Weekly Roundup, Friday 14 June 2019
Good morning Our redesign continues today with some more tweaking in the newsletter and now rolled out to all newsletter versions – the Express, the Daily, and the Weekly versions. Note that some people are …
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Weekly Roundup, Friday 7 June 2019
Good morning If you are receiving this in the form of the once weekly newsletter, you can hopefully see that our redesigning continues apace (the daily and instant versions have yet to be updated). This …
Weekly Roundup, Friday 31 May 2019
Good morning Exciting news today, well, at least, exciting by my own rather narrow and self-centered definition of the word. I’m starting to roll out a new design for the blog website and associated articles, …
Weekly Roundup, Friday 17 May 2019
Good morning As you can see in the image immediately above, I’ve made some exciting changes to our French tour this September. Several readers had suggested that instead of an entire week in one place, …
Weekly Roundup, Friday 10 May 2019
Good morning Many thanks to everyone who sent their opinions in on whether they’d be comfortable flying the Boeing 737 MAX once it returns to service. As promised, your answers have been collated, and I’ve …
Weekly Roundup, Friday 26 April 2019
Good morning I’m doing things a little differently today. I’m sending out the newsletter as usual, and then I’ll send out a separate article later on Friday morning to make it more noticeable for all. …
Weekly Roundup, Good Friday 19 April 2019
Good morning I hope your Good Friday is off to a good start, and your Easter Weekend will be spent most pleasantly, including, for the Christians among our readers, some extra time pondering and being …
Solving Amazon’s Fake Review Problem
Amazon complains theatrically that it is doing all it can to stop the flood of fake reviews that infest its site, but clearly the most casual of glances shows its feeble attempts to be almost …
Weekly Roundup, Friday 12 April 2019
Good morning An unplanned, but interesting (I hope) attached article today, being a review of a third emergency car battery “jump-start” unit. Unlike the two reviewed last week, this one works well and I can …
Weekly Roundup, Friday 5 April 2019
Good morning I hope you had a great April Fool’s Day on Monday. This year, more than previously, I found myself struggling to tell the jokes from reality. For example, this story about a tiny …
Weekly Roundup, Friday 29 March 2019
Good morning Did you wake up to notice anything different in the world this morning? No, neither did I. It was to be today that saw Britain leave the EU, subsequent to its referendum to …
Apple Tries to Re-Invent Itself as a Service Company
After delays and failed/false starts in the past, today was the day Apple held a special launch event to announce various new subscription based streaming services. Although in many ways, Apple was one of the …
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