Jeremy Cherfas

I’m not opposed to modern art

How cool is this? Lego kit for Friends, just what I needed for today’s podcast. 

I’m not sure I actually read about any biggest mistake, apart from maybe not being united, in the immensely parochial piece. But I can’t disagree with this:Podcasting didn’t start in control of the monied few and gradually become democratized. Podcasting started as a democracy, and now faces the incursion of the monied few.And while I don’t mind about the monied few taking over (well, not too much) I do mind that they are even called podcasts. They really are radio on demand, and we storied few shouldn’t be judged by the same standards.

@webby2001 Of course, it could easily evaporate, if something happened to Medium. Wouldn’t it be a good idea to have a copy on a site you actually control?

Are unsecured cafe wi-fi networks deliberately hostile to VPNs?I’m in Bill’s cafe in Cambridge, which offers ‘free’Wi-Fi — which of course I don’t trust. So I switch on my VPN to find that, mysteriously, it can’t connect to its server. And I’m wondering if this is just some kind of glitch, or a policy by the firm that provides the Wi-Fi. After all, they don’t want clients sending communications that are encrypted and therefore inscrutable for advertising and tracking purposes. In this stuff, only the paranoid survive.I had the same experience as John Naughton yesterday and Friday, signed in to the wifi in a bed and breakfast. No matter what, my VPN (Mullvad) would not connect. Rather than go unsecured though, I signed out of the wifi, but it definitely is strange and I think I am seeing something similar more and more often.

Currently reading: The Secret Pilgrim by John le Carré, ISBN: 9780340552056

                     #Fiction

Finished reading: The Final Solution by Michael Chabon, ISBN: 9780060777104

                     #Fiction

The warmth of a fresh sfogliatella is an essential start to any visit to Naples. 

Even after spending all night in the fridge, my sourdough shows a prodigious rise. 

@LisaLodwick Exciting indeed. Frustrating that it remains behind a hefty paywall, especially as the research it reports was probably funded by public money. As bad as more than half the cemetery sites being unpublished.

@MGraybosch Fine sentiments, and for a one-page site with a single message, not sharing metadata is an OK choice. But a little markup with microformats on a site helps others to find and enjoy the #IndieWeb in their own way.

@EIT One newsletter reader suggested it was because cooking in the US is much more aspirational than in the UK. So UK cooks want to get on with it, I think, while US cooks want to think they could get on with it.

I did switch to fish, once upon a time. But as I barely understood bash, that was probably a mistake. Anyway, I just want to endorse Dan’s idea:create shells cash, trash, theclash, and bangersandmash.That is all.

My favourite sign in the whole city. It signifies the imminent consumption of a truly fine sandwich.