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  Monday 2 March 2026 -  I got home later than I should have due to helping the new driver Phil out at work. After about five hours of sleep I woke up at around two in the afternoon, to find two letters telling me that a court case I had said I wanted to attend to defend myself had already happened, and I had been banned from driving the previous Wednesday.  I called up work, who said someone would come and pick me up to bring me in to train one of the new drivers.  Their plan is to give me shifts training these two new drivers (Phil and Kay), with me permanently in the passenger seat.  This night was luckily the second night of training Kay on one of the runs, and since Kay had been a driver for another company before that has a similar way, it was lucky that she was able to just do the driving while we worked on helping the knowledge to settle in more, despite the fact that Phil on the other run was having trouble.  Because of Phil’s issues, myself and Ka...
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Friday 27 February 2026

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  The ‘casts - (Notes spoken to Siri, and edited later if I remember (Changed tactic now where starred dialogue denotes quoting from the show’s own notes Dropping Names with Brent and Jonny -  29 January 2026:  finally this show has become available outside of YouTube video. I’ve wanted to listen to this show for a while, and I don’t like putting YouTube podcasts on in the car or the work van just in case I decide to look. They discuss how they have both prepared themselves for this first episode in different ways, but also similar. Jonathan Frakes has had a beard trim, as well as other things, and Brent Spiner has had a manicure and a pedicure, just in case for any reason. The importance of shoes. Their first guest is LeVar Burton. He starred in Star Trek, the Next Generation alongside Jonathan and Brent. He was in the film The Hunter, which starred Steve McQueen, Ali, MacGraw, and Eli Wallach. A great story about LeVar Burton’s bachelor party at Las Vegas. Reading Rainb...
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Wednesday 25 February 2026

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  The ‘casts - (Notes spoken to Siri, and edited later if I remember (Changed tactic now where starred dialogue denotes quoting from the show’s own notes Podnews Weekly Review -  20 February 2026: * Apple Podcasts Video: HLS, ads, and podcaster control -  Apple turns on HLS video in Apple Podcasts and rewrites the business rules while keeping files with hosts. We unpack the listener experience, creator workflows, dynamic ads, costs, open standards, and what Spotify and YouTube might do next, with insights from Justin Jackson. • HLS explained and why it matters for control • What listeners get on iOS and when it ships • MP4 feeds versus HLS delivery trade-off • Supported hosts at launch and why ad-tech drives it  • Delivery metrics vs true attribution for advertisers • Apple's per-ad tech fee and billing model • Rising CDN request costs and host pricing changes • Audio switching, manifests, and separate audio renders • Alternate enclosure for wider app distrib...
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