Who cares
I care. My Nan told me a story once, that in one of her lowest moments when she felt so alone, her husband was dying, she had three young children and being in the 1960s the world was very different. She cried, she...
Continue reading...Incoherent ramblings of a 40 something year old man
What is 'reading' anyway?
Growing up, my mum used to read a lot. My step-dad did too. He went through probably dozens of books every year. She liked murder mysteries, I remember all the Agatha Christie books across the shelves and being...
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My cat died
Ming was my cat for over 16 years, I got her when she was about 8 weeks old in March/April 2009. I'm 40 years old now, which means I've had her with me for the majority of what I consider my adult life to be. We moved...
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Internet history, a personal time machine
A few days ago I rediscovered an old LiveJournal (remember those?) blog that I used to have. Last post 2005. It's rare these days to find something that still exists from that long, that isn't part of the Internet...
Continue reading...I tried to do Youtube (and kinda failed)
Earlier this year when I came back from New Zealand, I sat down to the face the reality of what would be my next big adventure. Getting back to work and facing reality. I am also fortunate enough though to have some say...
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Email that person.
When I was growing up in the 80s and 90s, it was just normal that you'd get your milk, the paper and your mail before leaving the house for the day. I was always interested in what came through the door, as an excited...
Continue reading...Been a while! And that's okay.
Wow. I looked up and it was February. I did an update on my now page about what I had been doing and January was a bit of a slow start if I was honest with myself. The jetlag and New Zealand coma were real! One thing...
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Learning the tools: Playing with AI
ChatGPT exploded into the world a few years ago now. Like many people did, especially those who work in tech, I signed up and spent probably no more than an hour using it. Asking a few rudimentary questions and I...
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Turning 40, the new 30, or whatever.
This year I turned 40. And honestly, I still can't decide if this is a big deal or not. I think for everyone out there it's common to look at the same significant birthdays, 18, 21, 30, 40, 50 and so on. Even our...
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Writing and turning the page
I've had this domain for over 20 years. Even back then, the .com was already taken and so probably was the co.uk and I remember being so frustrated that even in the early days of the internet (I probably first got...
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