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How to Work Better

I was out with my family in Chester recently and I saw a quote on the side of a building explaining how to work better. I thought it was very well put, so I wanted to share it.

12 Mar 2025 | Blog post

iOS Mail Is Shite

I fell foul of a phish, thanks to the shitty iOS Mail app.

27 Feb 2025 | Blog post

Thanks For The Emails

Just a quick thanks to all those that emailed me follow my previous post.

21 Feb 2025 | Blog post

Work to Live, Don’t Live to Work

I've always been a firm believer in this saying, and I've always tried to stick to it. But recently, things have flipped and it's killing me.

15 Feb 2025 | Blog post

Worst Day Ever

Today has just been the worst day ever and I’m ready for it to fuck right off.

29 Jan 2025 | Blog post

The Wild Robot

A lovely book to read with the kids, or alone. It's a great story, but there are some slightly darker parts.

26 Jan 2025 | Book post

RSS Feed Changes

You've probably seen a load of unread RSS items from my feed, sorry about that. Here's why...

24 Jan 2025 | Blog post

How I Do Security Questions

Security questions like 'what is your mother's maiden name?' are so fucking bad. Here's what I do to make them slightly more secure.

20 Jan 2025 | Blog post

Blog Questions Challenge

I saw a post from Brandon about a blog questions challenge doing the rounds on Bearblog and figured, even though I'm not on Bearblog, I'd do my own. šŸ™ƒ

05 Jan 2025 | Blog post

On Virtue Signalling

Some thoughts from me about virtue signalling and why I think it's a pointless exercise.

03 Jan 2025 | Blog post

SQLite Facts

I knew SQLite was a cool project, but this great post show how interesting the project is.

03 Jan 2025 | Link post

Use Of Weapons

The 3rd book in the Ian M Banks' Culture series. I really couldn't get into this one, so abandoned it half way through.

26 Dec 2024 | Book post

The Cost of Self-Hosting

Since playing around with Android and trying to get some self-hosted services running, I've been thinking about the costs of self-hosting. Ironically, I think the cost to my wallet is the least of them.

26 Dec 2024 | Blog post

It's Good to Talk

I recently had a great email exchange with Herman Martinus of BearBlog fame and wanted to talk about that a little bit more.

18 Dec 2024 | Blog post

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