Adactio: Journal

This is an infuriating book.

The Firefox team are asking us to weigh in on proposals for Interop 2027—what features should browsers be concentrating on implementing or improving.

Hot on the heels of reading and enjoying The Mountain In The Sea, I picked up Ray Nayler’s next work, this tightly constructed novella.

Back in 2019, I read the book Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness by Peter Godfrey-Smith and said: I really enjoyed this evolutionary tale.

The term “no-brainer” refers to a suggestion that is so compelling that it would be foolish to even consider not doing it.

In some ways, the short story is the ideal format for science fiction.

On this day, twenty five years ago, I wrote my first journal entry on this website.

If you’re anything like me, you’re sick of hearing about so-called “AI”.

It was the autumnal equinox a few days ago.

This is Ian McEwan’s second foray into science fiction after his alternative history novel, Machines Like Me.

I’ve mentioned the ritual that concludes the week at Clearleft: At the end of every Thursday afternoon at Clearleft, we wrap up the working week with an all-hands (video) meeting.

I’m an invited expert at the World Wide Web Consortium.

Looking for something to do in Brighton this weekend?

I try to see my friends Dan and Sue as often as I can.

Remember when I wrote about a session I was at in Belfast where I was sitting next to a fiddler who it turned out had written a book and then I ended up reading the book?

I went to plenty of great sessions when I was in Belfast.

Christopher Nolan’s adaptation of The Odyssey comes at just at the right time for me.

When I was immersed in the Irish language for a week in Donegal last month, I made plenty of mistakes.

I spent the last three weeks in the north of Ireland.

I really liked Edna O’Brien’s The Country Girls so when I saw a copy of Girls In Their Married Bliss for £1 in a local charity shop, I snapped it up even though it had the worst cover you could possibly imagine.

I absolutely loved Ann Leckie’s Imperial Radch trilogy, particularly the first book, Ancillary Justice which blew me away when I first read it.

At The Web You Want event in Amsterdam last month, Léonie gave an absolutely fantastic talk.