Archive - Odds and Ends of History

Hitting pause for a month!

A brief programming note.

Jan 1 • James O'Malley

December 2025

How I rebooted my social life

Some self-help for the New Year

Dec 31, 2025 • James O'Malley

The Abundance Agenda: The Best Of 2025

Four of our favourite segments

Dec 29, 2025 • James O'Malley

It's time to reboot Back to the Future

What's a re-run? You'll find out.

Dec 23, 2025 • James O'Malley

The Abundance Christmas Quiz!

With Andrew Hunter Murray and CityEd!

Dec 22, 2025 • James O'Malley

One last rage before Christmas (Odds and Ends #84)

We can't even build a tram... and some other, slightly happier things

Dec 19, 2025 • James O'Malley

Labour should fight Reform by pitching a "Gamer's Charter"

How the red team can pwn the n00bs on the radical right.

Dec 18, 2025 • James O'Malley

Network connectivity problems

And a British infrastructure Christmas miracle

Dec 15, 2025 • James O'Malley

5 ultra-petty tech gripes that are ruining my life

The first one would be so easy for Apple to fix

Dec 12, 2025 • James O'Malley

The truth about AI water use (Odds and Ends #83)

Plus how Google Maps is warping the restaurant industry, the moral case for autonomous cars, and more.

Dec 9, 2025 • James O'Malley

Crossrail 2 ...and a big pile of rubbish

Plus how to fix British science to invent more breakthrough technologies?

Dec 8, 2025 • James O'Malley

How AI has made my life better

And why is my experience so different to everyone else?

Dec 3, 2025 • James O'Malley

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