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Living the Dream

Life in Cyprus and beyond: work, adventures and making sense of the world.
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The Digest 20/04/25

Today is truly a feasting day. To the extent that hospital admissions for overeating skyrocket. I'm all for it. Crack on, I say.
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Off for a Padel

Read that again. The US getting beaten up, and rather rushing to its side, we're sitting back, alternately horrified and grimly smug. How on earth did we get to this?
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The Digest 13/05/25

Format a disk though? Somebody find me a Computer Science PHD student. It's mad.
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On not being a Stationer

I wondered whether I would still be as motivated to use analogue tools, particularly as I'm exploring different digital rabbit holes. The answer to that has come quickly - I'm using pens, pencils and paper more than I ever did.
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The Digest 06/04/25

Last week, I wrote, "Looking to avoid Amazon has massively reduced my ability to fritter." Then, I came across Tuxedo.
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The Digest 30/03/25

My version of tilting at windmills is to gently boycott American tech firms, where I can. Who knows if people outside the US will always be able to access servers and services? All is fair in love and (trade) war.
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The Digest 23/03/25

The power and might of the "tech bros" is a mirage. If we think social media is causing harm, why don't we just stop using it?
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That Social Media Stuff

A group of parents from the UK are suing TikTok, arguing that their children, who had died, were trying to complete some dangerous challenge popularised on the platform.
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