The life and times of a software and web developer
Every time I sit down to write a blog post at the moment, something happens - or rather, something distracts me. You may have noticed the appearances of huge swathes of my memoirs from this year's NaNoWriMo appearing over the last few weeks - this is where I confess that the only reason they appeared …
Those that have followed my recent adventures on the internet will have seen both my retro-mac inspired run at NaNoWriMo, and the experiment with "Tiny Letter" - both ideas running against the tide somewhat in an eccentric attempt to get back to where we all started. I'm thinking about going further. I have been turning …
I almost wrote a furious post at lunchtime about something that happened at the weekend - a series of things that happened at the weekend really - a direct response to the behaviour of a number of people I had the ill fortune to cross paths with. Rather than write anything I might later regret, …
The alarm on my phone erupted at 6am this morning, and woke me with a start. I don't remember the dream now, but I remember wanting to return to it. I watched the clock tick through each minute until 6:30am, thinking back through everything I had packed - wondering if I had forgotten anything obvious. …
Do you ever have the sense that something around you is different - that something has changed? Over the last few days I have become increasingly aware that something is going on - that a cog somewhere in the machine that surrounds us has turned. I keep hearing whispers and murmurings that "blogging" is making …
I'm sitting at work, in the middle of the afternoon, procrastinating famously. It feels like I've been living in a bubble recently - apart from the co-workers I share an office with, and my immediate family, I haven't really interacted with anybody. Actually - that's a lie - I made conversation with several parents at …
The last 24 hours have been an interesting experience - watching results roll in from the American mid-term elections. I have no part in the circus - I live on the other side of the world - and should really be worrying about the ridiculous situation my own country finds itself in. And yet here …
While cycling home from work this evening through the early-evening darkness, an entire family walked out in front of me. The family comprised of two adults in warm coats, followed by a rag-tag train of small witches, zombies, and superheroes. Ah yes - of course - it's Halloween. Along the way I passed many other …
After work this evening I went for a bit of a walk - the original intention had been to find a Japanese restaurant I’ve eaten at before, but discovering a number of roadworks in my way, and a gorgeous bridge over the river appearing around a street corner, I thought “what the hell”. I’ve been …
After work this evening I wandered back to the hotel, got changed, and made my way up the street towards the faux American bar I’ve visited a few times during recent visits to Frankfurt - the one with the model railroad in the rafters, the fake signed guitars hanging on the walls, and numerous questionable …
