In NetNewsWire 7.0.5 we made a change to get the feed image from RSS via the image element. Weren’t we already doing this? Seems surprising that we weren’t! It’s because, historically, these images were often rectangular — but the app wants square images. These days, probabl...

02.05.2026 18:30h: Spilles, Düsseldorf. With Swift Exit and SoilentX. AK €5.

I had a great time at beyond tellerrand today. Amazing speakers pictured above include Oliver Reichenstein, Niels Leenheer, Marjan van Aubel, James Victore and Annie Atkins.

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Almost 18k steps today. That's a lot of moving around, but obviously totally worth it. Also, thanks to everybody who came up and said hello! It is always nice to put faces to people I have up until now only communicated with online. Looking forward to day two!

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We went up to a car boot sale this morning. The light was absolutely perfect for me to spend an hour trying to rip Martin Parr off.

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Lots of badminton this afternoon so went for a nice long walk with the dog.

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What a joy to be in Prague last month. I loved seeing friends, sights and the sounds of my second home. And the food! Thank you for the warm hugs and kind welcome back. I needed that more than I can put in words.

Welcome to the very first episode of How I See, the official Leica podcast, dedicated to the art, passion, and philosophy of photography.

In this opening episode, street photographer Matt Stuart reflects on his photographic journey and the path that led him to where he is today. He speaks about the influence of skateboarding on his life and work, and how consistency, positivity, and repetition have shaped his distinctive approach to street photography. Alongside personal insights, Matt also shares practical tips and thoughtful advice for anyone interested in photographing life on the streets.

I write stuff here. Sometimes the stuff is good. Sometimes it reads like I wrote it at 2 AM after an argument with a YAML file, which is because I did. But one decision I made early on was that I didn't want to offer an email newsletter.

Suggestion for feed reader devs. Put a Check Now button on the page for a single feed. It shouldn't overburden your system because it's just doing an HTTP read and a little parsing. Not much more work than reloading a page in the browser. The benefit is you can see a current view of the news according to a specific feed without waiting. Makes the web roughly instantaneous for every feed, even ones that don't support rssCloud. FeedLand has such a button.