I have never written the word "squircle" so many times as I have done over the last few weeks.

Also, autocorrect thinks I'm trying to write "squirrel" every time, and I'm sure one will slip through at some point, meaning I'll be talking about Samsung's squirrel-shaped smartwatch...

Time for coffee, and to sit at the end of the garden and work. Luckily, there's just enough wi-fi range!

Tonight, I walked around a pub car park looking at Porsches. There were many lovely ones, but only one was mine.

I’m all set to watch people unpack Samsung stuff. For a “watch party,” the location is pretty grand.
#GalaxyUnpacked

7 months into British Shorthair cat ownership, I’m learning that it just wants to be where I am, and if I’m not in the required place, it will bother me until I move there.
Today we’re in the garden, which thankfully seems to be to its liking.

The Cinematic Version of ARTMS Icarus is utterly astonishing. A fairy tale story with a horror twist, the visuals are haunting, eerie, stylish and at times, utterly beautiful. The jarring main choreography suits it perfectly. What a year for K-pop girl groups so far.
youtu.be/J-bEGflpV9k?...

I've got a Substack newsletter, as part of my efforts to write about a variety of new things. My second edition is still about tech, but it won't stay that way.
I'd be so pleased if you read it, and considered subscribing too!
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I bought an Anbernic RG35XX H, and I’d forgotten Xenon 2: Megablast was released for the Gameboy. Super hard shoot’em up made even harder, but it still somehow works. I LOVED this on the Amiga, and I even bought Bomb the Bass’s album with the title track on it, which was only available on vinyl!

Lovely wintery walk in the park this morning. First time the lake has frozen, and the poor swans had no idea what to make of it.
📸: iPhone 16 Pro Max

I like phone cameras, but *camera* cameras are also pretty good. This is from a Lumix GH5.

I buy CDs and listen to them on an 18-year old hand-me-down Sony CD player and a pair of Focal Elegia headphones I got in a half price sale and honestly, I'm not sure it gets much better.
Oh, and Whiplash is Aespa's masterpiece.

My YouTube Music Recap confirms what I already knew. By far my favourite Kepler song, and probably going to be my favourite of the year too.
Happy yet melancholy, I couldn’t have wished for a better song for the original 9 to sing as their last together.

For the second time in 2024 I’m not in the UK. I’ve thought a lot about travel during both, work travel in particular.

I don’t know. It just doesn’t feel the same anymore. Or maybe I’m not the same.

One thing’s for sure, I miss taking photos in new places.
This was shot on the Oppo Find X8 Pro.

I caved when I was at Berlin airport recently and bought a Moonswatch. I only cared about the white Mission to the Moonphase version.
Like: It’s so light. Snoopy sleeps on the moon. The strap is way better than naysayers would have you believe.
Dislike: Snoopy is minuscule. The fact I bought it.

First Bluesky post, so it may as well introduce me and the latest member of the family. One week ago, I gave in and got a kitten. This is Yui, a British Shorthair, and she is 15 weeks old.

I suppose I’ll now add cats to the (short) list of other topics I’ll post about.