Jeremy Cherfas

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.