I finally replaced my dying Logitech MX Keys and MX Vertical with a fresh new MX Keys S and MX Master 3S. Now it's like I've never used a mouse before. It moves so strangely compared to what I've become used to. 😓

Very sad news. An integral part of the Prince story, and a fantastic producer in his own right. 💜

Minneapolis Producer David Z Dead At 78

David Z, the Minneapolis musician and producer best-known for his work with Prince, has passed away. The Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports that David Z, born David Rivkin, died in a Burbank, California hospital on Sunday. According to his younger brother Bobby Z, the former drummer from Prince’s band the Revolution, David died of complications of an…

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Listening to an old favourite this morning. If it hadn't been for Regurgitator's 'Jingles' compilation being delayed, I wouldn't have bought 'Paging Mr Strike' instead. That choice changed the course of my life.

Disney+ removed 4K in some EU countries now thanks to another patent dispute. They'd already removed Dolby Vision, so their Premium subscription plan is basically pointless now.

'We share our customers' frustration': Disney+ had to remove 4K and all HDR in some countries — and these kinds of issues are exactly why 4K Blu-ray is on the rise

Disney+ has stopped streaming in 4K and HDR to some European subscribers, most likely because of a streaming patent dispute. Premium customers are going to be very unhappy, but there's no word on compensation yet.

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I think the ABC's sports reporter was a little tired and grumpy when he filed this one. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-0...

How to destroy your own product's credibility in one easy step. Horrifying and reckless. They may as well call it 'Google Propaganda'.

How to plant a nuclear plant in Iran

The question is: what on earth is Google doing?

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I end the majority of my Teams messages with 'lol'. I regularly respond to teammates with 'ace' and 'rad'. I've recommended listening to LCD Soundsystem and Hot Chip to someone who was *one year old* when I graduated highschool. I am millennial. I am unstoppable.

Did anyone else have a dream last night about visiting a museum to see an exhibition of vintage Kermit the Frog memorabilia, then putting a rock in your mouth and getting banned for a year for it because it was apparently a priceless artefact?

I'm halfway through David Lynch's 'Lost Highway' and I'm so utterly confused.

I'm listening to the US version of The Beatles' 'Rubber Soul' this morning. It feels so wrong without 'Drive My Car' and 'Nowhere Man'. Americans will never make sense to me.

New Zealanders: delighted by planes on fire

It took a while but Machine Gun Fellatio's third album 'On Ice' finally got a vinyl release. The collection is now complete. 💜🎧🇦🇺

An acceptable reason to visit Sweden.

The first scientist to create a chicken which lays pre-salt & peppered eggs ought to win all six categories of the Nobel Prize. The benefit to humankind would be so immense that recognition in just one field wouldn't do it justice. 🐓🌍

I've lived in Finland for 6 years, visited regularly for 5 years before that, and I *still* can't get used to the idea of being able to cross an international border without the need for a passport.

It's probably because of those kids and their mobile phones.

All we want is to be in bed, yet we spend so much of our time *not* in bed. Humanity makes no sense at all.

We've had 5G home internet since moving off our old provider's cable service last October. I'd always considered wired home internet connections as more reliable than wireless, but I've just realised that I haven't had to reset our router because of a lost network connection at all this year.

When you still remember how exciting their first album was in 2001, being disappointed by a new album from The Strokes in 2026 must be like how Rolling Stones fans felt in the mid-80s.

I forgot how good 'Honey Bunny' by Girls was.

Girls - 'Honey Bunny' Official Video

Buy (Digital): http://glnk.it/ah Buy (Amazon): http://glnk.it/am Official promo video for Girls - 'Honey Bunny' taken from the new album 'Father, Son, Holy Ghost' out now in the UK on Turnstile and the US on True Panther. Video directed by Ivan Shumaker and Chet JR White Produced by Stu Barnes http://www.facebook.com/girlssf http://www.twitter.com/girlssf

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Schrödinger's Dishwasher. If I don't open it, the dishes inside are simultaneously dirty and clean. 🧐 It may seem to the casual observer that I'm being lazy by stacking dirty dishes on the counter, but it's actually an important thought experiment.

High Fidelity is one of those films I loved as a teenager but never want to watch again in fear of it having aged poorly. It has a fantastic Wikipedia 'Controversy' section, however.

I'll never understand Apple Books prices. Audiobook for 18.99€, ebook for 27.99€? That's madness. Amazon has the hardcover for 26.50€ and the Kindle version for 15.50€, which makes way more sense to me.

Fitting his helmet was a little precarious but otherwise I enjoyed putting this one together. 💜

I watched Joker: Folie à Deux for the first time yesterday. I really enjoyed Joaquin Phoenix's performance but the movie itself was amazingly dull. It's kind of incredible, to be honest. What a waste of so many talented actors.

There's nothing quite like a stroll on a summer's morning, carrying a vial of your own freshly extracted urine to the doctor. 😎

For me, Powderfinger's best albums were Internationalist and Vulture Street. 'Stumblin' is a big blast of riffs and 23 years later still sounds fantastic. 💜🎧🎸🇦🇺

a truly unfortunate chryon to have under an interview about AI

Sam Neill always seemed to me to have the perfect actor's life. Massively talented and successful, but preferred to be on his farm in NZ, making wine and hanging out with his animals. What a guy. 🇳🇿💜

Sam Neill, actor and star of Jurassic Park, dies aged 78

New Zealand actor built career as dashing romantic leads and charismatic villains across film and television

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I listened to the Now Yearbook '99 compilation last week and now Apple Music keeps suggesting I listen to the entire discographies of Steps and Vengaboys. I did this to myself. 😓