Incoherent ramblings of a 40 something year old man
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 asked - who cares about me? She told me that she saw a light and heard a voice th…
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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 fascinated by their titles and images when I was about 6. My Nan on the other hand, I…
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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 houses multiple times, going from our own house, to a shared house, to our own h…
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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 Archive & The WayBack Machine. There's not much, with broken image links (although…
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 in being able to shape what that looked like. Do I want full time work? What t…
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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 kid wondering if something was for me. It rarely was. Because most of the time i…
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 I've been thinking about (and working on) since we got back is about what I…
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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 remember thinking that while it was kind of cool, it felt more like an evolution of som…
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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 anniversaries beyond the first few start to go into your 'big ones' and culturally me…
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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 online in '97) that it was so hard to get your name as a username anywhere.Hotmail, G…
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