Victoria Embankment, Nottingham

The first time taking out my new Ricoh GR iiix and I got really lucky. We spent a couple of hours walking around the Victoria Embankment and river in Nottingham, with great winter weather. My first impressions of the camera are really great. The image quality is amazing from such

New Camera who dis

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Reading Review 2023

This year was the second year I set myself a goal. One that was born out of a frustration that my attention being stolen from me and my concern that I needed to get it back. 2022 my goal was to watch more movies. Like most New Year’s resolutions,

Always posing

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How I Use The New Apple Journal App

<p>Finally launching with iOS 17.2 <a href="/2023/10/27/new-journalling-app.html">Apple’s new journal app</a> immediately received criticism. Whilst some of it was valid, most of this focused on features Apple did not promise. It

My Handwriting Can’t Keep Up

For years, I've been trying to figure out why my handwriting is so bad. Seriously, it's like what you'd expect from a three-year-old. I often blame my years in higher education – anyone who's been through it knows that, unless you

The Unremarkable Chronicles Of A Regular Life

I have tried. I have really tried to make this bloody journaling thing work. Unfortunately, I have no choice but to throw in the towel because I am genuinely stuck. If you're relying on prompts from the new journal API to spice up your daily entries, like I

Why Not Go Straight To The Good Bit?

In today's fast-paced world, the concept of 'hustle culture' and the proliferation of productivity-focused videos on platforms like YouTube have become the norm. The underlying message in this sea of content is clear: to earn more, to achieve a higher status, and ultimately, to

Just One Place To Publish

For a few years I have been banging on about the indie web, webmention and Activitypub. Since moving to micro.blog in 2018, these principles at first went over my head and are now what I believe the web should be built on. These thoughts are not exclusively mine, but

The Way I Format My Posts

When I first moved to micro.blog I had this dream that I would be able to write and publish freely. By removing the worry about what to post where and how it looked should have released more posts into the world. No stress from separating what goes on my