Note – 2026-04-05 09:55
Really enjoyed watching the movie "I Swear". Great acting performances all round but especially from Robert Aramayo as John Davidson, who was diagnosed with Tourette's syndrome at a young age. This al...
Tag: books
Note – 2026-01-28 11:48
I'm really enjoying reading "The Secret History of Gold" by Dominic Frisby If you enjoy learning how a single metal has shaped civilization and want a fresh, entertaining take on money and power this...
Note – 2025-12-28 09:18
I am at the final stages of writing a book and am now looking for suggestions and recommendations for self publishing. Preference is for smaller, more simple personal solutions rather than complex big...
Note – 2025-07-17 06:46
I started reading "Privacy is Power" by Carissa Véliz last night. Although I have been onboard with the concept for quite a few years now, the scale of the deception is still incredible. Looks to be a...
Note – 2025-03-08 12:34
Enjoying reading "The Hand of Fatima" by Ildefonso Falcones. Follows life of Hernando, a young man of mixed heritage. Mother a Muslim, father a Christian priest. Born after the Morisco rebellion in th...
Note – 2025-02-15 08:23
More "enshittification". This time from Amazon. Amazon is pulling a Google, killing off popular services. Evidently, I have until 25th February to download my 708 books that I have purchased from them...
Note – 2024-10-05 09:34
Last night I started reading "The Age of Surveillance Capitalism" by Shoshana Zuboff which looks to be a fascinating, topical and insightful read. Anybody read it?
Note – 2023-12-04 08:13
I've read a lot about the early polar explorers, Scott, Amundsen, Shackleton etc. One that passed me by until recently was Douglas Mawson. "This Accursed Land" tells how Mawson declined to join Scott'...
Note – 2023-09-07 11:32
Enjoying this read by Cory Doctorow & can't put it down. Makes sense of the crazy online world we constantly visit but fail to comprehend. Shows us the way out of the "Big Tech" mire. "The fight for a...