A curse on all apps that steal resources from others and don’t give them back. This has been happening since at least the 1970s - only I am no longer getting paid to fix such things.

I think I will have to name and shame…

Great to see the sudden and active interest in cyber security protections sweeping Britain this weekend 😂

www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-priv...

Do I trust Apple Intelligence any more than “Smart” Motorways? Based on their Siri’s inane responses, little chance.

This is VERY cool if it is what it seems to be!

Easy one today! 🤣

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When times feel a bit grim, I like to think about the 14th Century, which featured The Great Famine (1315-1317), The Black Death (1347-1351), The Great Schism (1378) and The Hundred Years' War (1337-1453). That always cheers me up

Excellent letter from William Lawrence in @thetimes.com today:

I hope that there is a corner of hell reserved for those who create text boxes that do not allow text to be pasted into them. There should be special punishments for those whose text boxes glibly allow, say, up to 1000 characters but only if typed directly into that box.

Interesting article.

Interesting article about Wallace: www.thetimes.com/article/ba8f...

I understand that this gives people an insight into my identity

This week I have not only doing my actual job of bringing our wines to market but have also tried very hard to point out the major flaws in HMRC’s new wine excise laws which if they go ahead the UK state is likely to be defrauded by wine producers the world over. Here is how, why. It’s not pretty.

I thought I had better move after this.