Shredded thoughts on life, technology, and whatever else ends up in the bowl. A mix of ideas, loosely combined. This site is my small attempt to reclai...
Since moving to the coast, my current life mantra comes courtesy of Josh Pyke and his song The Summer , "And there’d be sand in your pockets and nothing on your mind." Is it actually possible to have 'nothing' on your mind in 2026? Probably not. But as I keep finding sand in my car, my shoes and my pockets, I’m at least 50% of the way there.
Every so often you stumble across a little corner of the internet that makes you smile. Not because it’s flashy, or complicated or powered by the latest AI breakthrough… but because it’s simple, clever, and genuinely useful. Recently, I found one of those places. It’s called Fourble. And if you like podcasts even half as much as I do, you might end up bookmarking it too. The idea behind Fourble is…
One day, it might cost more to listen to music made by humans. I think something interesting might happen as AI gets better. Right now we’re in a strange middle period where AI can produce images, music, writing and video that are… convincing enough. Good enough that most people can’t immediately tell what’s real and what isn’t. And the technology is improving fast. Which means the internet will…
I’ve noticed I’ve been listening to a lot more country music lately. I’m not entirely sure why. Maybe it’s the storytelling. So many country songs feel like small, perfectly crafted stories. Like little windows into someone’s life.
World Book Day, a slightly questionable costume fix, and a reminder that access to books isn’t a given for everyone. I spent an absurd amount of time this morning trying to fix a tiger tail to a tutu. It must be World Book Day. I’m actually a big fan of it. But this week I came across a few things that made me pause and think a bit more about it. In 2024, the National Literacy Trust estimated that…
The internet definitely feels better when you wander rather than scroll. Currently reading "Red Rising" and slowly building this site.
Starting again. I’ve been meaning to start a small website like this again for a long time. I’ve had a few over the years. I was part of the Geocities gang back in the mid-to-late 90s. But as you know, the internet went and changed and not really for the better. We lost our small, quiet spaces where we could just be ourselves. Somewhere to write, collect ideas, leave messages for each other.…