is that I feel the need to keep going and so …
2019-12-02: I’m never satisfied with panoramic photos with people in them. Unless you can get all of those …
2019-12-01: One of these days I will get the hang of Markdown URL links. Today is not the day.
2019-12-01: Here’s a song for Sunday. Beloved by Firefly Burning 🎵
2019-12-01: December is going to be marred in the UK due to one of the most horrible election campaigns in …
2019-11-30: It’s coming to the end of Microblogvember. I still have the extra six days to complete due to my …
2019-11-29: Catching up on some podcasts. If it wasn’t for Andy Ihnatko’s good sense I don’t think I could ever …
2019-11-29: “Take me to the fantastic place Keep the rest of my life away” A highlight of the recent …
2019-11-28: The history of Monopoly, the property trading game, is much more interesting than the game itself. …
2019-11-27: The British political system is antiquated and needs reform but I’m very happy that no mega …
2019-11-26: I paid for a discounted subscription to Inoreader but I’m already regretting the decision. I much …
2019-11-25: A long-standing printer problem was fixed today. I’m still secure in my role as home IT champion.
2019-11-24: I’m sure someone famous said it better but I think the world would be a lot nicer if people …
2019-11-23: 📚 The Lark Ascending - The Music Of The British Landscape by Richard King. Enjoying this. …
2019-11-23: I’ll be the one with the woebegone look if I can’t find a way to fit woebegone into a …
2019-11-22: You don’t notice the background hum of household appliances until it’s no longer there. …
2019-11-21: It’s getting to the time of the year when I start thinking how nice hibernation could be. Like …
2019-11-20: I used to be in a pub quiz team that continually came in second place. We changed our team name to …
2019-11-19: I think there are perfectly rational reasons for wanting to avoid all news media but it’s important …
2019-11-18: I’ve managed to build up quite a bit of annual leave so guess who has nearly all of December …
2019-11-17: Microblogvember has been a superb lure to get me posting everyday to my microblog. Whether the posts …
2019-11-16: A 2-1 win for Scotland today against Cyprus. It wasn’t very convincing but a win is a win and …
2019-11-16: I’d describe myself as selective when it comes to using my time but I also recognise that …
2019-11-15: It would have been be easy to talk about how murky social media has become but instead I’m …
2019-11-14: Currently reading: These Are My Rivers: New and Selected Poems 1955-1993 by Lawrence Ferlinghetti 📚
2019-11-14: Two big issues have so distorted all of politics in the UK, and specifically Scotland, that I rarely …
2019-11-13: I’m not able to stand for long periods of time in one place anymore so it’s really nice …
2019-11-12: Fantastic Marillion show in Glasgow tonight. Seasons End, their climate change song written in 1989, …
2019-11-12: 🎵 The Blue Nile - Stay. Yes, I’m resorting to a song for today’s Microblogvember prompt …
2019-11-11: Someone mentioned the nancy comic strip a while back and I became a big fan. It’s nice to have this …
2019-11-11: “Please Don’t Touch”. Put up a sign with those three words and it’s guaranteed to be ignored.
2019-11-10: Species of Space and Other Pieces by Georges Perec is one of my favourite books. The main essay is …
2019-11-09: There’s a ten percent chance of snow according to the weather channel. It has been quite cold …
2019-11-08: Alice Cooper said on the radio that people in rock bands don’t make the effort to be stars anymore. …
2019-11-07: I think it’s frightening how quickly the days and months of this year have passed. It’s supposed to …
2019-11-03: 🎵 I’ve been smitten by this band. Sweet Billy Pilgrim - Asking For A Friend
2019-10-18: Nancy by Olivia Jaimes for October 18, 2019 www.gocomics.com/nancy/201…
2019-09-14: I watched the Bob Dylan/Rolling Thunder Revue documentary on Netflix. Wonderful stuff from start to …
2019-09-07: Dazed and confused... Another very funny bit of writing from Marina Hyde. She makes this whole shambles almost bearable. …
2019-08-16: Louis Cole & Genevieve Artadi of KNOWER feat. by WDR BIG BAND: Gotta Be Another Way | REHEARSAL. …
2019-08-08: I have a few fountain pens. This tiny Kaweco pen is one of my favourites.
2019-08-07: Wind power.
2019-06-08: I’ve reinstalled TiddlyWiki after getting my new computer. The old wiki was backed up in Time …
2019-04-27: The last of the chocolate eggs.
2019-04-25: Part of my attempt to eat a healthier lunch.
2019-04-20: 🎶 Alive. Really loving the new song from Big Big Train.
2019-03-20: Essential Jacques Tati Blu-ray collection. A little birthday present for myself.
2019-03-20: I love all the new iMac “reviews" on Youtube based on just the reported specs.
2019-02-25: Reports coming in that Mark Hollis (Talk Talk) has died. I haven’t seen any confirmation yet …
2019-02-18: I don’t expect the streaming Criterion Channel to come to the UK anytime soon but I’ve noticed, …
2019-02-16: Bruno Ganz, actor who played Hitler in Downfall, dies aged 77 | Film | The Guardian A great actor …
2019-02-09: Re-uploading a lot of old photos to Flickr. This is one of my favourite bits of public sculpture in …
2019-02-09: I’ve given the Apple HomePod enough time to get better. Back to Sonos with its built in …
2019-02-09: Bob Mould has a great new album out. You can always depend on Bob. 🎶
2019-02-02: Currently reading: The Adventures of Augie March by Saul Bellow 📚
2019-02-02: I just noticed that web pages on mobile Safari can be “handed off” to Firefox on the mac desktop. I …
2019-02-01: I’m trying to put a link at the top of the Marfa theme to a category. The new category links …
2019-02-01: I watched the Fyre Festival thing on Netflix. It’s a fairly dull documentary about a bunch of …
2019-01-25: I’m really enjoying messing around with TiddlyWiki. Currently transferring in my saved Kindle quotes …
2019-01-16: Some late Christmas gifts. Looking forward to reading these. 📙
2019-01-14: Is anyone still buying hipstapaks for the Hipstamatic iOS camera app?
2019-01-14: This has been the mildest Scottish winter for a long time. There hasn’t been any lowland snow and I …
2019-01-12: I’ve grown to really love Mixcloud. It’s not just about DJs and dance music. …
2019-01-02: 🎶 This guy is amazing. Chassol - Big Sun Apple or Spotify
2018-12-23: Christmas Time Is Here - Khruangbin. I love this version. 🎶 🎄
2018-12-21: I think we might be overdoing the Christmas decorations at work.
2018-12-15: Ten days to go and I haven’t been hit by #Whamaggedon yet.
2018-11-23: I used to like imore.com but it’s just a shopping site now as far as I can see.
2018-10-08: Google+ shutting down after users' data is exposed - BBC News Google is shutting down much of its …
2018-10-08: I’ve seen Steve Hackett quite a few times now but tonight’s show in Glasgow was extra special. 🎶
2018-10-01: Carlos Ezquerra 1947-2018 2000 AD 2000 AD is profoundly saddened to confirm that artist Carlos …
2018-09-30: It’s that time of the year again.
2018-09-26: It turns out that you need to give the Launchbar app “Full Disk Useage” under the new MacOS Mojave …
2018-09-03: Garcia Peoples - Cash Crisis #vinyl #onmyturntable
2018-08-16: I pay a subscription for Bear Notes but I’ve found myself just throwing stuff into the Apple Notes …
2018-08-07: There’s a baby gull on the roof at work. The mother sits on this pole all day to protect it and …
2018-08-07: Is there any real advantage to using a WordPress optimised hosting setup? What does that really …
2018-07-22: 🎵 Sunday afternoon tunes. Primrose Green by Ryley Walker (iTunes). Recommended for all you John …
2018-07-21: I cancelled my Adobe Creative Cloud account today because I just wasn’t using it enough to …
2018-07-06: This updating stats page for my web hosting company is really nice.
2018-07-04: I was quite adamant that I wasn’t going to install the iOS 12 public beta this time but that lasted …
2018-06-27: I don’t think I’m doing this meditation thing right when the sound of a small bell makes me jump out …
2018-06-20: Your government is taking children from their parents and putting them in cages. Stop lecturing the …
2018-06-08: The warm weather always acts as an invitation for the neighbourhood cats to wander around the house.
2018-06-08: Ice Creams #icecream
2018-06-07: Today’s escapee from the heat. It did a tour of every room in the house and then lazed around for a …
2018-05-29: Cable and broadband has been down for a couple of days. It’s amazing what you can get done in its …
2018-05-18: Pub quizzing.
2018-05-17: I walked out the front door this morning to be confronted with a mass of feathers and the remnants …
2018-05-15: “Please register the app in order to view the User Manual”. Really?
2018-05-14: New iPhone set up and old one restored for my elderly parents today. Job well done.
2018-05-13: Interesting clouds.
2018-05-12: Accidental Portrait Of A Knee
2018-05-11: Scary #dog
2018-05-10: I was looking to register a domain name today. The price range at various companies for the same …
2018-05-10: 🎶 I love The High Llamas.
2018-05-07: I downloaded all my Flickr photos and shut down my Yahoo account just before the recent Smugmug …
2018-04-28: Added the BFI Player to my Fire TV Stick so with that, and MUBI, I’ve got good films to watch every …
2018-04-23: I set a reminder to cancel Drafts 5 at the end of the seven day trial but I’ve cancelled the …
2018-04-22: Catching up on some #records. Trembling Bells - Dungeness. #vinyl
2018-04-20: Jetpack for Wordpress gets a lot of stick but the VaultPress plugin is really very good. Restored a …
2018-04-19: Moved to a new host today and my web site address is defaulting to “www.” at the start of the url. …
2018-04-19: Headline of the day: ‘Very angry badger’ causes part of Scottish castle to be closed.
2018-04-18: It has probably been there in previous versions but I really like the “Append to …
2018-04-17: One for Seinfeld fans. George Costanza’s idea becomes reality at last.
2018-04-14: Gosh. My host, Tsohost, is really going downhill. The amount of downtime on cloud hosting is getting …
2018-04-13: I don’t think I’ll doing any microcasting soon. I still hate the sound of my own voice and I think …
2018-04-11: A warning from within The Archive app. There’s nothing wrong with a bit of bad taste now and …
2018-04-10: It’s just a tangerine peel but I like the contrasting colours.
2018-04-10: Very pleased to be dipping back into the world of the late Terry Pratchett. The first few pages of …
2018-04-09: Just witnessed the most intense and full rainbow I’ve seen in a long time.
2018-04-09: Just witnessed the most intense and full #rainbow I’ve seen in ages.
2018-04-09: I’ve been getting multiple emails from Wordpress Jetpack Support saying that my site has been …
2018-04-06: I can see Twitter forcing developers to allow their ads in timelines or be forced out of business. …
2018-04-03: 🎶 THRAK by King Crimson was released 23 years ago today.
2018-04-03: I always print off these Guardian cryptic #crosswords and forget to do them.
2018-04-03: It’s usually starting to warm up a little by now but snow is still falling here. The last few …
2018-03-31: Has someone turned off the iCloud email spam filters again? There’s a load of rubbish getting …
2018-03-27: Bought with birthday money. #zappa
2018-03-25: 🎵 Fantastic Steven Wilson show in Glasgow last night. Excellent sound, visuals, and set list. …
2018-03-17: I’ve been feeling run down after a bout of flu but made it out to see Yes tonight on their 50th …
2018-02-26: This winter has outstayed it’s welcome. My favourite times of the year are when you can feel the …
2018-02-26: Thanks to blog commenters I’m using the Workflow app and TinyPNG to shrink image sizes on the move …
2018-02-18: Time to accept that whenever The Producers is in TV listings it’s going to be the inferior remake …
2018-02-16: One of the many things I like about micro.blog is the lack of animated gifs in the timeline. I hope …
2018-02-14: 📚 Finished a couple of Le Guin novels. Now on to the Philip Glass autobiography/memoir.
2018-02-09: I’ve been using Feedbin for a couple of years. Just noticed that if you go into settings you can see …
2018-02-08: This image on the cover of the Wonderous Stories book could be a metaphor for being a progressive …
2018-02-08: Just watched a really good history of the Sunset Strip. Lots of music and bad behaviour. When I …
2018-02-06: A little project. I’m #drawing the same mug every morning for a month. I won’t be sharing them all …
2018-02-06: James Woods - there’s a good example of having to separate the work from the person.
2018-02-06: 📚A Tribute to John Mahoney, an Actor We Thought We Knew - The New Yorker
2018-02-05: I’ve never tried dictation on my phone before. Doing it right now and it seems to work flawlessly. …
2018-02-05: You can tell a new social network is maturing when you find discussions on the ins and outs of the …
2018-02-04: It’s time to turn off auto-renew for Evernote premium. I only use it for importing Kindle highlights …
2018-02-03: 🎵 I’ve been listening to this wonderful Norwegian band a lot recently. knekklectric.bandcamp.com
2018-02-02: I can’t remember who posted about doing a morning sketch of their teacup/coffee mug but I’m going to …
2018-02-01: Bob’s Burgers is such a joy compared to lazy and cynical stuff like Family Guy. 📺
2018-01-31: 📚 How I Met My Wife. This old New Yorker piece makes me gruntled.
2018-01-30: The Sunlit app seems fabulous already. I can see it replacing a couple of other things.
2018-01-29: Old Timer
2018-01-28: I bought this Japanese fountain pen years ago based entirely on its look. Unfortunately it’s too …
2018-01-27: I’ve started to read The Left Hand Of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin. It’s a shame that her …
2018-01-26: I hope the HomePod is a success but silly phrases like “the experience of moving to a Retina …
2018-01-26: Rush: a band who sparked the teenage imagination like few others. Nice, fair, piece in The Guardian …
2018-01-25: Sunlit test. “View from the office” today.
2018-01-18: #snow #slowmo
2018-01-16: Current forecast…
2018-01-10: I’ve been reading Detroit 67: The Year That Changed Soul It’s an excellent bit of popular …
2018-01-09: First day back at work and plenty of this is needed.
2018-01-08: 📕 Tim Smith, the Cardiacs singer hoping to overcome brain injury to make music once more
2018-01-05: I ordered a keyboard from Amazon UK today and was asked at the order page if I wanted to conceal …
2018-01-04: I’ve come to the conclusion that I don’t like bezel-free phones. I need thumb space.
2018-01-03: I got some cartridges for my slightly battered Lamy Al-Star fountain pen. Planning to use it a lot …
2017-12-29: I might get the hang of Markdown links someday.
2017-12-27: Thanks to Instagram I get to see eleven day old photos at the top of my timeline.
2017-12-27: #dogsofinstagram
2017-12-27: The Big Thaw
2017-12-22: I’m no good at this…
2017-12-09: 🎧 The Tower by Motorpsycho is a phenomenal album. I want to go and buy everything they’ve ever …
2017-12-09: One of the nice little bonuses of Amazon Prime is having every season of Seinfeld at the touch of a …
2017-12-08: I’ve had my new phone for a couple of days now and haven’t logged into Facebook yet. It feels good.
2017-12-05: I tried to hold off but I’ve just ordered an iPhone X. The O2 Recycle price on my 7 meant I …
2017-11-28: I’m not doing that a third time. It’s a mixing up brackets kind of day :)
2017-11-26: New camera.
2017-11-20: Tyding up and I found this. Another exhibit in my old tech museum. You plugged it into an iPod and …
2017-11-19: I’d forgotten how great Popclip is until today. I bought and used it a few years ago but must …
2017-11-17: Photo Challenge Day 7 - “Shadow”
2017-11-16: Photo Challenge Day 6 - “Seasonal”
2017-11-15: Photo Challenge Day 5 - “Liquid”.
2017-11-14: Photo Challenge Day 4 - “Up Close”
2017-11-13: Photo Challenge Day 3: “On the Move”. The chunky old watch I don’t use anymore.
2017-11-12: Day Two of @douglane’s Micro.blog Photo Challenge - “Tasty”. No work tomorrow.
2017-11-11: Micro.blog Photo Challenge Day 1: #squares. Ceiling lights, Argentum app, double exposure. I had to …
2017-11-04: I have over twenty iOS app updates waiting and every one is for iPhone X compatibility which I don’t …
2017-10-29: Another good leaf. #leaves
2017-10-26: Autumn #leaves
2017-10-19: The people who recorded my favourite music have been leaving the planet at an alarming rate. Sad …
2017-10-11: Great show by Dweezil Zappa and band in Glasgow tonight. I don’t think the set list had any Zappa …
2017-10-09: I’m getting errors using OwnYourSwarm on my site. Checkins with a photo are posting to Wordpress …
2017-10-09: The common cold I thought I had seems to have been a bit more. I’ve had no energy for about a …
2017-09-29: Cadogan Hall. One more night to go. #bigbigtrain #cadoganhall
2017-09-19: There’s a problem with my UK host, Tsohost, tonight. Lots of web sites down.
2017-09-17: I’m not sure if it’s connected but since updating to iOS 11 GM the Sonos app has become …
2017-09-12: I hope it’s not called iPhone Pro. My heart sinks whenever “Pro” is added to the name of anything …
2017-09-08: #vinyl #brianeno
2017-08-24: If Micro.blog posts can have more than 280 characters then the iOS app could become a great little …
2017-08-19: “Flickr and Yahoo are now part of “Oath” and are members of the Verizon family of companies. …
2017-08-10: More windmills.
2017-07-27: Decided to nuke my site and restore to a new Wordpress installation and database.
2017-07-27: Just spent the last couple of hours cleaning up a hack in my Wordpress installation. Someone had …
2017-07-21: Okay let’s do this … #gameofthrones
2017-07-17: Nice bit of weather today. Will it last till I’m on holiday?
2017-07-17: Rolled back to iOS 10 on my phone after trying the 11 public beta. It was NOT easy this time.
2017-07-08: I understand the arguments against ad-blockers but if you have those “15 shocking celebrity …
2017-07-07: I’ve managed to get OwnYourGram and OwnYour Swarm working on my site today. Goodbye to extra …
2017-07-02: There’s a load of spam getting through to my mac/icloud email address today. It seems like …
2017-06-29: I spent some time today learning a bit about Hugo after several mentions here. I managed to download …
2017-06-28: Switched themes temporarily to Sempress and it doesn’t send the gravitar image to Twitter with …
2017-06-28: A question for anyone who uses the Bridgy plugin for Wordpress. How do you stop it sending the …
2017-06-19: MotionX Poker. This was one of the first and best apps I ever bought for iPhone. It hasn’t …
2017-06-12: Just got the “Dispatched” email for my new iPad Pro. Should be here tomorrow.
2017-06-05: The official Twitter iOS app is now 203mb in size. My app of choice, Twitterific, is 10.6mb.
2017-06-04: Farewell Walt Mossberg, the scourge of Silicon Valley Sad to see him go when you consider the state …
2017-05-30: Masashi Wakui on Flickr: these photos of Tokyo are wonderful.
2017-05-28: It’s not often I’ll share something from The Daily Telegraph but this Iron Maiden gig …
2017-05-26: Much enthused by IndieWeb ideals but I wouldn’t know one line of code from another. If there …
2017-05-19: Word Of Mouth - Cucks, snowflakes and virtue signalling: the new US political lexicon Excellent …
2017-05-17: It’s 25 years since the release of Buffalo Tom’s Let Me Come Over album. Wow!
2017-05-17: I think it’s time to get rid of Instagram. It gets worse with every update.
2017-05-12: The Post Kinds plugin effect looks fine in Safari but adds ugly grey lines in other browsers which I …
2017-05-12: A quick test of TodayPoster.
2017-05-11: The fearlessness of the people in these old photographs amazes me. The Dapper Daredevil who …
2017-05-06: I’ve just about had it with third party complications on the Apple Watch. They …
2017-05-05: Nice blue skies on the way to work today.
2017-05-04: It’s local election day here in the UK and I’ve cast my vote without much enthusiasm. …
2017-05-02: Philip Glass Buddha Machine.
2017-05-02: What’s to stop anyone using my domain to log into a site using IndieAuth? Am I missing a link …
2017-04-29: I’ve replaced two old and broken down chairs in the last couple of weeks. My back is very …
2017-04-28: The new album by Big Big Train, one of my favourite bands, is out today. Check out Grimspound.
2017-04-27: Spent a big part of my childhood reading comics drawn by Leo Baxendale. RIP.
2017-04-26: I can’t wait to read the new Mike Nesmith autobiography. He had the most interesting career of …
2017-04-25: There seems to be a lot of layers to micro.blog that I haven’t quite got to grips with yet. I …
2017-04-25: I want to point a .blog domain to my new micro.blog site but the interface needs three name servers. …
2017-04-25: My first post. Sticking to default settings right now so let’s see what happens.
2016-12-26: “Sorry, you can’t have any ice cream”. #dogs
2016-09-21: Outside the Assembly Hall in #Edinburgh.
2016-08-28: #Glass
2016-02-22: There are worse places to do training courses. Staircase detail at Eastwood House.
2015-09-18: Usher Hall, #Edinburgh for #KingCrimson #early
2015-08-16: Waiting to leave a very quiet King’s Cross station.
2014-06-09: #vscocam
2014-06-02: I think that’s quite enough of those for now.
2014-03-03: #vscocam
2013-11-19: Buchanan St. Bus Station, Glasgow
2013-08-04: I have mixed feelings about these things. #post (testing blog automation)
2013-07-29: Rising