John PHI⑊PIN

Mon, 24 Aug 2026 07:31:42 +1200

Now the polymathic Trump is dabbling in naval architecture.

💬 George Will

Sat, 22 Aug 2026 06:46:44 +1200

👁️❓ Did the people who are currently watching Ted Lasso four rewatch Ted Lasso one, two and three before starting? Asking for a friend.

Thu, 20 Aug 2026 09:48:39 +1200

🔗 Daring Fireball: Apple TV Still Has No Start Date for ‘The Savant’

Given that it’s now the middle of August, I think that a July release is looking less and less likely by the day.

He does have a way doesn’t he?

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 14:45:22 +1200

Box? What box?

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 07:30:41 +1200

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Wed, 19 Aug 2026 07:30:12 +1200

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Tue, 18 Aug 2026 09:26:56 +1200

🔗 Micro Monday is back (after a ’short’ pause.)

I guess in the overall scheme of the cosmos sure - ‘short’ works 😉

A great way of showcasing this little corner of the internet - still sitting in my Overcast feed - despite the passing of 4 years.

I knew it would comeback. One day.

It has.

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 09:11:04 +1200

🔗 Nudge or Sludge? — Gapingvoid

Want to know what a company actually believes? Skip their core values page. Try to cancel something.

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 09:10:56 +1200

🔗🎵 Apple Music weirdness

Apple likes to say that music is part of its DNA. I suggest they schedule some genetic counselling.

I agree, though I have never managed to articulate the prescription so succinctly.

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 09:10:32 +1200

Please enjoy: 🔗 sadlittlebitchwithnofriends.com

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 09:08:06 +1200

🔗🕋 Structured Thought is catching on

This one from Evan Shapiro - who after producing 6 annual flat files of - well to be honest - interesting - but not very useful insights into the media landscape has just outdone himself.

Scott Brinker should do the same - similar idea in a different space - but 🔗 this one has been going now for 15 years!

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 09:02:03 +1200

‘Content’ is homogenous undifferentiated fodder that is poured into silos with pricing you would expect from any interchangeable commodity .. if that describes your writing, it might explain why nobody values it.

💬 ME

(🖇️🔎 Just in case you missed all the other similar utterances I have made along these lines on this blog.)

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 08:59:24 +1200

Wise people are already aware and can predict these warnings …

🔗 YouTube Moves to Ban Nerd Reich Podcast

That said - where could you go to build a video following not called YouTube?

Meanwhile, so far, 🔗 the channel remains

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 08:42:47 +1200

Thought I’d take a look at Plume. Some shenanigans to get my blog to approve Plume - or the other way round - but twe got there - and this is my first post. Lets see where this goes.

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 08:21:57 +1200

🔗 A Node on the Web

Email was supposed to be an open, decentralized protocol. Instead, a handful of monopolies have effectively privatized deliverability: they decide whose mail is trustworthy, whose isn’t, and independent servers are guilty until proven innocent.

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 08:21:03 +1200

🔗 Why I left Mastodon - Justin Pot

.. or just use Micro.Blog

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 16:20:54 +1200

I just looked at: valid.rss.chat for john.philpin.com - and no dice …

Turns out that my blog isn’t ‘malformed’, it is because Micro.blog’s RSS feed output does not currently conform completely to the RSS.chat interoperability profile.

I can wait.

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 16:11:45 +1200

Magical

🔗 Monumental Joyful Murals by Ella & Pitr Fill Urban Rooftops and Fields — Colossal

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 15:34:34 +1200

🔗 97th .. apparently

.. and happy to be here.

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 09:11:54 +1200

📸

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 08:43:20 +1200

If I include an URl an image might appear. If I add just an image it doesn't.

Expected behaviour?

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 07:54:36 +1200

📸

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 07:52:40 +1200

🔗 All Maps Lie - Gapingvoid

.. an old drum of mine.

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 07:52:13 +1200

No comment.

🔗 Trump To Order Redesign of Aircraft Carriers Because They Don’t Look Right

This comes after Trump just a few days ago ordered the Navy to go back to steam-powered catapults (the thing that hurls the planes forward off the ship for takeoff) from the new electromagnetic catapults. He apparently wants to do this because he once talked to a catapult operator who told him the old kind was better.

Sun, 16 Aug 2026 12:39:45 +1200

“Lasting innovation is built on connections.”

So true … across;

industries ➕ sectors ➕ geographies ➕ disciplines

and time … continuously ➕ continually … so that we keep in mind that we are in a marathon - not a sprint.

CONTINUAL creates the nodes of our community

CONTINUOUS forms the fabric that will sustain our community

John PHI⑊PIN

TOGETHER … not ‘and’ … ‘➕’