Alex Brown
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Overnighting in Lyon en route to business meetings in Geneva. What better opportunity to sample some “simple” bistro fayre (confit lamb, Jerusalem artichoke purée, autumn salad)
November 13, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Overnighting in Lyon en route to business meetings in Geneva. What better opportunity to sample some “simple” bistro fayre (confit lamb, Jerusalem artichoke purée, autumn salad)
We seem to keep having the 'last day of summer' in Cambridge
September 30, 2025 at 12:38 PM
We seem to keep having the 'last day of summer' in Cambridge
With a final touch, the insertion of a stiffer spring for the ESC key – a nod to the resistant Reset key of the Apple ][ – I think I have achieved keyboard perfection. That was quite the rabbit hole.
• Bridge 75 base model board
• Huano Caramel Latte switches
• GMK CYL Extended 2048 keycaps
• Bridge 75 base model board
• Huano Caramel Latte switches
• GMK CYL Extended 2048 keycaps
September 14, 2025 at 3:04 PM
With a final touch, the insertion of a stiffer spring for the ESC key – a nod to the resistant Reset key of the Apple ][ – I think I have achieved keyboard perfection. That was quite the rabbit hole.
• Bridge 75 base model board
• Huano Caramel Latte switches
• GMK CYL Extended 2048 keycaps
• Bridge 75 base model board
• Huano Caramel Latte switches
• GMK CYL Extended 2048 keycaps
Some kind of rally going on in London ATM
September 13, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Some kind of rally going on in London ATM
As age verification hits the UK, my home improvements curiously gets unceremoniously blocked
July 29, 2025 at 3:23 PM
As age verification hits the UK, my home improvements curiously gets unceremoniously blocked
Normal for (North) Norfolk?
July 22, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Normal for (North) Norfolk?
So, Starship crashes and burns again. Note to Elon Musk: you can pick only TWO points on this triangle. It's hardly rocket science ...
May 28, 2025 at 1:31 PM
So, Starship crashes and burns again. Note to Elon Musk: you can pick only TWO points on this triangle. It's hardly rocket science ...
Pinotage. Was it ever a good idea. I'm semi-convinced
May 2, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Pinotage. Was it ever a good idea. I'm semi-convinced
Re-issued today. I know these are meant to be classic recordings but for me come across as dim and sloppy compared to (so many) better recordings
May 2, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Re-issued today. I know these are meant to be classic recordings but for me come across as dim and sloppy compared to (so many) better recordings
I'm just reeling at the graphics design choices
April 18, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I'm just reeling at the graphics design choices
New opera recording out today (increasingly, a rare thing).
April 18, 2025 at 8:44 AM
New opera recording out today (increasingly, a rare thing).
These 1960s recordings of two Beethoven string quartets by the Janáček Quartet it seems never made into the digital realm, which is as surprising as it's sad
April 16, 2025 at 6:33 AM
These 1960s recordings of two Beethoven string quartets by the Janáček Quartet it seems never made into the digital realm, which is as surprising as it's sad
Coming soon: one meeeeelion percent tariffs
April 9, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Coming soon: one meeeeelion percent tariffs
O no, we'll all have to make do with French stuff like Alex Singer instead. Wait ...
April 9, 2025 at 12:28 PM
O no, we'll all have to make do with French stuff like Alex Singer instead. Wait ...
William Hill currently offering 10/1 odds on a Trump exit in 2025; a popular bet it seems
April 9, 2025 at 11:58 AM
William Hill currently offering 10/1 odds on a Trump exit in 2025; a popular bet it seems
Starting the day listening to a new recording of BWV 232. Cleansing!
April 5, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Starting the day listening to a new recording of BWV 232. Cleansing!
From the WaPo (web) front page. Is this what is called "cut-through"? (thru?)
April 4, 2025 at 6:36 PM
From the WaPo (web) front page. Is this what is called "cut-through"? (thru?)
Can't really assert, first-hand, anything about it, since I wasn't there, so we need to fall back on the accounts and commentary of those that were, like Tim Shipman
March 22, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Can't really assert, first-hand, anything about it, since I wasn't there, so we need to fall back on the accounts and commentary of those that were, like Tim Shipman
Not really: it's a look back at the Corbyn/Brexit period. Of course the real inflexion point was earlier so maybe everything was on rails by that point. But it's interesting to speculate.
March 22, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Not really: it's a look back at the Corbyn/Brexit period. Of course the real inflexion point was earlier so maybe everything was on rails by that point. But it's interesting to speculate.
Yes, in Spring, and everyone thought he'd be up for it. But then when the Summer campaign was running it was
March 22, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Yes, in Spring, and everyone thought he'd be up for it. But then when the Summer campaign was running it was
It's been a strange week, but even so I wasn't ready for this
March 21, 2025 at 5:13 PM
It's been a strange week, but even so I wasn't ready for this