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 building a CMS, reading about ActivityPub, time with my sister, amazing conferences, buying forks, and finding a friendly new Mastodon instance. Read Week 107: ffconf.
A week of useful npm features, going cold turkey on Twitter, enjoying Mastodon, drinking a lot of champagne, and dancing to 2000's bangers until 4 am. Read Week 106: Champagne Show.
A year of rethinking work, writing ridiculous amounts, starting to read again, re-introducing travel, heaps of weddings, and being a much happier person. Read Year 2: Demotion.
A week of shipping a lot, writing a new logger, craft projects, dressing up, fun parties, walking red flags, and switching to Mastodon. Read Week 105: Letterbox.
A week of over-planning, immersive games, angsty pop punk, the worst train journey of my life, 40th birthdays, and Love is Blind. Read Week 104: Ally Pally.
A week of long pairing sessions, fixing up some old code, long drives and ferries, ocean views, questionable animatronics, and cold swims. Read Week 103: Blackgang Chine.
A week of incidents, nice pairing sessions, Eurovision planning, 60th birthday parties, ladders, matching outfits, and shiny new dotfiles. Read Week 102: Roundhouse.
A week of business, work drinks, keeping up the reading streak, Team days, manifesting large incidents, trips to Leeds, cute cats, and cheap Apple Sourz. Read Week 101: Manifesting.
A week of great films, sweet books, birthday drinks, lots of Minecraft, thousands of pull requests, messing up but enjoying it, and a smart meter installation. Read Week 100: Skyblock.
A week of long walks in Wales, extending the trip, soaking in the hot tub, cursed dolls, weird sandwiches, and a long journey home. Read Week 99: Haunted Doll.
A week of new prime ministers, new monarchs, new leaks, birthday drinks, AI-generated images, a holiday in Wales, and long walks. Read Week 98: Dark Void.
A week of new houses, BBQs, unsettling new books, excellent lunches, sober beer festivals, scrabble, and running workshops. Read Week 97: Engraving.
A week of many plans, excellent books, a wedding, refactoring, late calls, immersive experiences, fun new board games, and too much drinking. Read Week 96: Seven Deaths.
A week of fun weddings, betting on horses, dogs who like me now, finished painting, a new blog post, and playing with OpenTelemetry. Read Week 95: JPD & David.
A week of The Sandman, book deliveries, reading a bunch more, late nights, fun 30th birthdays, our fifth wedding, and infuriating trial news. Read Week 94: Book Delivery.
A week of relentless positivity, cute logos, delicious food, Rust, book clubs, tequila, BeReal, and reading witness statements. Read Week 93: Good Little Cog.
A week of book clubs, reading again, new team members, learning to code, summer birthdays, Kalimotxo Blondes, and a new housemate. Read Week 92: Unwelcome Guests.
A week of birthdays, aircon, pizza, unexpected visitors, quirky accommodation, weddings in Huddersfield, Torn by Natalie Imbruglia. Read Week 91: Huddersfield.
A week of wall painting, shelf buying, mid-year reviews, wedding celebrations, Somali food, dopamine, the theatre, and a country walk. Read Week 90: Dopamine.
A week of being back to reality, remembering to code, FT rounders, birthdays, marvel, small horses, good food, and small humans. Read Week 89: Secret Bar.