Updated : 26 November 2025
New Threads
My old blog theme was one that I built with help from a friend many years ago, but has been outpaced by changes in modern browsers and a lack of competency on my behalf. I wasn’t sure if this blog had a future with a broken theme and then I stumbled across a blog this morning with a theme that was a perfect fit for what I wanted here. The theme was free, a very pleasant surprise, and so a few hours later I have a more modern digital home.
Reading
My reading page is finally up to date. I’d written reviews of a number of the recent books, but those words just disappeared. I suspect it was iCloud failing to sync Obsidian properly, I’m now safely and securely back on Obsidian Sync.
Social Media
Having done the ‘Digital Minimalism’ thing, I’ve found that there is in fact value to me in social media, and so have returned to Bluesky. I do rather wish that I hadn’t deleted my account, though. Re-following those I followed before is easy, but making them aware that I have returned is trickier, well, without sounding like an indecisive muppet that is. Instagram continues to frustrate me; I loathe it and Meta, but so many local businesses and events use Instagram as their sole marketing channel, it’s annoying.
Inspired by Derek Sivers.