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  1. w/e 2023-04-23

    A trip to Bristol, Rye Lane, and two seasons of Looking.

  2. w/e 2023-04-16

    NTS’s Ambient Americana, a new bike trainer and a new bike, baffled at MacBook hubs and docks, and Tamara Shopsin’s Arbitrary Stupid Goal.

  3. w/e 2023-04-09

    Update problems, pressure washing problems, and I Hate Suzie Too.

  4. w/e 2023-04-02

    The Wire playlist for 2023, Derby, Liz, ponds, @samuelpepys on Twitter, The Night Agent, and Billions.

  5. w/e 2022-03-26

    Some Persian music, some coding stuff, The Gold, The Gold: The Inside Story, and Waco: American Apocalypse.

  6. w/e 2023-03-19

    A couple of birthday days in London, including Guys & Dolls, and The Last of Us season one.

  7. w/e 2023-02-12

    Two NTS shows, lots of to-dones, Mystery Road: Origin, Emily, and Heimito von Doderer’s The Demons.

  8. w/e 2023-03-05

    Rouvy etc, Julia season one, Corsage, and Godland.

  9. Enjoy playing the music

    Kirk Tuck thinking of photography as like being in a covers band.

  10. w/e 2023-02-26

    in|FLUX by Anna B Savage, frogspawn, Zwift vs Rouvy, The Banshees of Inisherin, We Own This City, and enough of Euphoria.

  11. w/e 2023-02-19

    Babylon Berlin season four, more failing at Zwift, Empire of Light, surround sound, Adult Mom.

  12. w/e 2023-02-12

    A strange bug, Look Mum No Hands! closing, a bike trainer, Tár, Narcos seasons one and two, Happy Valley season three, and The White Lotus seasons one and two.

  13. w/e 2023-02-05

    Twitter API, simple website hosting, Fight the Power, Our Flag Means Death.

  14. w/e 2023-01-29

    Prefab Sprout, anniversary, Outback Truckers, black-and-white photos, some ooh.directory tasks, insulating the loft hatch.

  15. w/e 2022-01-22

    Walks cross London, Aftersun, Plausible Analytics, and the “real” camera.

  16. w/e 2023-01-15

    Moin, sheep, the end of Tweetbot and Twitter, and two music documentaries.

  17. Blogroll Keepers #8

    Five blogs and four newsletters that I’ve been reading long enough that I’m given them permanent space in my feedreader and blogroll.

  18. w/e 2023-01-08

    Finishing The Last of Us Part II, watching China’s Van Goghs and The Nest.

  19. w/e 2023-01-01

    Re-launching Pepys’ Diary, setting up a Ko-fi page, The Other End of the Leash by Patricia B. McConnell, Ghosts and Detectorists specials, The Story of Film: An Odyssey, and His Dark Materials season three.

  20. 2022

    Looking back at my work, non-work, health, media consumption, etc. over the year.

  21. Third time: The Diary of Samuel Pepys

    The diary is starting again from the beginning for the third time, twenty years since I first started the site.

  22. w/e 2022-12-25

    A funeral, The Wonder, Glass Onion, A Charlie Brown Christmas, A Shaun The Sheep Movie: Farmageddon, Snowfall season five, The Sinner season three, and Motherland.

  23. w/e 2022-12-18

    Preparing Pepys for the third reading, macOS Ventura, and Industry season two.

  24. w/e 2022-12-12

    A week in London and Essex.

  25. w/e 2022-12-04

    Hosting woes even more tedious for me than for you, all of Rev., and season four of Snowfall.