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Why French Farmers are Protesting and Why I Support Them

Written – January 2024 Anybody that knows me will know full well that I’m not a person that supports strikes and industrial action. I find that often the asks are unreasonable, and that strikes are actively encouraged by union leaders, not so much because it’s…

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Are TV and Movie Franchises Killing Great Storytelling?

Written – January 2024 Last week I wrote about how the TV and movie streaming services are killing older, but still popular TV shows and movies, and how with studios stopping production of physical media, we might never be able to see some of this…

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Streaming is Killing The Series and Movies We Love

Written – January 2024 Think back to a time only about a decade ago, when we still visited the high street to buy music, television series, and movies on CD, DVD, and Blu-Ray. Back then it was very common for people to say “streaming will…

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Overconsumption, Underproduction, and Excessive Dependence

Written – January 2024 The world is going through a very turbulent time. As I write this the Russian invasion of Ukraine is approaching its third year, and Iranian-backed Houthi rebels are attacking shipping off the coast of Yemen. This is particularly troubling as they…

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Windows 10 Gets Extended Security Update Programme

Back in July 2022 I was at Microsoft’s Seattle headquarters, sitting in some glorious sunshine (not always guaranteed in Seattle) having a coffee with a company vice president. We were discussing end of life for Windows 10, coming in October 2025. I explained to him…

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Pushing Back Against Corporations and Climate Change

Written – December 2023 As the author of a book about Climate Change (The Green IT Guide, cough!) I’m clearly thinking about the subject as world leaders meet for the COP28 summit to try and decide if they can ever be bothered to do anything…

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The Day I Became a Victim of Card Fraud

Written – June 2023 Two days ago I was checking the transactions on one of my credit cards and immediately spotted two transactions that had clearly not been made by me. Both were for Amazon and for different amounts, one for around £2 and one…

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The Ticking Smart Home Bomb

You’ve probably heard the stories but then long forgotten them. Home internet routers having vulnerabilities that then allowed them to be hacked from elsewhere in the world, giving criminals backdoor access to your home network and, by extension, all your internet connected devices. This isn’t…

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What’s so Super About Markets Anyway?

Written – May 2023 When I moved to France a few years ago I set myself some goals. One of these, for there were many, was to eat and drink more healthily and support my local economy as much as I could. This led me…

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The Unexpected Rise of Twitter Blue Snobbery

It’s safe to say that Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter some months back sparked controversy and debate. I’m not going to get into all that in this blog post, but I do want to talk about something I’ve noticed as being on the rise in…

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