I finally have my iPhone location-based focus modes working automatically as I want. Left-to-right:

1. Work mode that activates when I arrive at work
2. My default layout when I am not at these places.
3. The ‘gym’ mode that activates at that location.

Birthday presents being enjoyed. Including loads of my favourite sweets from Copenhagen.

Updated my ‘now’ page on the night before my birthday.

I am baffled…

In theory I can sync Orion browser tabs between all my Mac and iOS devices. It’s enabled and I’ve forced uploads and downloads to iCloud.

I can not work out where to look for the damn tabs!

My problems with TIDAL Music’s app turning my iPhone into a hand warmer led me to try other services.

It demonstrated I can’t get on with Apple Music (who should know most about my music preferences). Qobuz seems to run very cool and it’s really impressed me so far.

My phone gets really hot whenever I use TIDAL to listen to music

I had fun with my friend Alison in Devon in the last few weeks while we were visiting.

Exploring the coast of north west Scotland, I loved these rusty and decayed buoys.

Our recent holiday home, rented in north west Scotland. Photographed with a pinhole camera and black and white film.

Posting a letter to daughter no. 2 while staying ‘on brand’.

As I posted elsewhere I was finding progress through the 400+ pages of my Nanami A5 notebook frustrating slow.

So I’ve switched to the Dominant Industry Takasago Fountain Pen Notebook which fits nicely into my Gfeller Leather cover and has really good paper for fountain pens.

This weekend’s listening sorted

On the one hand I love Nanami journals with their 480 pages. On the other hand, they take forever to complete and I prefer to see evidence I’m making progress through a notebook.

Music fans of a certain age may enjoy this Prog Rock Prom. The audio version has tracks that didn’t make the TV edit. Carl Palmer looks limber for a man of his age. The Van Der Graf Generator song was very moving. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/pl…

Sticker spotting in the city centre.

I’ve had the pleasure of sending fountain pens to John Sorowka quite a few times, either for repair or adjustment. He has always been a pleasure to deal with and the results were outstanding.

A trichrome pinhole photograph I took a few years ago. Three black and white film images shot through RGB filters and combined in Photoshop.

Very few users making use of community feedback in the Acme Weather app. Yes, that’s me!

That great Maltese treasure, the Pastizzi. Flaky pastry and savoury ricotta. Delicious even though my coeliac soul carries the guilt from a single bite.

Updated my ‘now’ page

It’s unlikely I will ever write a book, but I do feature in the acknowledgements of this one and I’ll take that as a win.

Enjoying this new little kitchen timer. The ‘calculator’ design means very few represses are needed to set the interval.

My friend’s vintage Lotus parked between two nodern behemoths.

Today’s coastal walk

On the beach