
Handmade Pac-Man? I have one now, courtesy of my 11yo. She also crafted a suitably terrified-looking blue ghost! Amazing!
There is no Screen Time Wrapped. Which is a surprise, given that seemingly every other app and service has been determined to hurl stats my way about how ‘well’ I’ve done this year. Still, it’s probably just as well, as I explain in my latest column for Stuff, Why you don’t want an Apple Screen Time Wrapped year in review.
How was Apple’s 2025? Mixed. I dig into what it got right and wrong in my end-of-year review, this time entitled [Apple in 2025:…

Handmade Pac-Man? I have one now, courtesy of my 11yo. She also crafted a suitably terrified-looking blue ghost! Amazing!
There is no Screen Time Wrapped. Which is a surprise, given that seemingly every other app and service has been determined to hurl stats my way about how ‘well’ I’ve done this year. Still, it’s probably just as well, as I explain in my latest column for Stuff, Why you don’t want an Apple Screen Time Wrapped year in review.
How was Apple’s 2025? Mixed. I dig into what it got right and wrong in my end-of-year review, this time entitled Apple in 2025: the good, the bad and the sock thing. Because my editor at Stuff wouldn’t let me use ‘sockly’. Tsk.
Christmas happened. You may have noticed. And so one of my favourite ever columns got another airing: On the tech days of Christmas, my gadgets gave to me…
I watched The Muppet Christmas Carol. At the cinema! My 11yo surprisingly agreed to come and we had a great time. It’s such a great adaptation. Michael Caine is perfect. Even better, we saw the full cut, rather than the one that daftly lops off When Love Is Gone.
Thank you! If you read my output here and elsewhere, I hugely appreciate the support. See you on the other side, in 2026!
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