Land | Food | Nature | People
I put a camera out last night with some of the dog’s unwanted food (high quality, expensive stuff, turns out she’s happy with cheaper). Anyway, others appreciated it, and it was great to see one of our spiky buddies around.
I sent my first email with Gmail on 24 December 2004. Big day. That was when Gmail was a beta, and you had to get an invitation to use it. Ooh, look at him. Gmail account. Almost 22 years and 46,000 emails (and that’s just the ones I kept) later, I’m winding my Gmail account …
A great video this from the Norwegian Consumer Council on enshittification. They’ve also released a report on enshittification and how to resist it, and written to Norwegian, EU, UK and US authorities on reversing the trend. Enshittification, a term first coined by Cory Doctorow, is the gradual process where online platforms draw users in by …
Recorded in the morning at the end of February, birdsong in the garden. House sparrows, a song thrush, robin, woodpigeons, dunnock, the cock pheasant that lurks in our garden, blackbirds and corvids off in the background.
Next month I’m starting a Master’s degree in Food Studies at the University of Exeter. I’ve been thinking about doing a Master’s for the past couple of years. I have spoken with several people and been given some brilliant advice. I have questioned my motivations and my commitment. I wanted to focus on something that …
2023 for me was a year of sampling, reading, reflection, learning, conversations and getting lost. A messy, liminal year where I realised that I was very tired after the three years before it and I needed to walk a lot, breathe very deeply and collapse a bit. I won’t be glad to see the back …
© Nathan Nelson 2026
