I’m blogging this from Heathrow where I’m en route to New Zealand for a holiday away from it all. I’m looking forward to watching the tide go in and out of Cable Bay near Nelson. I’ll probably be visiting Wellington briefly to see Dr Yan and then having a few days in Christchurch.

Grit before pearls
Ben Schott has a go at the paradoxical blandness of supposedly disruptive startups: Welcome to your bland new world. It’s easy to get stuck in