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Hours And Hours
A support call came in late yesterday - reporting that something didn’t appear to be working correctly on a client site. It got assigned to me. Everything ge...
Tuesday Evening
The clock is ticking towards 9pm, and I have done nothing all evening. Actually, that’s not entirely true. After returning from work I hung a load of washing...
Falling Down
No, this post is not going to be about the Michael Douglas movie from the 1990s where an average guy goes on the rampage and holds up a fast food restaurant ...
Letting Go Of Things
It struck me recently that I’m surrounded by a world of things I don’t really need. Miscellaneous gadgets, books, pens, pencils, computers, tablets, phones, ...
Alone For The Week
The younger children are at Guide Camp for the week - somewhere on the coast - and my other half is visiting the Lake District for a few days - at the opposi...
Ready Player One
The first teaser trailer of the “Ready Player One” movie was released yesterday, and although I’m looking forward to it, I’ll already admit to being downhear...
The Weekend So Far
Yesterday evening my other half headed out to a local music festival with her brother, and I had planned to have a quiet night in with my daughters - watch a...
Working From Home
No, the photo accompanying this post is not of my desk - it may as well be though. Why get on with work, when you could quite easily spend all afternoon arra...
Work Money And Ethics
My parents are by most people’s standards, “independently wealthy”. Our family had a family business when I was growing up - a pretty major quarry that made ...