Martin Gisborne

"It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubt of it." - Maurice Switzer

A phrase I think about in every comment section.

It seemed "normal", at the time, I guess, but was there really any need for 24 exposure rolls of 35mm film? I mean, 18" less of film? Seems weird, in hindsight.

Podcasters: about 80 years ago compressors were invented to modulate radio audio–tame the loud, increase the quiet. Please use them! Every single audio app has them! Tired of missing half of someone's sentence because they start loud, then mumble away to nothing, only to storm back at the end.

I’m going to go out on a limb and say that Apple’s “Handoff” with AirPods is one of the most frustrating “features”, to me, on a daily basis. It's like technology roulette. Ooh, what's going to start playing when I click these???

Apple keynotes need to return to the good old days of being anything-can-happen live events, with lightly perspiring presenters, immediate crowd feedback, and will-it-work demos, rather than the bland TV shows that they have become #wwdc #apple

Some of my recent essays/articles have been 2-3 weeks in the writing, some of them have tumbled out pretty quickly

My coping mechanism? Writing... writing, writing, writing... all the time. And cycling. Bonkers amount of kilometres. Actually the cycling gives me thoughts and clarity for the writing. Did I mention all the writing??

Clean coal? (LOL)

Some thoughts on "clean" coal

I know, when the world seems to be tumbling into chaos, that sports aren't terribly important, ... but, for my mental health, I really needed this first weekend of the F1 season. Let's go.

Previously known as the Gulf of Collimation

I wonder how authors react if you ping ‘em about a factual error in one of their books? Just had quite the record scratch moment listening to an audio book…

Oi, oi, saveloy

Testing, testing... hello brave new world