Technology
Press F to Pay Respects: The Death of the Phone Call
Once upon a time—by which I mean about 10 years ago—if you wanted to speak to someone, you would pick up the phone and actually call them. Radical, I know. But somewhere between the rise of WhatsApp, Messenger, and text messages, we collectively decided that hearing another human voice was an outrageous inconvenience, and now the humble phone call is about as popular as dial-up internet and non-ironic landlines. It is not that messaging ...
Falling into Air Fry Faddism
When I was travelling on a ferry from Tallin to Finland last year, my friend, Simon, appeared quite shocked that we didn’t own an air fryer. It was a strange conversation to have as Helsinki appeared on the horizon but was said with so much intent, it stayed with me. It was a kind of cookery JFK moment. I’ll always remember where I was when I first heard about air fryers. However, despite Simon’s persuasive pitch, I resisted. As a ...
The Joy of Buying a Camera!
I bought a camera as a lockdown gift to myself recently. It is a Panasonic Lumix DMC FZ1000. It was chosen after months of the type of middle-aged dithering I thought I would never suffer from. Impulse Purchasing As a man of impulse purchasing, I have almost made a career out of buying ill-advised clothes, gadgets, cars, and in one tragic case, a house with someone as unsuitable as the shit location it was in. However, in recent ...
Britain and Fibre Optic Broadband
Impulse has been the order of the day with regards to Labour and the offer of free fibre broadband. On the left, it was seen as a piece of cake to pay for and administer by simply making corporate giants like Google and Facebook pay their taxes (which won't be a simple task). Whilst on the right, it was labelled something along the lines of BT standing for ‘Bolshevik TzarCom.’ Corbyn is so universally despised as an opposition leader ...
Big News From Facebook!
Hold the front page as rumours are abound that Facebook are preparing to make a massive statement in the coming weeks. No, it's not the heartwarming news that Mark Zuckerberg is in fact the second coming of Christ after announcing he only has a wardrobe containing just t-shirts and hoodies because he is far too busy concentrating on his Facebook community to worry about fashion. No, it's not the sensational news that Facebook have announ...