Y'know things that are all the rage? Blogs. Everyone has one; or at least had one before Facebook, Twitter et al diluted the realtime pool.
Since I'm nu-old skool — and watching endless streams of people pretending they are the centre of the universe has no long-term value — I figured why not make a blog? The main difference here compared with other people's blogs is that instead of being limited to one topic, you get a little slice of everything all mashed up. I'm too good to be tweeting.
N.B. The views expressed herein are not my own: they have been carefully shaped by a barrage of mainstream media propaganda and fill-in-the-blanks guesswork. Also, I'm prone to lying for the sake of entertainment.
COVID-19: it's not all about the numbers
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I’m not going to apologise for this coronavirus post. It’s likely to piss you off. That’s the point. Check you’re wearing your big trousers then dive in if you think you can handle it.
Why are you waiting for leaders to slow the pandemic?
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Like the COVID-19 virus itself, it’s impossible to escape the media coverage of it. People are angry. Feel helpless. Scared. That’s all normal. But pause, just a moment, and think.
Save the shelves: how to stream a movie collection
[4 comments] · 1938 words (kills about 9 mins)I have hundreds and hundreds of DVDs taking up space on shelves in my living room. A huge investment that I don’t want to lose, and I love movies. Time to get my geek on and find a better way. Step into my parlour to see how I did it…
The problem with policy
· 631 words (devours about 3 mins)One week to go until December’s UK general election. Will anyone we put in office make a difference without being prodded? I’ll give you a clue: the answer rhymes with low ducking pay.
Digital bottlenecks
· 1077 words (vacuums up about 5 mins)Throwing technology at the service industry to improve customer service is the trend du jour. But it seems that ill-conceived rollouts have negative effects on customer experience.
Erecting digital walls
· 1053 words (laps up about 5 mins)The internet operates without national boundaries. Countries and governmments operate within them. They see this as a problem. Here’s why.
My phone wants to kill me
· 154 words (sucks up less than a minute)Automated calls. We’ve all had them. But what do you do when they go wrong with rather comedic results?
When automation goes incorrect
· 214 words (munches less than a minute)Text to speech still has a way to go before it becomes broadly useful and not inadvertently funny, it seems.
