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Came across this wonderful video from 1969 with Stevie Wonder and Diana Ross. The performances of the songs are superb, and there is such a lovely warmth between the two of them.
Weeknotes #374 — The invisible pivot: andrewdoran.uk
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\nAll of these people saying that Formula 1 is now like Mario Kart. I don’t think they played the original on the SNES; that was proper racing. There was none of this ‘blue shell’ malarkey and artificially being faster just because you’re at the back. I think we need to get more specific with the metaphor....
\n@vincent I love the Casio F-91W. It was on my wrist for ages. I recently moved to a basic Garmin Forerunner for heart rate monitoring and am already bored of having to charge it every ten days or so.
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","summary":"A good, solid week at work. It felt like I got lots done. I had a very busy end to the week, including a lot of socialising and an excellent long bike ride in the spring sunshine. This was a week in which I: Agreed how we will move forward with a temporary setup in […]","url":"https://andrewdoran.uk/blog/2026/04/22/weeknotes-373-kae-tempest/","date_published":"2026-04-22T16:25:36+00:00","author":{"name":"Andrew Doran","url":"https://andrewdoran.uk","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fadoran2%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"adoran2"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-22 16:25","date_timestamp":1776875136,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://indieweb.social/@adoran2/116449324589920376","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:cvwg7yqyj7asyqwqw4hbzvrd/post/3mk3wiblcyr2z"]}},{"id":"88270610","content_html":"Weeknotes #372 — Born in the financial crisis: andrewdoran.uk
","summary":"Despite last week being filled with illness and unexpected jobs that consumed me for days, it felt great to be back at my desk on Tuesday, so my time off must have been restful after all. Over the weekend, my friend Nick texted me to ask how I planned to get to the office this […]","url":"https://andrewdoran.uk/blog/2026/04/14/weeknotes-372-born-in-the-financial-crisis/","date_published":"2026-04-14T21:49:40+00:00","author":{"name":"Andrew Doran","url":"https://andrewdoran.uk","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fadoran2%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"adoran2"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-14 21:49","date_timestamp":1776203380,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://indieweb.social/@adoran2/116405924194142809","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:cvwg7yqyj7asyqwqw4hbzvrd/post/3mjinpwba7624"]}},{"id":"87803719","content_html":"Weeknotes #371 — Nasty NAS: andrewdoran.uk
","summary":"A week off work, dominated by having a streaming cold for a few days and a catastrophic failure of my home network drive, resulting in multiple days of effort to get it up and running again. All last week I had felt as though I was on the cusp of getting sick, but it never […]","url":"https://andrewdoran.uk/blog/2026/04/07/weeknotes-371-nasty-nas/","date_published":"2026-04-07T20:23:23+00:00","author":{"name":"Andrew Doran","url":"https://andrewdoran.uk","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fadoran2%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"adoran2"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-07 20:23","date_timestamp":1775593403,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://indieweb.social/@adoran2/116365972165011440","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:cvwg7yqyj7asyqwqw4hbzvrd/post/3miwvxrzxq22k"]}},{"id":"87519542","content_html":" Came across this wonderful video from 1969 with Stevie Wonder and Diana Ross. The performances of the songs are superb, and there is such a lovely warmth between the two of them.
Weeknotes #370 — I Don’t Know Why: andrewdoran.uk
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","summary":"My first five-day work week for a while, and it was a tough one. Despite twenty years of following GTD and working on simplifying my workflow, in busy periods I end up falling back to a simple list. A mental sweep of all of the things I really need to get done as quickly as […]","url":"https://andrewdoran.uk/blog/2026/03/24/weeknotes-369-the-clapping-song/","date_published":"2026-03-24T23:17:55+00:00","author":{"name":"Andrew Doran","url":"https://andrewdoran.uk","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fadoran2%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"adoran2"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-24 23:17","date_timestamp":1774394275,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://indieweb.social/@adoran2/116286975072741044","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:cvwg7yqyj7asyqwqw4hbzvrd/post/3mhtteb6yh62l"]}},{"id":"87793791","content_html":"@brokenbottleboy.bsky.social Worst ever? I’d rather listen to an hour of Kokomo on repeat than one run through of The Cranberries’ Zombie.
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","summary":"The start of the week was spent travelling back from Kingsville, Texas. Saying that it is 5,000 miles away from Berkhamsted isnât doing justice to quite how long it takes to travel between them. I was up at 6am and on the road less than an hour later in order to get the car returned […]","url":"https://andrewdoran.uk/blog/2026/03/18/weeknotes-368-what-we-all-want/","date_published":"2026-03-18T20:13:33+00:00","author":{"name":"Andrew Doran","url":"https://andrewdoran.uk","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fadoran2%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"adoran2"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-18 20:13","date_timestamp":1773864813,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://indieweb.social/@adoran2/116252049574866819","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:cvwg7yqyj7asyqwqw4hbzvrd/post/3mheczzqbev2b"]}},{"id":"86300626","content_html":"🏎️ On the new Formula 1 regulations: andrewdoran.uk
","summary":"Having watched this weekendâs Chinese Grand Prix, I have to say that I am loving this version of Formula 1. There is a narrative that the racing is âfakeâ due to the 50/50 internal combustion engine/battery split and the existence of an electricity boost button. But I will take watching all of...","url":"https://andrewdoran.uk/blog/2026/03/16/on-the-new-formula-1-regulations/","date_published":"2026-03-16T08:56:40+00:00","author":{"name":"Andrew Doran","url":"https://andrewdoran.uk","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fadoran2%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"adoran2"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-16 08:56","date_timestamp":1773651400,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://indieweb.social/@adoran2/116238151487626310","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:cvwg7yqyj7asyqwqw4hbzvrd/post/3mh65jkcelf2h"]}},{"id":"85925628","content_html":"Weeknotes #367 — Kingsville, Texas: andrewdoran.uk
","summary":"A hectic week of travel. On Monday I came back from Austria where Iâd spent a long weekend in the skiing town of Kitzbühel with colleagues. On Tuesday I worked from home, with my day packed full of meetings and messages to catch up with. That evening my wife and I checked in on her […]","url":"https://andrewdoran.uk/blog/2026/03/10/weeknotes-367-kingsville-texas/","date_published":"2026-03-10T21:56:18+00:00","author":{"name":"Andrew Doran","url":"https://andrewdoran.uk","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fadoran2%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"adoran2"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-10 21:56","date_timestamp":1773179778,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://indieweb.social/@adoran2/116207110339988938","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:cvwg7yqyj7asyqwqw4hbzvrd/post/3mgqegdo4iz2t"]}},{"id":"85843122","content_html":"![\"📚\"](\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fs.w.org%2Fimages%2Fcore%2Femoji%2F17.0.2%2F72x72%2F1f4da.png\")
Finished reading Humankind: A Hopeful History by Rutger Bregman. A good collection of positive reflections on human nature, debunking many negative apocryphal stories about how people tend to behave in specific situations.
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Weeknotes #366 — Kitzbühel: andrewdoran.uk
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Something big is happening; but it doesn’t add up: andrewdoran.uk
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\n@Nataliekayh It definitely feels clunkier than the earlier seasons.
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I love that The Guardian has this as their main story on their homepage. There are so many newsletters that I would pay to subscribe to, if they weren’t hosted on Substack. The intent of the USA’s Section 230 was to allow them to refuse to host content like this. It’s a choice.
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Pocket Casts’ AI-generated transcript of the Quiet Riot podcast thinks that Ryan just needs to shush.
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Mark Kermode’s review of Melania (2026) is so good, and everything I expected it to be.
Weeknotes #362 — Continental quilts: andrewdoran.uk
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\n“Here’s that bit we showed you in the last preview”
\n“Here’s what you just saw”
\nRepeat until end
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