John Baker’s Blog

I’ve installed Alex King’s WordPress Mobile Edition Plugin on this site to make it easier for people with mobile devices to read and comment. This is an impressive program which automatically recognises that you are using a device with a small screen. It cuts out pictures and organises the text so that it is possible [...]

Anna told me, You’re at Doncaster Central Library today, talking about books. You realise you’re in competition with Wimbledon, the world cup and a heat wave?
I said, It’s OK. Doncaster’s cool. Some people will turn out.
The train squeezed me on to the platform at Doncaster station. It had been a short but sticky journey and [...]

I’m going away for a few weeks, mainly in and around Scandinavia, and won’t have ready access to a computer. Under normal circumstances this blog would have gone dark for that time, but I have a state-of-the-art mobile which I can use for blogging, though only (with my limited knowledge of technology) in a rudimentary [...]

Mitsubishi’s Raku Raku Simple Keitai‘ phone, which is aimed at the over-60s, has limited features, an extra loud earpiece, easy-to-push buttons, and a large, clear display.

The phone also has a peace-of-mind feature which automatically sends a message to the family members of the user every time his or her phone is plugged in to recharge.
There [...]