Personal blogs

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(Almost) everything I made in 2022.

Started the week with a workshop introducing our new technology strategy to the tech-leads and senior engineers working on FT.com. After Anna ran through the strategy and its background, and the other technical directors added …

A major landmark where I live is Kelston Roundhill, a circular patch of trees at the very top of the highest hill for miles around. When driving from the west, it’s the first sight of …

Ten The final day’s march was interminable, silent and strained and grim. They made Lain walk ahead, stumbling too fast over roots, with Magni riding the stallion on his heels. Þrúðr came behind on her …

I’ve been feeling a building impulse to stop using Gmail for my personal email and calendar, and somehow today became the day that I moved over. I’ll be forwarding my Gmail, but will be using …

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The Kinks’ 20th Century Man has been my earworm for the past few days. What a song. Half a century old and it still resonates. This Ray Davies live version is superb: This is the …

Back in the latter part of the 20th century, a lot of subcultures held onto a concept called "selling out", a nebulously-defined idea based on a negative view of compromising one's values or creative expression …

went for a beer with Alice and suggested I might write a weeknote when I got home we each had two pints of Neck Oil. it was £6.30 for one pint. I’m glad I don’t …

32 Challenges are now finished. I managed to complete 32 Country Pubs and 32 Zines, but didn’t complete 32 Playgrounds in the end (although it definitely feels like I did…) 32 Country Pubs was delightful. …

We should also consider how the ‘rules based order’ we’ve devised seems unable to stand up to a bully intent on replacing free access to information with paid disinformation — and how our democratic systems …

As much as I love using cloud services, in these days I cannot trust them to continue working. I rely on Google Drive and Gmail, but Google’s reputation in keeping services alive is not exactly …

My thoughts on the impending shutdown of my favorite photography-related website.

In 1701, Asano Naganori, a feudal lord in Japan, was summoned to the shogun’s court in Edo, the town now called Tokyo. He was a provincial chieftain, and knew little about court etiquette, and the …

At what point does a walk become a hike? C. and I often ponder this when we find ourselves on a dirt path or crossing a parking lot. We’ve decided it requires a bit of …

This pretty website is not one I put together, but, with the developer not wanting, or not being able to, provide ongoing support, I’m now responsible for it.

Met up with some other sketchers and spent a couple of hours painting the view from outside a little coffee shop in Mount Pleasant. What a lovely way to spend the afternoon.

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