Making the most of the end of the summer hols.
Acorns, ripening.
Opening your work emails after 10 days of holiday is terrifying.
Iconic view.
Just experienced my first aviation go-around as our EasyJet flight landed at Gatwick. The sudden return to the air wasn’t too bad - the successssion of children vomiting as a result was less easy.
Life is hell.
Sometime in the late 50s, my mother did a river trip down the Thames, based on these old negatives.
I wish I could work out what the under-construction building are/were.
Proud to live in Sussex tonight. The extremists who came to Brighton really came to the wrong town.
☕️ on the 🏖️
Summer, allegedly.
Rough time ahead for Google: it has AI challengers eying up its search business, while the DOJ has decided that it’s abusing its search monopoly.
Attacks from two sides…
This morning’s newsletter is a bit more serious: to what degree has Musk’s loosened moderation on X helped incite the UK riots this weekend?
Alan Rusbridger thinks it has played a significant role. How about you?
Adding or updating some details on Open Library about the slightly obscure books I read is surpringly satisfying.
Started reading: A Countryman’s Summer Notebook by Adrian Bell 📚— working my way through these four seasonal collections, in the appropriate season…
Dennis Sellers for Apple World Today: Apple should revive the AirPort line-up with Wi-Fi 6E support
Yes, it damn well should.
https://appleworld.today/2024/07/apple-should-revive-the-airport-line-up-with-wi-fi-6e-support/
I’m back from our road trip holiday, and getting the daily newsletter back up and running.
Today’s edition is, inevitably, dominated by AI, but there’s also something interesting happening about Apple and Substack open rates…
Big Willie style
Bardcore
