Paul McCafferty

Sun, 12 Jul 2026 13:12:39 +0100

Finished reading: Less Stop Buying So Much Rubbish: How Having Fewer, Better Things Can Make Us Happier by Patrick Grant 📚

Sat, 11 Jul 2026 09:34:01 +0100

Thrum, 10-07-26, Just Dropped In Records, Coventry 🎵

Setlist

Spotify playlist of the set.

Sat, 04 Jul 2026 11:25:56 +0100

The Cords, 03-07-26, Just Dropped In Records, Coventry 🎵

Setlist

Sat, 04 Jul 2026 11:23:24 +0100

Night Swimming, 24-05-26, Just Dropped In Records, Coventry 🎵

Setlist

Spotify playlist of the set.

Fri, 22 May 2026 20:40:36 +0100

One of the things I like about the YouTube experience is that it remembers where I left off if I don’t finish a video in one session. When I’m ready to continue watching it’s really easy. I’ve often wondered why Spotify doesn’t have this feature. So many times I’ll start listening to a playlist and have to stop before it finishes; getting out of the car, receiving a call or needing to do something. It would be great to jump straight back into the same playlist, at the same track, and even the same point in the song.

My First Wikipedia Article

Mon, 18 May 2026 20:53:33 +0100

I’ve been an occasional user of Wikipedia for as long as it’s been around. Seven years ago I went as far as creating a user account but aside from correcting the odd spelling mistake or typo, I’ve never really done much with it.

In the past few years I’ve begun to realise Wikipedia’s true value in the world. It’s a platform that probably wouldn’t be created today and it’s one we should cherish and support. For the last few years I’ve been making a modest financial contribution to Wikipedia each year and I’d encourage anyone else who uses it and values it to do the same.

Last week I decided I’d like to learn to create and edit Wikipedia pages. Since doing is often the best way to learn, I decided to draft my first ever article. I chose an area of interest, live music, chose a band I’ve seen who aren’t too well known, and set out to show they are notable enough to warrant their own page!

This first draft was submitted for approval on 9th of May. The process is likely to take a few weeks but submitting articles for others to approve seems to be the best way to become a credible contributor to the site. Once I’ve had 5 or 6 articles approved I should then be able to publish them directly.

Since submitting this first draft, I now have 4 others, each at different stages. I’ve also stumbled across a simple process for creating articles. First, I do some research on Gemini, checking and double checking its sources. The purpose here is to establish notability, and as I do this research, I save URLs with a note on what the web page confirms. Once I’m happy with the copy I transfer it to the Wikipedia editor and lay the page out correctly adding an infobox and images as required. After saving the page I then read through it and add citations where they are needed. Finally having checked each citation justifies the statement in the copy, I save the final version of the page.

I’m curious to see if my first article gets approved and whether it does or not, I’d like to learn more about Wikipedia. Hopefully this will be the first article of many.

Sat, 09 May 2026 15:06:33 +0100

Styrofoam Winos, 02-05-26, Just Dropped In Records, Coventry 🎵

Setlist

Spotify playlist of the set

Sat, 09 May 2026 14:48:55 +0100

The Smyths, 08-05-2026, Queens Hall, Nuneaton 🎵

Setlist

Spotify playlist of the originals of the songs in the set

Sat, 09 May 2026 13:48:27 +0100

I finally have a Now page

Adios Evernote

Sun, 05 Apr 2026 09:51:00 +0100

It’s been almost three years since I shared my frustration about Evernote’s price increase. At the time, I decided to start migrating my notes to other apps, but unfortunately the import options proved unreliable.

It’s probably no coincidence that just as Evernote hiked my subscription price from £8.99 to £14.99, Craft released a dedicated Evernote import tool.

Craft was always going to be the destination for some of my notes, since it’s included in my Setapp subscription. However, the previous workaround of importing via Bear never proved very reliable for me. I’ve now tested Craft’s new import tool and it works well.

So, after 18 years, I’ll finally be closing the chapter on Evernote. I’ll be cancelling my subscription as soon as I can move my notes across to Craft.

Sun, 15 Mar 2026 16:18:52 +0100

Finished reading: Seven Myths About Money by Rob Dix 📚

Fri, 13 Mar 2026 20:06:23 +0100

Finished reading: H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald 📚

Mon, 02 Feb 2026 14:49:49 +0100

Finished reading: Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell 📚

Sun, 21 Dec 2025 11:17:28 +0100

Finished reading: Revenge of the Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell 📚

Thu, 11 Dec 2025 12:51:58 +0100

Finished reading: Amsterdam by Ian McEwan 📚

Sun, 16 Nov 2025 19:29:05 +0100

Finished reading: The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides 📚

14 Iced Bears

Mon, 13 Oct 2025 07:05:12 +0100

Sat, 13 Sep 2025 11:20:14 +0100

Finished reading: How to Beat ChatGPT by Nicholas Bate 📚

Thu, 11 Sep 2025 14:52:54 +0100

Finished reading: No Less The Devil by Stuart MacBride 📚

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 11:00:53 +0100

Finished reading: Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan 📚

Thu, 17 Jul 2025 08:31:01 +0100

Finished reading: The Client by John Grisham 📚

Tue, 01 Jul 2025 09:13:55 +0100

Finished reading: Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams 📚

Fri, 27 Jun 2025 13:07:47 +0100

Finished reading: Butter by Asako Yuzuki 📚

Sun, 15 Jun 2025 16:46:01 +0100

Finished reading: A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini 📚

Thu, 12 Jun 2025 21:19:15 +0100

31 years on, Slide Away still feels like the Gallagher brothers’ finest moment