Weekly updates about what’s happening in my life. If you want more regular but less structured updates, check out my notes.
A week of jet lag, tall buildings, exhibitions, old friends, lectures, lamingtons, croissant queues, long beach walks, rickety rollercoasters, Hanging Rock, dead kangaroos, and a long drive. Read Week 156: Melbourne.
A week of smashing it at work, bad URL-encoding, meeting family, falafel wraps, pints with friends, not thinking about computers, and super long flights. Read Week 155: 414 URI Too Long.
A week of normality, deep rabbit holes, proxies, good lebanese food, several Whitechapel pubs, bad Zipcars, family visits, wholesome childhoods, country walks, and future holidays. Read Week 154: Crayfish.
A week of fish markets, projected carp, stock exchanges, roller coasters, Izakaya, trains, Kyoto, friendly deer, sake, restorative tantanmen, and heaps of food. Read Week 153: Japan.
A week of multiple flights, not napping, delicious ramen, vending machines, Japanese gardens, drinking sake, claw machines, drinking sake, bright lights, and friendly bar staff. Read Week 152: Tokyo.
A week of many incidents, onboarding engineers, preparing for Japan, eating lots of average tacos, family visits, board games, and friends. Read Week 151: Priorities.
A week of vans, picking up furniture, getting rid of furniture, flood detection, energy monitoring, excellent pub, sunshine, country houses, and fun weddings. Read Week 150: Lou & Char.
A week of fixing pipes, expanding foam, flood detection, selling furniture, buying furniture, productive weeks, Slack app unfurling, rewatching Schitt's Creek, and trip planning. Read Week 149: Cracked Elbow.
A week of not thinking, milk stations, beach art, very sweet cows, an appearance from COVID, driving in London, wet cupboards, and some custom medals. Read Week 148: Friendly Cows.
A week of family visits, video games, talks about wine, long drives, great lunches, picturesque towns, long walks, and soaking in a hot tub. Read Week 147: Aberaeron.
A week of putting up shelves, putting up gallery walls, unpacking boxes, nice coffees, nice Jägerbombs, absolute bangers, tasty Costa Rican food, and Barbie. Read Week 146: Killing Mr. Boombastic.
A week of binging great TV, exciting work days, useful dashboards, leaving drinks, blog posts, cutting boards, framing, and art college. Read Week 145: Fishes & Forks.
A week of accidental deletions, fun work hackathons, scanning for vulnerabilities, robot rewards, dinner and drinks, delicious food, and new shelves. Read Week 144: Adult Collectors Only.
A week of broken feed readers, strategic quacks, drawing on post-it notes, learning Terraform, automating my GitHub, and some chilled cocktails. Read Week 143: Terraforming.
A week of in-person boardgames, tiredness, 90th birthday parties, hoards of family, toilet boasting, and bonding over Minecraft. Read Week 142: Downstairs Toilet.
A week of Brighton visits, bad hangovers, fixing bugs, the AI-enshittification of the web, hackathon ideas, calming sage green paint, and a champagne tasting. Read Week 141: Weak Set.
A week of eyewatering mortgage increases, seeing family, seeing friends, having our own wing, booking holiday, trying Lemmy, and blasting out some Kylie. Read Week 140: Padam Padam.
A week of Charlotte's birthday celebrations, baking cakes, drinking with friends, work leaving drinks, corner shops, many slushies, and lots of snacks. Read Week 139: Slushies.
A week of meeting friends, rounders in the park, Primrose Hill, talking to strangers, bottomless brunches, and a new baby. Read Week 138: Sedately Bottomless.
A week of milestones, niche memes, not enjoying blood tests, poo scraping, debugging Minecraft servers, the coming software apocalypse, and a sunny trip to Leeds. Read Week 137: Slabbering Baby.