Writing in the Sensible Ramblings section

Opinion pieces on a variety of topics: Computing, Privacy, Self-Ownership, Freedom.

• Farewell, live well >> Mon 09 October 2023 >> business, language, linguistics,

  The new Sainsbury's slogan is dishonest and condescending.

• The Lion and the Fox, or the travails of mobile browsing and privacy >> Sun 30 July 2023 >> software, internet, iphone, modern woes,

  Why isn't it possible to browse the mobile Internet while maintaining our dignity?

• Eleven conversational habits that need a full stop >> Sat 28 January 2023 >> language, literature, culture, britain, americanisms, railways,

  These habits of spoken English need their farewells said.

• Musings on Meekness >> Sun 13 March 2022 >> religion, christianity, bible, virtue,

  Some thoughts on meekness. Is it pacifism or something better?

• Belfast Transport Snub >> Thu 26 August 2021 >> modern woes, railways, buildings, aesthetics, northern ireland, design, photos, belfast,

  Railway buildings have been a steady decline since the end of World War II. This has culminated with Belfast's Weaver's Cross, or as it should be called, Weaver's Loss.

• Remote work isn't remotely working for me >> Mon 09 August 2021 >> work, computing, development, modern woes, privacy, surveillance,

  I had this vision that working from home would be bliss. Just me sitting in the room with nothing but the code. No distractions, no worries. Nothing would sidetrack the engineer from his proud handiwork. This wasn't to be so.

• Sympathy for Sycophants >> Sun 25 July 2021 >> modern woes, government, privacy, britain, internet freedom, surveillance, ethics,

  Too many believe that the government is sincere but misguided. Please, stop: they're laughing at you.

• Prepositions in Perdition >> Sat 17 July 2021 >> language, religion, government, grammar,

  Why do prepositions matter? Could we understand with the help of theology?

• The Final Version of Windows, Ever >> Fri 01 November 2019 >> modern woes, computing, microsoft, linux,

  Microsoft have called Windows 10 'the final version of Windows ever.' It's the final version for me too. I've used ever major Windows version from 98 until 10. With Windows 10 I have to fight the computer just to get it to do my bidding.

• Bring back the homepage >> Fri 11 October 2019 >> web, unsociable media, modern woes,

  Social media isn't a home.

• New Reddit should be shredded >> Fri 04 October 2019 >> web, design, modern woes,

  Old reddit was a frugal, practical design that naturally suited its purpose. Why pull the old house down and build something unrecognisable in its place?