Tim Bray suggests metered billing for mobile data is the way to go. Me, I think it is a terrible idea for psychological reasons, and it wou...

Went on a brief photo walk around Namba and Shinsaibashi yesterday. It's still chilly but the sunshine is warm and spring is in the air....

I know pod-based espresso machines are cheating; I should select, blend, roast, grind and tamp my coffee beans by hand, ideally using a tamp...

So, Encyclopedia Britannica sees the writing on the wall and stops publishing a printed version . I'm not surprised, and neither is, I...

Last week we had 16 degrees. Yesterday was mild enough that I took a walk without a coat in the spring sunshine. Today I pop out for lunch ...

Velvia by Fuji Film is perhaps the single most famous family of modern slide films in existence 1 . It's actually a number of different ...

Kanda, Tokyo I've come to realize, recently, that Amazon is not always the best place to buy books. Not because I've had any prob...