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145 <span class="p-summary">Not so long ago I talked about how our relationship to our devices had changed; that they were â¦</span> 146 </p> 147 148 149 150 <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+0100">2026-09-05</time></a>: 152 153 <span class="p-name"><b>We donât 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 â¦</span> 157 </p> 158 159 160 161 <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+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 â¦</span> 168 </p> 169 170 171 172 <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+0100">2026-08-25</time></a>: 174 175 <span class="p-name"><b>Photography</b></span> 176 177 <span class="p-summary"> Iâve never been too far from a camera. Ever since my parents gave me a Miranda Sharpshooter for â¦</span> 178 </p> 179 180 181 182 <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+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 â¦</span> 188 </p> 189 190 191 192 <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+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 donât know why, but when I start a new blog, thereâs a tendency for posts to get longer and more â¦</span> 198 </p> 199 200 201 202 <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+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 â¦</span> 208 </p> 209 210 211 212 <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+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 â¦</span> 218 </p> 219 220 221 222 <p class="h-entry"> 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+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 â¦</span> 228 </p> 229 230 231 232 <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+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 Iâve written about my fondness for physical media already, the recent announcement by Sony â¦</span> 238 </p> 239 240 241 242 <p class="h-entry"> 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+0100">2026-06-27</time></a>: 244 245 <span class="p-name"><b>What we choose to share</b></span> 246
247 <span class="p-summary"> 248One thing that often gets missed in debates around the internet, particularly now that governments â¦</span> 249 </p> 250 251 252 253 <p class="h-entry"> 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+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 â¦</span> 260 </p> 261 262 263 264 <p class="h-entry"> 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+0100">2026-06-05</time></a>: 266 267 <span class="p-name"><b>The Time Between Thoughts</b></span> 268 269 <span class="p-summary"> 270Back in 2006 there was a movie starring Adam Sandler, Kate Beckinsale and Christopher Walken called â¦</span> 271 </p> 272 273 274 275 <p class="h-entry"> 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+0100">2026-05-23</time></a>: 277 278 <span class="p-name"><b>You canât 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 â¦</span> 281 </p> 282 283 284 285 <p class="h-entry"> 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+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 Iâve got older, Iâve become acutely aware of how quickly the sands of time are running out. I â¦</span> 291 </p> 292 293 294 295 <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+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 â¦</span> 301 </p> 302 303 304 305 <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+0100">2026-05-07</time></a>: 307 308 <span class="p-name"><b>Minimalism</b></span> 309 310 <span class="p-summary"> 311I have referenced it in passing a couple of times now, but a few years ago when the Minimalism â¦</span> 312 </p> 313 314 315 316 <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+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 â¦</span> 323 </p> 324 325 326 327 <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+0100">2026-04-30</time></a>: 329 330 <span class="p-name"><b>Ten albums to take to the grave</b></span> 331 332 <span class="p-summary"> 333In my previous post I challenged you to come up with ten albums that you think would see you out. â¦</span> 334 </p> 335 336 337 338 <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+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 Jamâs âVsâ on CD. It was a great album that Iâve listened to â¦</span> 345 </p> 346 347 348 349 <p class="h-entry"> 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+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 â¦</span> 355 </p> 356 357 358 359 <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+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 â¦</span> 366 </p> 367 368 369 370 <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+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, â¦</span> 376 </p> 377 378 379 380 <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+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 â¦</span> 386 </p> 387 388 389 390 <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+0100">2026-04-15</time></a>: 392 393 <span class="p-name"><b>The Pineapple Thief</b></span> 394 395 <span class="p-summary">Iâm a little ashamed to admit Iâve thoroughly slept on The Pineapple Thief. Iâm a sucker for music â¦</span> 396 </p> 397 398 399 400 <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+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 â¦</span> 406 </p> 407 408 409 410 <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+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 â¦</span> 416 </p> 417 418 419 420 <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+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 Iâve been prattling on about the 90s internet for â¦</span> 426 </p> 427 428 429 430 <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+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 â¦</span> 436 </p> 437 438 439 440 <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+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 â¦</span> 447 </p> 448 449 450 451 <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+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"> Iâve referenced it in passing before, but I have a longing to rediscover the parts of the internet â¦</span> 457 </p> 458 459 460 461 <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+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 â¦</span> 467 </p> 468 469 470 471 <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+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 â¦</span> 477 </p> 478 479 480 481 <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+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 withâ¦and in many ways refused to move on from them, lately Iâve taken great â¦</span> 487 </p> 488 489 490 491 <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+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 â¦</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+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 â¦</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+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 â¦</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+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 â¦</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+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">Iâm sure there has been a time in your life where you caught a few notes of a song on the TV or â¦</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+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 â¦</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+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 Iâve had on my radar for quite some time. I have a copy of his seminal â¦</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+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 â¦</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+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 â¦</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+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 â¦</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+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 Iâve found myself â¦</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+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 donât spend enough time talking about music on this blog, even though the Reed & Pickup â¦</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+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 â¦</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+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 â¦</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+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't think about it much at the time of ordering, but these â¦</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+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"> 650Weâve become so dependent on our devices that when one breaks we feel like there is a part of us â¦</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+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 donât really believe in new yearâs resolutions. Most people fail them within a couple of weeks â¦</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+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 todayâs instalment â¦</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+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, hereâs a post about the games of 2024 that â¦</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+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 â¦</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+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 â¦</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+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"> Iâve mentioned the Mullenweg Skirmishes already in my re-introduction post. However, I first â¦</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+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 hadnât appreciated when I signed up to Micro.Blog is the variety of â¦</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+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 Davidâs Day in Cardiff, Wales. Shot on a Nikon F80 with 50mm F1.8, Ilford XP2 â¦</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+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 â¦</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+0100">2024-11-16</time></a>: 752 753 <span class="p-name"><b>Physical Media</b></span> 754 755 <span class="p-summary">Thereâs a lot to be said for having access to nearly all the music that has ever existed since the â¦</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+0100">2024-11-16</time></a>: 762
763 <span class="p-summary">Hereâs an obligatory Hello World post. Iâm still in the process of moving in, so stay tuned. 764</span> 765 </p> 766 767 768 </div> 769 770 771 </div> 772 773
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