I’ve been through my fair share of breakups, including the particularly tricky kind where you lived together, so you have to separate all your belongings, decide who gets the shared stuff, and who’s taking the pets. But, as I found out, breaking up in modern times is even weirder: you have to try to disentangle … Read more
Are you single? Do you feel like you haven’t given enough of your personal information to Mark Zuckerberg? Do you love endless notifications? Then have I got the dating app for you! Well, not an app so much as a feature — of Facebook. Yes, I know you’re all going to tell me you quit … Read more
When most people talk about ‘Apple specs,’ they’re thinking hardware, processors, that kind of thing. Me, I’m thinking of these GLORIOUSLY wacky rainbow Apple sunglasses commissioned by Steve Wozniak: Sold on RRAuction, they had an opening bid of just $200 and an estimate of “$1000+”. Unsurprisingly, it turned out the + was doing quite a bit … Read more
A few months ago, my dear friend Lindsay’s father went into intensive care with covid-19. None of his family were allowed to visit, and there was nothing for him to do in there — there was no TV or WiFi to keep him occupied, just the groans and sighs of other infected people. Being a … Read more
It’s fair to say things have been a bit bleak of late. We don’t need to go into the how or the why — there’s plenty of that elsewhere — but it’s reminded me of something I wish I’d learnt decades earlier in life, something I think every single one of us needs to hear. … Read more
It feels somewhat fruitless to complain about things Facebook Ads is doing wrong, considering how many absolutely huge, world-changing things Zuckerberg’s platform has messed up. But this is driving me crazy, so I’m going to rant anyway. Somehow, despite the fact that Instagram ads are generally relevant and interesting to me, Facebook ads are the … Read more
I’ve been chatting to a new friend who’s having a pretty hard time at the moment, and it reminded me of something I learnt when I was at the bottom of the Sad Crater. I want to share it in case it can help someone else. Going up The first thing it’s important to know … Read more
The way I read books quite possibly makes me the worst person in the world. But I have a system that works really well for me, and maybe it will for you too. Firstly, I only read books on the Kindle app on my phone. If that sounds awful – and at first it did … Read more
I’ve been trolled a lot. From the usual attempts to silence an opinionated woman to actual threats, I’ve upset the ragebabies of Twitter more times than I can count. It sucks, but it means I’ve learnt a fair bit about how trolls work, and how you can banish them from your kingdom forever. Bypass the … Read more
Is it just me, or do websites seem to be designed to be OBNOXIOUSLY HUGE on desktop computers now? I’m on a 15-inch laptop, not some enormous widescreen monitor, but if I leave sites on their default settings, everything’s GINORMOUS. Especially on social media sites, for some reason. I suspect the trend is because of … Read more