Ramblings

  • Advertising (Testing email posts)

    A tweet on BlueSky raised the issue of tracking in advertising being a driver for breaching privacy. I think the problem is broader. The Internet has never devised a solution for capturing small payments for the privilege of visiting sites in place of advertising revenue. Most ad-walled sites (those sites that refuse entry to ad-blocked…

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  • Stiles and Fastenings

    Stiles and Fastenings

    Some years ago I used to tease my ex-wife by saying I was going to create a fascinating blog of all the interesting stiles and fastenings I came across. Worryingly, as I talked to people, too many of them said “I’d read that!” So here it goes.

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