Trains Trains And More Trains
I boarded the train from Barnsley to Sheffield at 12:40pm, and watched the grey and gloomy world pass by outside the window as we trundled between railway st...
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Balancing The World On My Shoulders
Tonight marked a milestone of sorts for the project I have been working on for the last several weeks. I finally pulled the curtains back, and started lettin...
The Web Developer Exhales
I think the project I am working on has turned a corner today. After a colossal “sprint” over the last month, I pushed the fruits of my endless headbanging s...
An Overdue Introduction
It would seem appropriate to tell new readers a bit about myself. Of course this is easier to say than do, because you suddenly become very introspective, an...
Tuesday Night Hotel Club
Day two of the great far-flung adventure comes to a close. I’ve just returned to the hotel room after eating dinner in the restaurant next door. There’s some...
Elbows Out
At the time I begin writing this, the clock on the laptop screen is ticking towards 7pm. I can’t glance at the watch on my wrist because the strap snapped ea...
Preparing To Travel
Sunday morning is rapidly vanishing. I had grand plans about sitting with a cup of tea and writing some lengthy brain-dumpish tome about “where I am right no...
Filtered Selfies
I’ve been thinking about selfies recently - or rather - filtered selfies. Take the photo accompanying this post for example. Taken at just the right angle, w...
A Small World
While standing at the touchline of the football pitch watching our youngest daughter warm up with her team-mates for a match this morning, I got talking to o...
Working From Home
It’s Friday morning, and I’m working from home. I thought about getting my hair cut this morning, but had a telephone conference mid-morning. Of course that ...