Techno-vention

Yesterday, my phone texted me to tell me I had visited five pubs in the previous week. This surprised me, for a number of reasons.

My first reaction was, that seemed a lot. While there have been times in my life when a statement like that would have made me think, “Is that all?” these days, I rarely visit one pub a week, much less five. So, that was surprising. As if sensing my incredulity, my phone then offered to show me a list. Curious, I clicked the link and, sure enough, I had managed to...