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113				<p><a href="https://reedandpickup.com/categories/music/">Music</a></p>
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131				<a href="https://reedandpickup.com/2026/09/26/the-new-wave-of-melodic.html" class="u-url"><time class="dt-published" datetime="2026-09-26T11:52:46&#43;0100">2026-09-26</time></a>:
132				
133					<span class="p-name"><b>The new wave of Melodic Death-Doom</b></span> 
134				
135				<span class="p-summary"> For the past couple of years I have been gravitating to a certain form of melodic death metal, with …</span>
136			</p>
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141				<a href="https://reedandpickup.com/2026/09/12/privacy.html" class="u-url"><time class="dt-published" datetime="2026-09-12T13:39:47&#43;0100">2026-09-12</time></a>:
142				
143					<span class="p-name"><b>Privacy</b></span> 
144				
145				<span class="p-summary">Not so long ago I talked about how our relationship to our devices had changed; that they were …</span>
146			</p>
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150			<p class="h-entry">
151				<a href="https://reedandpickup.com/2026/09/05/we-dont-love-things-because.html" class="u-url"><time class="dt-published" datetime="2026-09-05T16:17:25&#43;0100">2026-09-05</time></a>:
152				
153					<span class="p-name"><b>We don’t love things because they are perfect, we love them because they are not</b></span> 
154				
155				<span class="p-summary">
156I was recently having a brief discussion with someone on Mastodon about photography and it got me …</span>
157			</p>
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161			<p class="h-entry">
162				<a href="https://reedandpickup.com/2026/08/29/more-thoughts-on-photo-sharing.html" class="u-url"><time class="dt-published" datetime="2026-08-29T11:54:50&#43;0100">2026-08-29</time></a>:
163				
164					<span class="p-name"><b>More thoughts on photo sharing</b></span> 
165				
166				<span class="p-summary">
167In my last post I tried to express my disillusionment with sharing photos online in the Enslopocene …</span>
168			</p>
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172			<p class="h-entry">
173				<a href="https://reedandpickup.com/2026/08/25/photography.html" class="u-url"><time class="dt-published" datetime="2026-08-25T20:39:00&#43;0100">2026-08-25</time></a>:
174				
175					<span class="p-name"><b>Photography</b></span> 
176				
177				<span class="p-summary"> I’ve never been too far from a camera. Ever since my parents gave me a Miranda Sharpshooter for …</span>
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182			<p class="h-entry">
183				<a href="https://reedandpickup.com/2026/08/22/reading.html" class="u-url"><time class="dt-published" datetime="2026-08-22T14:06:17&#43;0100">2026-08-22</time></a>:
184				
185					<span class="p-name"><b>Reading</b></span> 
186				
187				<span class="p-summary"> Recently I watched a video talking about the literacy crisis. A whole generation of youngsters are …</span>
188			</p>
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192			<p class="h-entry">
193				<a href="https://reedandpickup.com/2026/08/16/i-have-a-problem-with.html" class="u-url"><time class="dt-published" datetime="2026-08-16T17:03:06&#43;0100">2026-08-16</time></a>:
194				
195					<span class="p-name"><b>I have a problem with my long blog posts</b></span> 
196				
197				<span class="p-summary"> I don’t know why, but when I start a new blog, there’s a tendency for posts to get longer and more …</span>
198			</p>
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202			<p class="h-entry">
203				<a href="https://reedandpickup.com/2026/08/08/the-analogue-revolution.html" class="u-url"><time class="dt-published" datetime="2026-08-08T11:10:50&#43;0100">2026-08-08</time></a>:
204				
205					<span class="p-name"><b>The Analogue Revolution</b></span> 
206				
207				<span class="p-summary">As big tech continues its march towards owning nothing and being miserable, I keep hearing that the …</span>
208			</p>
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212			<p class="h-entry">
213				<a href="https://reedandpickup.com/2026/07/23/why-low-powered-pc-hardware.html" class="u-url"><time class="dt-published" datetime="2026-07-23T18:05:49&#43;0100">2026-07-23</time></a>:
214				
215					<span class="p-name"><b>Why low powered PC hardware matters</b></span> 
216				
217				<span class="p-summary"> It feels like such a long time ago that we could count on exponential improvements in computing …</span>
218			</p>
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223				<a href="https://reedandpickup.com/2026/07/19/putting-the-internet-back-in.html" class="u-url"><time class="dt-published" datetime="2026-07-19T12:11:43&#43;0100">2026-07-19</time></a>:
224				
225					<span class="p-name"><b>Putting The Internet Back In Its Place</b></span> 
226				
227				<span class="p-summary"> Inspired by a video by Sarah Davis Baker talking about how the internet used to be a place I had an …</span>
228			</p>
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232			<p class="h-entry">
233				<a href="https://reedandpickup.com/2026/07/07/physical-media-a-slight-return.html" class="u-url"><time class="dt-published" datetime="2026-07-07T19:08:13&#43;0100">2026-07-07</time></a>:
234				
235					<span class="p-name"><b>Physical Media - A Slight Return</b></span> 
236				
237				<span class="p-summary"> Whilst I’ve written about my fondness for physical media already, the recent announcement by Sony …</span>
238			</p>
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243				<a href="https://reedandpickup.com/2026/06/27/what-we-choose-to-share.html" class="u-url"><time class="dt-published" datetime="2026-06-27T12:56:38&#43;0100">2026-06-27</time></a>:
244				
245					<span class="p-name"><b>What we choose to share</b></span> 
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248One thing that often gets missed in debates around the internet, particularly now that governments …</span>
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254				<a href="https://reedandpickup.com/2026/06/17/the-unlikely-upside-to-agegating.html" class="u-url"><time class="dt-published" datetime="2026-06-17T21:45:31&#43;0100">2026-06-17</time></a>:
255				
256					<span class="p-name"><b>The unlikely upside to age-gating</b></span> 
257				
258				<span class="p-summary">
259In an attempt to address the harms caused by algorithmic social media platforms like Facebook and …</span>
260			</p>
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265				<a href="https://reedandpickup.com/2026/06/05/the-time-between-thoughts.html" class="u-url"><time class="dt-published" datetime="2026-06-05T16:29:38&#43;0100">2026-06-05</time></a>:
266				
267					<span class="p-name"><b>The Time Between Thoughts</b></span> 
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269				<span class="p-summary">
270Back in 2006 there was a movie starring Adam Sandler, Kate Beckinsale and Christopher Walken called …</span>
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276				<a href="https://reedandpickup.com/2026/05/23/you-cant-always-force-the.html" class="u-url"><time class="dt-published" datetime="2026-05-23T16:54:25&#43;0100">2026-05-23</time></a>:
277				
278					<span class="p-name"><b>You can’t always force the words out...</b></span> 
279				
280				<span class="p-summary">After a flurry of activity on this blog, there has been a couple of things in my world that have …</span>
281			</p>
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286				<a href="https://reedandpickup.com/2026/05/18/animal-crossing-and-the-joy.html" class="u-url"><time class="dt-published" datetime="2026-05-18T23:03:56&#43;0100">2026-05-18</time></a>:
287				
288					<span class="p-name"><b>Animal Crossing and the Joy of Simple Games</b></span> 
289				
290				<span class="p-summary">As I’ve got older, I’ve become acutely aware of how quickly the sands of time are running out. I …</span>
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295			<p class="h-entry">
296				<a href="https://reedandpickup.com/2026/05/09/small-web-discoveries-th-may.html" class="u-url"><time class="dt-published" datetime="2026-05-09T16:20:02&#43;0100">2026-05-09</time></a>:
297				
298					<span class="p-name"><b>Small Web Discoveries - 9th May 2026</b></span> 
299				
300				<span class="p-summary">Ever on the lookout for what is good in the small web, I wanted to bring your attention to something …</span>
301			</p>
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305			<p class="h-entry">
306				<a href="https://reedandpickup.com/2026/05/07/minimalism.html" class="u-url"><time class="dt-published" datetime="2026-05-07T21:14:24&#43;0100">2026-05-07</time></a>:
307				
308					<span class="p-name"><b>Minimalism</b></span> 
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310				<span class="p-summary">
311I have referenced it in passing a couple of times now, but a few years ago when the Minimalism …</span>
312			</p>
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316			<p class="h-entry">
317				<a href="https://reedandpickup.com/2026/05/03/regional-riffs-south-wales-edition.html" class="u-url"><time class="dt-published" datetime="2026-05-03T12:14:48&#43;0100">2026-05-03</time></a>:
318				
319					<span class="p-name"><b>Regional Riffs - South Wales Edition</b></span> 
320				
321				<span class="p-summary">
322My Mastodon chum Chris recently laid down a challenge to list some bands that we love based on …</span>
323			</p>
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327			<p class="h-entry">
328				<a href="https://reedandpickup.com/2026/04/30/ten-albums-to-take-to.html" class="u-url"><time class="dt-published" datetime="2026-04-30T20:07:32&#43;0100">2026-04-30</time></a>:
329				
330					<span class="p-name"><b>Ten albums to take to the grave</b></span> 
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332				<span class="p-summary">
333In my previous post I challenged you to come up with ten albums that you think would see you out. …</span>
334			</p>
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338			<p class="h-entry">
339				<a href="https://reedandpickup.com/2026/04/26/ten-bucks-a-month-adds.html" class="u-url"><time class="dt-published" datetime="2026-04-26T20:52:20&#43;0100">2026-04-26</time></a>:
340				
341					<span class="p-name"><b>Ten bucks a month adds up...</b></span> 
342				
343				<span class="p-summary">
344Back in the early 90s I bought Pearl Jam’s ‘Vs’ on CD. It was a great album that I’ve listened to …</span>
345			</p>
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350				<a href="https://reedandpickup.com/2026/04/25/think-linuxy-thoughts.html" class="u-url"><time class="dt-published" datetime="2026-04-25T16:24:40&#43;0100">2026-04-25</time></a>:
351				
352					<span class="p-name"><b>Think Linux-y Thoughts...</b></span> 
353				
354				<span class="p-summary">I first started tinkering with linux back when Ubuntu 6.04 was released. April 2006 was my first …</span>
355			</p>
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359			<p class="h-entry">
360				<a href="https://reedandpickup.com/2026/04/22/small-web-discoveries.html" class="u-url"><time class="dt-published" datetime="2026-04-22T22:05:26&#43;0100">2026-04-22</time></a>:
361				
362					<span class="p-name"><b>Small Web Discoveries</b></span> 
363				
364				<span class="p-summary">Just a quick post to share a couple of recent small-web discoveries you may be interested in.
365The …</span>
366			</p>
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370			<p class="h-entry">
371				<a href="https://reedandpickup.com/2026/04/17/the-unlikely-upside-to-agegating.html" class="u-url"><time class="dt-published" datetime="2026-04-17T16:12:27&#43;0100">2026-04-17</time></a>:
372				
373					<span class="p-name"><b>The unlikely upside to age-gating social media</b></span> 
374				
375				<span class="p-summary"> In an attempt to address the harms caused by algorithmic social media platforms like Facebook, …</span>
376			</p>
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380			<p class="h-entry">
381				<a href="https://reedandpickup.com/2026/04/16/reclaiming-email-for-ourselves.html" class="u-url"><time class="dt-published" datetime="2026-04-16T20:29:11&#43;0100">2026-04-16</time></a>:
382				
383					<span class="p-name"><b>Reclaiming Email for Ourselves</b></span> 
384				
385				<span class="p-summary"> Whilst I was browsing the Kagi Small Web, which has become a bit of an escape of late, I came …</span>
386			</p>
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390			<p class="h-entry">
391				<a href="https://reedandpickup.com/2026/04/15/the-pineapple-thief.html" class="u-url"><time class="dt-published" datetime="2026-04-15T19:02:40&#43;0100">2026-04-15</time></a>:
392				
393					<span class="p-name"><b>The Pineapple Thief</b></span> 
394				
395				<span class="p-summary">I’m a little ashamed to admit I’ve thoroughly slept on The Pineapple Thief. I’m a sucker for music …</span>
396			</p>
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400			<p class="h-entry">
401				<a href="https://reedandpickup.com/2026/04/12/thoughts-on-blogging.html" class="u-url"><time class="dt-published" datetime="2026-04-12T21:13:59&#43;0100">2026-04-12</time></a>:
402				
403					<span class="p-name"><b>Thoughts on blogging</b></span> 
404				
405				<span class="p-summary">It is far too easy to contribute to the noise and the anger in the world. It certainly pleases the …</span>
406			</p>
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410			<p class="h-entry">
411				<a href="https://reedandpickup.com/2026/04/06/blogrolls-and-web-rings.html" class="u-url"><time class="dt-published" datetime="2026-04-06T12:21:31&#43;0100">2026-04-06</time></a>:
412				
413					<span class="p-name"><b>Blogrolls and Web Rings</b></span> 
414				
415				<span class="p-summary"> Before big tech commandeered the internet from the people and pushed us to the margins, we had our …</span>
416			</p>
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420			<p class="h-entry">
421				<a href="https://reedandpickup.com/2026/04/03/an-april-fools-done-right.html" class="u-url"><time class="dt-published" datetime="2026-04-03T15:49:10&#43;0100">2026-04-03</time></a>:
422				
423					<span class="p-name"><b>An April Fools Done Right</b></span> 
424				
425				<span class="p-summary">If you have been following along at home, lately I’ve been prattling on about the 90s internet for …</span>
426			</p>
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430			<p class="h-entry">
431				<a href="https://reedandpickup.com/2026/03/30/the-early-internet-was-a.html" class="u-url"><time class="dt-published" datetime="2026-03-30T19:14:48&#43;0100">2026-03-30</time></a>:
432				
433					<span class="p-name"><b>The early internet was a feeling</b></span> 
434				
435				<span class="p-summary"> Whilst it is true that the internet is still out there, if you know how to find it, one thing I …</span>
436			</p>
437			
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440			<p class="h-entry">
441				<a href="https://reedandpickup.com/2026/03/27/ai-is-the-final-frontier.html" class="u-url"><time class="dt-published" datetime="2026-03-27T13:18:56&#43;0100">2026-03-27</time></a>:
442				
443					<span class="p-name"><b>#AI is the final frontier of late-stage capitalism</b></span> 
444				
445				<span class="p-summary">Capital realised there were limits to how much useless junk it could sell to people.
446But, what if …</span>
447			</p>
448			
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451			<p class="h-entry">
452				<a href="https://reedandpickup.com/2026/03/27/the-internet-is-still-out.html" class="u-url"><time class="dt-published" datetime="2026-03-27T00:18:00&#43;0100">2026-03-27</time></a>:
453				
454					<span class="p-name"><b>The internet is still out there</b></span> 
455				
456				<span class="p-summary"> I’ve referenced it in passing before, but I have a longing to rediscover the parts of the internet …</span>
457			</p>
458			
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461			<p class="h-entry">
462				<a href="https://reedandpickup.com/2026/03/22/bands-i-wish-more-people.html" class="u-url"><time class="dt-published" datetime="2026-03-22T21:55:18&#43;0100">2026-03-22</time></a>:
463				
464					<span class="p-name"><b>Bands I wish more people would listen to</b></span> 
465				
466				<span class="p-summary">Music is an intensely personal thing. Whilst the corporate world has tried to package it up into a …</span>
467			</p>
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471			<p class="h-entry">
472				<a href="https://reedandpickup.com/2026/03/10/blackgaze.html" class="u-url"><time class="dt-published" datetime="2026-03-10T20:02:43&#43;0100">2026-03-10</time></a>:
473				
474					<span class="p-name"><b>Blackgaze</b></span> 
475				
476				<span class="p-summary">Having cured my Black Metal vocal issues with Saor, my grazing seems to have landed on the …</span>
477			</p>
478			
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481			<p class="h-entry">
482				<a href="https://reedandpickup.com/2026/02/14/buying-cds-from-niche-artists.html" class="u-url"><time class="dt-published" datetime="2026-02-14T15:51:23&#43;0100">2026-02-14</time></a>:
483				
484					<span class="p-name"><b>Buying CDs from niche artists</b></span> 
485				
486				<span class="p-summary"> As someone who grew up with…and in many ways refused to move on from them, lately I’ve taken great …</span>
487			</p>
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491			<p class="h-entry">
492				<a href="https://reedandpickup.com/2026/01/08/black-metal-but-with-bagpipes.html" class="u-url"><time class="dt-published" datetime="2026-01-08T20:41:29&#43;0100">2026-01-08</time></a>:
493				
494					<span class="p-name"><b>Black Metal, but with Bagpipes</b></span> 
495				
496				<span class="p-summary">Black Metal, but with Bagpipes…
497After publishing my Albums of the Year for 2025, something came my …</span>
498			</p>
499			
500		
501	
502			<p class="h-entry">
503				<a href="https://reedandpickup.com/2025/12/21/albums-of-the-year-edition.html" class="u-url"><time class="dt-published" datetime="2025-12-21T01:16:09&#43;0100">2025-12-21</time></a>:
504				
505					<span class="p-name"><b>Albums of the year - 2025 Edition</b></span> 
506				
507				<span class="p-summary">As the year draws to a close, my Fediverse chums and I have been thinking about the smorgasbord of …</span>
508			</p>
509			
510		
511	
512			<p class="h-entry">
513				<a href="https://reedandpickup.com/2025/10/29/albums-of-october.html" class="u-url"><time class="dt-published" datetime="2025-10-29T18:50:00&#43;0100">2025-10-29</time></a>:
514				
515					<span class="p-name"><b>Albums of October 2025</b></span> 
516				
517				<span class="p-summary">My word it has been a good month for music. The leaves are starting to fall from the trees, the …</span>
518			</p>
519			
520		
521	
522			<p class="h-entry">
523				<a href="https://reedandpickup.com/2025/09/29/albums-that-hooked-me-in.html" class="u-url"><time class="dt-published" datetime="2025-09-29T16:05:35&#43;0100">2025-09-29</time></a>:
524				
525					<span class="p-name"><b>Albums that hooked me in September 2025</b></span> 
526				
527				<span class="p-summary">Albums that hooked me in September 2025
528It has been a good month for releases if you share my tastes …</span>
529			</p>
530			
531		
532	
533			<p class="h-entry">
534				<a href="https://reedandpickup.com/2025/09/22/earworms-in-the-time-before.html" class="u-url"><time class="dt-published" datetime="2025-09-22T11:32:58&#43;0100">2025-09-22</time></a>:
535				
536					<span class="p-name"><b>Earworms in the time before Shazam</b></span> 
537				
538				<span class="p-summary">I’m sure there has been a time in your life where you caught a few notes of a song on the TV or …</span>
539			</p>
540			
541		
542	
543			<p class="h-entry">
544				<a href="https://reedandpickup.com/2025/09/19/paradise-lost-ascension.html" class="u-url"><time class="dt-published" datetime="2025-09-19T19:15:34&#43;0100">2025-09-19</time></a>:
545				
546					<span class="p-name"><b>Paradise Lost - Ascension</b></span> 
547				
548				<span class="p-summary">It is not every day you get a new Paradise Lost album to talk about, but thankfully today is one of …</span>
549			</p>
550			
551		
552	
553			<p class="h-entry">
554				<a href="https://reedandpickup.com/2025/08/26/peter-gabriel-in-your-eyes.html" class="u-url"><time class="dt-published" datetime="2025-08-26T20:34:15&#43;0100">2025-08-26</time></a>:
555				
556					<span class="p-name"><b>Peter Gabriel - In Your Eyes (Secret World Live)</b></span> 
557				
558				<span class="p-summary"> Peter Gabriel is someone I’ve had on my radar for quite some time. I have a copy of his seminal …</span>
559			</p>
560			
561		
562	
563			<p class="h-entry">
564				<a href="https://reedandpickup.com/2025/07/04/the-arts-and-culture-are.html" class="u-url"><time class="dt-published" datetime="2025-07-04T16:54:53&#43;0100">2025-07-04</time></a>:
565				
566					<span class="p-name"><b>The Arts and Culture are incompatible with Public Companies</b></span> 
567				
568				<span class="p-summary"> After seeing Microsoft speed-running the end of the Xbox brand, culminating in more cancellations …</span>
569			</p>
570			
571		
572	
573			<p class="h-entry">
574				<a href="https://reedandpickup.com/2025/07/01/metal-music-and-its-many.html" class="u-url"><time class="dt-published" datetime="2025-07-01T17:56:46&#43;0100">2025-07-01</time></a>:
575				
576					<span class="p-name"><b>Metal music and its many themes</b></span> 
577				
578				<span class="p-summary"> Whilst early metal music may have been fairly one-dimensional, in 2025 I put it to you that there …</span>
579			</p>
580			
581		
582	
583			<p class="h-entry">
584				<a href="https://reedandpickup.com/2025/06/03/paradise-lost-draconian-times.html" class="u-url"><time class="dt-published" datetime="2025-06-03T13:01:31&#43;0100">2025-06-03</time></a>:
585				
586					<span class="p-name"><b>Paradise Lost - Draconian Times (1995)</b></span> 
587				
588				<span class="p-summary">It was 1995 and the world of heavy metal was at a crossroads. Metallica had drifted from its thrash …</span>
589			</p>
590			
591		
592	
593			<p class="h-entry">
594				<a href="https://reedandpickup.com/2025/04/21/we-need-to-talk-about.html" class="u-url"><time class="dt-published" datetime="2025-04-21T20:40:00&#43;0100">2025-04-21</time></a>:
595				
596					<span class="p-name"><b>We need to talk about Windows 11</b></span> 
597				
598				<span class="p-summary">As someone who enjoys tinkering with computer hardware, for various reasons I’ve found myself …</span>
599			</p>
600			
601		
602	
603			<p class="h-entry">
604				<a href="https://reedandpickup.com/2025/04/19/whitechapel-i-will-find-you.html" class="u-url"><time class="dt-published" datetime="2025-04-19T16:52:50&#43;0100">2025-04-19</time></a>:
605				
606					<span class="p-name"><b>Whitechapel - I Will Find You</b></span> 
607				
608				<span class="p-summary">I realise I don’t spend enough time talking about music on this blog, even though the Reed &amp; Pickup …</span>
609			</p>
610			
611		
612	
613			<p class="h-entry">
614				<a href="https://reedandpickup.com/2025/02/19/unplugging-from-the-usa.html" class="u-url"><time class="dt-published" datetime="2025-02-19T19:36:05&#43;0100">2025-02-19</time></a>:
615				
616					<span class="p-name"><b>Unplugging from the USA</b></span> 
617				
618				<span class="p-summary">�I realise it has been a little while since my last post. After 2024 ended, my Stoic 366 project …</span>
619			</p>
620			
621		
622	
623			<p class="h-entry">
624				<a href="https://reedandpickup.com/2025/01/22/154939.html" class="u-url"><time class="dt-published" datetime="2025-01-22T16:49:39&#43;0100">2025-01-22</time></a>:
625				
626					<span class="p-name"><b>Why Narcissistic Leaders Always Fail (In The End)</b></span> 
627				
628				<span class="p-summary">Why Narcissistic Leaders Always Fail (In The End) - The Daily Stoic
629This is an excellent video from …</span>
630			</p>
631			
632		
633	
634			<p class="h-entry">
635				<a href="https://reedandpickup.com/2025/01/08/so-i-bought-some-books.html" class="u-url"><time class="dt-published" datetime="2025-01-08T18:35:22&#43;0100">2025-01-08</time></a>:
636				
637					<span class="p-name"><b>Some books</b></span> 
638				
639				<span class="p-summary"> So, I bought some books recently. I didn&#39;t think about it much at the time of ordering, but these …</span>
640			</p>
641			
642		
643	
644			<p class="h-entry">
645				<a href="https://reedandpickup.com/2025/01/06/the-good-guys.html" class="u-url"><time class="dt-published" datetime="2025-01-06T19:06:24&#43;0100">2025-01-06</time></a>:
646				
647					<span class="p-name"><b>Rethinking my relationship with technology</b></span> 
648				
649				<span class="p-summary">
650We’ve become so dependent on our devices that when one breaks we feel like there is a part of us …</span>
651			</p>
652			
653		
654	
655			<p class="h-entry">
656				<a href="https://reedandpickup.com/2024/12/26/twenty-twenty-five.html" class="u-url"><time class="dt-published" datetime="2024-12-28T12:52:21&#43;0100">2024-12-28</time></a>:
657				
658					<span class="p-name"><b>Twenty Twenty Five</b></span> 
659				
660				<span class="p-summary">
661I don’t really believe in new year’s resolutions. Most people fail them within a couple of weeks …</span>
662			</p>
663			
664		
665	
666			<p class="h-entry">
667				<a href="https://reedandpickup.com/2024/12/26/its-not-at-all-that.html" class="u-url"><time class="dt-published" datetime="2024-12-26T14:51:37&#43;0100">2024-12-26</time></a>:
668				
669					<span class="p-name"><b>Seneca, on the brevity of life</b></span> 
670				
671				<span class="p-summary">Sometimes a quote appears in the Daily Stoic that stops me in my tracks. This is today’s instalment …</span>
672			</p>
673			
674		
675	
676			<p class="h-entry">
677				<a href="https://reedandpickup.com/2024/12/21/the-games-of.html" class="u-url"><time class="dt-published" datetime="2024-12-21T13:03:00&#43;0100">2024-12-21</time></a>:
678				
679					<span class="p-name"><b>The Games of 2024</b></span> 
680				
681				<span class="p-summary">
682To keep things short (for once) and light-hearted, here’s a post about the games of 2024 that …</span>
683			</p>
684			
685		
686	
687			<p class="h-entry">
688				<a href="https://reedandpickup.com/2024/12/13/a-year-of.html" class="u-url"><time class="dt-published" datetime="2024-12-13T17:45:00&#43;0100">2024-12-13</time></a>:
689				
690					<span class="p-name"><b>A year of Stoicism and daily photos</b></span> 
691				
692				<span class="p-summary">
693As the year draws to a close it is perhaps time to reflect on the year that has passed.
694At the …</span>
695			</p>
696			
697		
698	
699			<p class="h-entry">
700				<a href="https://reedandpickup.com/2024/12/03/more-on-physical.html" class="u-url"><time class="dt-published" datetime="2024-12-03T19:06:05&#43;0100">2024-12-03</time></a>:
701				
702					<span class="p-name"><b>More on physical media...</b></span> 
703				
704				<span class="p-summary"> After going on for way too long about physical media, a couple of news articles crossed my bow …</span>
705			</p>
706			
707		
708	
709			<p class="h-entry">
710				<a href="https://reedandpickup.com/2024/11/26/my-little-corner.html" class="u-url"><time class="dt-published" datetime="2024-11-26T23:17:00&#43;0100">2024-11-26</time></a>:
711				
712					<span class="p-name"><b>My little corner of the internet</b></span> 
713				
714				<span class="p-summary"> I’ve mentioned the Mullenweg Skirmishes already in my re-introduction post. However, I first …</span>
715			</p>
716			
717		
718	
719			<p class="h-entry">
720				<a href="https://reedandpickup.com/2024/11/22/trying-out-sunlit.html" class="u-url"><time class="dt-published" datetime="2024-11-22T13:07:48&#43;0100">2024-11-22</time></a>:
721				
722					<span class="p-name"><b>The Sunlit app</b></span> 
723				
724				<span class="p-summary">Trying out Sunlit…
725One thing I hadn’t appreciated when I signed up to Micro.Blog is the variety of …</span>
726			</p>
727			
728		
729	
730			<p class="h-entry">
731				<a href="https://reedandpickup.com/2024/11/21/an-introduction-of.html" class="u-url"><time class="dt-published" datetime="2024-11-21T21:54:00&#43;0100">2024-11-21</time></a>:
732				
733					<span class="p-name"><b>An introduction of sorts</b></span> 
734				
735				<span class="p-summary"> Photo taken on St David’s Day in Cardiff, Wales. Shot on a Nikon F80 with 50mm F1.8, Ilford XP2 …</span>
736			</p>
737			
738		
739	
740			<p class="h-entry">
741				<a href="https://reedandpickup.com/2024/11/16/between-the-days.html" class="u-url"><time class="dt-published" datetime="2024-11-16T16:43:02&#43;0100">2024-11-16</time></a>:
742				
743					<span class="p-name"><b>An ode to the MiniDisc</b></span> 
744				
745				<span class="p-summary">Between the days of compact cassettes and the arrival of the iPod, there was no ideal way of …</span>
746			</p>
747			
748		
749	
750			<p class="h-entry">
751				<a href="https://reedandpickup.com/2024/11/16/physical-media.html" class="u-url"><time class="dt-published" datetime="2024-11-16T14:35:12&#43;0100">2024-11-16</time></a>:
752				
753					<span class="p-name"><b>Physical Media</b></span> 
754				
755				<span class="p-summary">There’s a lot to be said for having access to nearly all the music that has ever existed since the …</span>
756			</p>
757			
758		
759	
760			<p class="h-entry">
761				<a href="https://reedandpickup.com/2024/11/16/heres-an-obligatory.html" class="u-url"><time class="dt-published" datetime="2024-11-16T13:09:02&#43;0100">2024-11-16</time></a>:
762				
763				<span class="p-summary">Here’s an obligatory Hello World post. I’m still in the process of moving in, so stay tuned.
764</span>
765			</p>
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