Bits & bobs from the digital world

Testing the Hype: Vibe-Coding for My About-Me Page

As always with new things or even trends: battle lines are drawn! Either it’s lavishly praised to the heavens by…

January 30, 2026

It was ages ago, in 2019, that Laurent Garnier’s team launched the Kickstarter campaign for the documentary “Off the Record”.…

January 5, 2024

I was recently asked what my favourite blogs are. I immediately thought of two “video logs”. One is Project Binky,…

December 9, 2022

— Edit March 2026: Since July 2025, the BBC has completely blocked access to BBC Sounds for all users outside…

November 11, 2022

Somewhere along the line, at an almost typical age for becoming interested in cars, I became fascinated by the classic…

May 25, 2019

Cambridge Analytica, WhatsApp metadata, snooping smartphone apps… almost every week there are new incidents involving the ‘oil of the 21st…

July 13, 2018

Sound familiar? You’re sat in an organic Italian café with your headphones on, sipping a flat white, writing important emails…

April 10, 2018

When old people get nostalgic, their sentences start with “I used to love…” or “I still remember well…” I still…

June 24, 2017