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Transitioning from Evernote to OneNote
I feel a little bad about this, but I’ve decided to close down my Evernote account and move across to OneNote. The main reason is that it feels like OneNote gets a bit more love and support. EverNote is fine as far as it goes, but it hasn’t really moved on much, with newer features…
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The Good Fight
Once upon a time, I wrote down a list of all the TV shows that I know I should have watched, but never got around to. These days it’s more of a list that floats around in my head. At the top of that list is Breaking Bad, but there are plenty more. And it’s…
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North Norfolk
I spent a few days in Norfolk over Easter, and along with a few bits of video I shot prior to that, I made this video. The drone footage was shot with a DJI Mavic Pro, while the remaining footage was shot with a DJI Osmo Pocket. The accompanying photos were shot using the same…
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Heida: A Shepherd at the Edge of the World by Steinunn Sigurðardóttir and Heiða Ásgeirsdóttir
This book captures the fascinating world of a remote sheep farmer in Iceland. Heida (or more properly Heiða) is a sheep farmer who single-handedly runs her farm, Ljótarstaðir. Having previously read James Rebank’s A Shepherd’s Life, about how things work in the Lake District, you discover that while some things are the same – everyone…
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Video Cameras in Radio Studios
[Note: Since this piece has created quite a lot of interest, it’s worth noting that I’ve only really considered UK national stations and brands here. I know that there are lots of stations in Europe, the US and beyond, from Q Music and RTL Radiovisione, that essentially produce something that’s half music radio station and…
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Streaming the Dawn Chorus
Each year at the start of May there is an International Dawn Chorus day. And off the back of this comes Reveil, an annual broadcast that comes from an art collective called SoundCamp. Around the world, people participate by placing open microphones wherever they happen to be, capturing all the glory of their local dawn…
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Music Listening
I’m a little bit concerned that the way I listen to music is about to fundamentally change, and I’m not sure how it’s going to work. Both Google Play Music and iTunes are thought to be making major changes in the coming months, and those changes will fundamentally affect how I listen to music. My…
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A Fresh Coat of Paint
I thought that it was time for a new look around these parts, so over the weekend, I’ve been updating the look and feel of my blog. Longtime readers will know that many moons ago, this blog started out in Movable Type. In 2013, I transitioned to the much better supported WordPress, and I went…
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Apple News+ and the Publishing Industry
In March last year, Apple bought the digital magazine service, Texture. Texture’s business model was relatively straightforward – users paid a flat monthly fee of $9.99 for access to around 200 magazines. Texture placed a layer of editorial on top of things, highlighting specific articles that you might not have otherwise discovered. Initially, the business…
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Apple’s TV Offering: Difficult to Get Excited
On last night’s BBC Ten O’Clock News, there was a story on the [re-] launch of Apple TV [+]. I suspect that this had become a diary item after Apple announced that they’d be announcing something yesterday, because in the end, I’m not sure that there’s a great deal to talk about yet, and the…
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The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley
Alex Gibney’s new documentary has been something I’ve been looking forward to watching for some time, since he takes on the story of Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos. Now, he has a tough act to follow, because John Carreyrou of the the Wall St Journal’s book, Bad Blood, is the definitive telling of the story, coming…
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717s
Great Northern, who operate the trains on my daily commute, have just introduced some brand new Class 717 rains. These have been long in the coming, but various issues have meant that they’ve come into service a few months after they were initially expected to. In fact, they’ve been running a limited service for a…
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Yellowface/All The Lovers In The Night
Yellowface by R F Kuang I first came across R F Kuang with last year’s very enjoyable Babel, an alternate history of the British Empire told in a world where magic exists and is controlled by an elite group of individuals. Yellowface is very different, but no less enjoyable. It’s a book about books, and…
Hadrian’s Wall
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