Anthony
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Bits and bobs (Spring 2025)
These last three months have felt like three years. I rejiggered my online presence, taught two courses at university and legally changed my name whilst trying to figure out what’s next now that i’ve decided to quit my job sooner rather than later. I might have spent a little more time than usual soothing my…
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My digital Amerixit
I’m always suspicious when someone tells me they’re decent and honest. Silence is a virtue and virtue is silent. Which is to say: i’ve never been crazy about Tim Cook. If he really believed in the teachings of Martin Luther King Jr, he wouldn’t just sell colourful Apple Watch bands, but make the effort to…
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Seriously unserious
Speaking to PetaPixel after the launch of a new camera and two new lenses, Sigma’s CEO Kazuto Yamaki shared the origins of the new camera’s name: “beautiful foolishness.” The new camera bucks multiple trends that have guided camera design since the days of film photography. The compact 24.6-megapixel full-frame interchangeable lens camera is controlled by…
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Firing the Kindle
Starting on February 26th, 2025, Amazon is removing a feature from its website allowing you to download purchased books to a computer and then copy them manually to a Kindle over USB. It’s a feature that a lot of Kindle users are probably not aware of, given books can be more easily sent to devices…
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One ring to measure it all
I’ve been wearing an Oura Ring Gen3 Horizon for almost a year. I never wore any connected watch religiously, but it’s the first time since 2013 and the release of the Pebble watch that i haven’t owned one at all. So just to be sure i wasn’t missing anything, i ordered an Apple Watch Series 10. I…
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Zen in the art of computer setup
Let’s say you need to reinstall your Mac from scratch after you broke its firmware and failed to revive it using Apple’s own method. Of course, this is a fictional example and not something i’ve had to do twice this week. I’m a bit miffed you’d think otherwise. Anyway. Were this to happen to you,…
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My mother’s son
French isn’t my mother tongue – that’d be Spanish, even though she did everything in her power not to speak it. My mother is her mother’s daughter, a naive girl who wanted the world to see her as she wasn’t to have a shot at becoming her true self. French is my father tongue – a language he spoke…