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John Keogh

jvk@mastodon.org.uk

<p>I like books, Hawkwind, art, dark chocolate, sf, Marmite on toast, beer, purple, music, beetroot, photography, fountain pens, film, cheese, Apple Macs, coffee, old notebooks, actors, design, curry, hauntological radiophonic weirdlore, vinyl discs, CD booklets, things in old tobacco tins and lists.</p>

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    macOS PhotoSketcher app gets first update in 10 years: now universal. https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/photosketcher/id463633845?mt=12

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    ♫ My Top #lastfm artists: Cousin Silas (23) Cousin Silas &amp;amp; James Hoehl (8½) Cousin Silas &amp;amp; Kevin Buckland (7) David Bowie (6) The Beatles (6) Girlschool (6) Hawkwind (5) John Lennon &amp;amp; Yoko Ono (5) and 173 other artists last week. #Music https://last.fm/user/jovike

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    ‘How I built a ~30 MB PDF editor that&amp;#39;s 10× smaller than the industry standard’ RevPDF https://revpdf.com/blog/how-i-built-a-15mb-pdf-editor

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    1976 A level coursework found while searching the attic #computing • My main project was a draughts game written in BASIC

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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waFl4uBfXRA via Mikael’s Pinboard

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    ‘You’ve Probably Never Seen a Full-Spectrum Color Photo’ https://petapixel.com/2026/05/20/youve-probably-never-seen-a-full-spectrum-color-photo/ by Jeremy Gray

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    ♫ My Top #lastfm artists: June Tabor (26) Volker Lankow (24) The Beatles (8½) Fats Waller (7) Pretenders (7) Faust (6) Girlschool (6) The Rolling Stones (6) June Tabor with Martin Simpson (5) and 209 other artists last week. #Music https://last.fm/user/jovike

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    A rare horror film on TPTV at 00:15 ‘The Body Beneath’ (1970)

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    I must remember to get Uncut magazine this month #music

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    Is there something in the air https://www.macpsych.blog/posts/is-there-something-in-the-air by MacPsych

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    ♫ My Top #lastfm artists: The Beatles (7) Catharæ (6) Séraphitüs-Séraphîta (6) The Rolling Stones (6) Fats Waller (4) Birth Control (4) Albert Elms (4) Girlschool (4) and 207 other artists last week. Low numbers due to compilations. #Music #iTunes https://last.fm/user/jovike

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    The Ugly, Essential Books Edition https://whyisthisinteresting.substack.com/p/the-ugly-essential-books-edition-d22 by Reilly Brennan. (Me, I’ve moved four times with thousands of #books.)

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    ‘Your Backpack Got Worse On Purpose’ by Keyana Sapp https://www.worseonpurpose.com/p/your-backpack-got-worse-on-purpose via kottke.org

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    ♫ My Top #lastfm artists: The Bevis Frond (27) Willebrant (20) Jack Hertz (18) Jack Hertz &amp;amp; William Spivey (12) The Beatles (8½) 801 (7) and 176 other artists last week. #Music https://last.fm/user/jovike (whoops, forgot to post this on Monday)

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    Typography on 33 erasers we have found and sold. – Present &amp;amp; Correct https://www.presentandcorrect.com/blogs/blog/typography-on-33-erasers-we-have-found-and-sold

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    ♫ My Top #lastfm artists: Steeleye Span (26) Taste (25) Yoko Ono (10) Amy Winehouse (8½) Stackridge (8⅓) The Beatles (8¼) Alexis Korner (7) and 232 other artists last week. #Music https://last.fm/user/jovike

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    ‘Ignore the humanities at your own peril&amp;#39; by Maaike Brinkhof #AI https://www.maaikebrinkhof.nl/ignore-the-humanities-at-your-own-peril

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    I saw Booker T at Koko in Camden, London on Saturday. Amazing. I need to fill in the gaps in my collection now.

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    https://www.casualoptimist.com/blog/2026/03/25/book-covers-of-note-march-2026/

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    ‘Human JSON - community against AI generated content’ by Stefan at STFN https://stfn.pl/blog/94-human-json/

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    &amp;#39;J.G. Ballard’s surreal fiction continues to resonate through the century&amp;#39; by Michael Moorcock https://www.spectator.com.au/2026/04/j-g-ballards-surreal-fiction-continues-to-resonate-through-the-century/

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    ♫ My Top #lastfm artists: silver biplanes (31) June Tabor (30) Spaceship (15) The Grateful Dead (14) The Beatles (8¼) Kate Bush (7) and 195 other artists last week. #Music https://last.fm/user/jovike

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    Big update to Nitro Photo. One detail is nice to see: “the new [perspective] tool keeps more of your image visible while you work” https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/nitro-photo/id1591292532

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    https://subvert.fm is a #music platform with 16264 artists so far that hopes to supplant the mighty Bandcamp. Subvert launches soon as “the artist-owned internet” and now you can join for £75 as a founding member — artists/labels join free.

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    ♫ My Top #lastfm artists: ∞ (20) Jack Hertz (16) The Clash (7) Pretenders (6) Sir John Betjeman (6) The Beatles (6) Tiny Tim (5) and 187 other artists last week. #Music https://last.fm/user/jovike

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    Wordle 1,785 3/6 🟨⬛⬛🟩⬛ ⬛🟩🟨🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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    Native Apps Should Be Avoided Whenever Possible https://nooneshappy.com/article/native-apps-should-be-avoided-whenever-possible/ - via Mikael’s Pinboard

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    Cursive is Back by Ava Berger https://www.npr.org/2026/03/19/nx-s1-5669426/cursive-handwriting-school-controversy?utm_source=Mastodon via Inky Insights

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    Freedom released today! The new Suzi Quatro album https://www.loudersound.com/music/suzi-quatro-freedom