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Dominic Preston @dompreston.com · 17/08/2026

And a handful of other great ones that I couldn't quite fit in!

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Dominic Preston @dompreston.com · 17/08/2026

Here are just a few of my favourites I included in the piece

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Dominic Preston @dompreston.com · 10/08/2026

What are we even doing here?

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Dominic Preston @dompreston.com · 10/08/2026

Latest adventure in SEO fucking up the internet: my coffee machine broke, I wanted it repaired, reached out for a quote, and would you believe that this company replied to tell me they don't do coffee machine repairs?

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Dominic Preston @dompreston.com · 28/07/2026

Big fan of the Z Fold 8 so far, even if the cameras are a bit basic. Not sure how much is just the novelty, but I've really enjoyed my week with this slightly strangely shaped phone.

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Dominic Preston @dompreston.com · 24/07/2026

Huh, this piece nails almost exactly what I think of every single Chris Nolan movie

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Dominic Preston @dompreston.com · 18/07/2026

Neat morning out seeing the seals near Blakeney, Norfolk. Basically just a load of big, wet dogs.

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Dominic Preston @dompreston.com · 09/07/2026

Yup. Of the mains I had the chicken w/ miso grits and the pork chop with collard greens. The grits are very good, though quite rich - a lot of miso and butter in there, plus gravy. Delicious, but not subtle about it

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Dominic Preston @dompreston.com · 02/07/2026

Trying to get back into the habit of reading philosophy on the regular. Been looking forward to this one.

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Dominic Preston @dompreston.com · 20/05/2026

This evening I took another detour past the Emirates, this time with @arseblog.com and @gunnerblog.bsky.social in my ears, and felt the exact opposite of what I had five years ago. I'll forever be glad that England made me that sad, so that Arsenal could make me this joyful too.

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Dominic Preston @dompreston.com · 10/05/2026

Literally me over the last five minutes

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Dominic Preston @dompreston.com · 01/05/2026

An absurd photo for a phone to be able to take at night

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Dominic Preston @dompreston.com · 29/04/2026

A fully optimised WFH setup

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Dominic Preston @dompreston.com · 20/04/2026

Weirdly I forgot to photograph much bread, but I did eat a few good sandwiches!

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Dominic Preston @dompreston.com · 13/04/2026

Oppo's Find X9 Ultra is a very pretty phone

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Dominic Preston @dompreston.com · 23/03/2026

Got to tag along to a friend's work event at Wimbledon last week, for a nighttime view of Centre Court and a closeup look at the trophies

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Dominic Preston @dompreston.com · 22/03/2026

An incredibly weird pair of magazines to find in a tiny London corner shop

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Dominic Preston @dompreston.com · 28/01/2026

Even pop stars are turning to the trades to avoid being replaced by AI these days

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Dominic Preston @dompreston.com · 09/01/2026

If I achieved nothing else this week, I helped come up with this horror show headline

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Dominic Preston @dompreston.com · 07/01/2026

I've always wondered why more companies haven't found a way to combine rugged phones and slushies

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Dominic Preston @dompreston.com · 05/01/2026

Not sure the dancing makes Boston Dynamics' Spot any less terrifying tbh

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Dominic Preston @dompreston.com · 05/01/2026

Got to see an early prototype of Honor's gimbal-packed Robot Phone, but since it wasn't actually doing any robot stuff, I still have no sense of how well this thing will work. But they did confirm it's getting a proper release in China!

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Dominic Preston @dompreston.com · 27/12/2025

In for my first League game of the season. Cagier than I would have liked, but the first half performance was outstanding

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Dominic Preston @dompreston.com · 23/12/2025

Not a game to settle any discomfort about the team right now, but I'll take any win I can get

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Dominic Preston @dompreston.com · 21/12/2025

Eating the elusive Good London Taco

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Dominic Preston @dompreston.com · 15/12/2025

New Knives Out is good Knives Out

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Dominic Preston @dompreston.com · 01/12/2025

Went and got engaged last week, highly recommended

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Dominic Preston @dompreston.com · 19/11/2025

The bacon and scallop sandwich

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Dominic Preston @dompreston.com · 18/11/2025

Nice little night at the cinema

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Dominic Preston @dompreston.com · 25/10/2025

Took Oppo's Find X9 Pro and telephoto extender out for a little country walk

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Dominic Preston @dompreston.com · 16/10/2025

And these are all out of the extender

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Dominic Preston @dompreston.com · 16/10/2025

These shots are all out of the phone's regular 3x periscope telephoto

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Dominic Preston @dompreston.com · 16/10/2025

Full review to come, but I've had a couple days to play around with the Oppo Find X9 Pro — and its Hasselblad-branded telephoto extender lens.

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Dominic Preston @dompreston.com · 09/10/2025

Still 100% Avatar-pilled, I'm afraid

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Dominic Preston @dompreston.com · 01/10/2025

Twinsies. I've had the exact same headache with Duolingo's Mandarin course as @meganellis.bsky.social, which seems to update with new content every few weeks, and can never seem to track what I've actually learned and what I haven't

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Dominic Preston @dompreston.com · 25/09/2025

I'm sure I've used this one before at some point, but needs must

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Dominic Preston @dompreston.com · 20/09/2025

There's a selection of my photos in the article too, but here are a few I'm particularly proud of

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Dominic Preston @dompreston.com · 17/09/2025

Went to a ball game, ate a hot dog, ate nachos out of a plastic cap, watched a giant apple arise from the earth to celebrate home runs. Y'know, the usual.

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Dominic Preston @dompreston.com · 06/09/2025

A beer! With the football! What a world.

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Dominic Preston @dompreston.com · 01/09/2025

Yesterday's Arsenal game was a bummer, but I did get to eat a giant squid sandwich called the Riccardo Calamari, so there's always that.

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Dominic Preston @dompreston.com · 28/08/2025

Great to see Sage backing traditional British industries like (checks notes)... beauty influencers?

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Dominic Preston @dompreston.com · 22/08/2025

Went for bank holiday weekend beers and accidentally perched directly opposite Google's upcoming London HQ. It looks a lot more like a finished office than last time I saw it

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Dominic Preston @dompreston.com · 22/08/2025

Before you ask, here he is, with his new red chair:

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Dominic Preston @dompreston.com · 22/08/2025

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