Tech

Wait, what? So in addition to this site, which I refer to by the old-fashioned term of ‘homepage’, I’ve long been running an almost as old-fashioned sounding ‘blog’ in tandem with it. Initially it was because I would update the blog more frequently, which indeed was what you were supposed to do with them, but for reasons left to tea and time, the blog ended up being about, shall we say, outdoor activities, and this one stayed on the indoor and technical side. Sure I could merge them, but I could also take up playing the bassoon. ...

In The Beginning When I were a wee lad I had a personal stereo. That’s a tape cassette player running on AA batteries. I loved it. It was great, though it would be many years before I could afford a real WalkMan. Then I had a MiniDisc player - I missed out portable CD players completely - and a while later I owned a few iPods. Then, like a lot of other people, I just put a few albums on my phone, and then, well, thought ’let’s just stream!' ...

I don’t pay much attention to the phone market unless I’m actually in the market for a new phone. I see the odd new model pop up on the usual news and social media feeds, but there just doesn’t seem to be much beyond the annual and incremental updates from major players. Or maybe it’s just me. One company I did take notice of ‘out of cycle’ was Nothing in 2023. They’re a relatively young design company founded in 2021 and based out of London and who contract out their manufacturing to China; also they don’t just do phones, but also earbuds (which was their first product) and now smart watches. ...