Valentines Day
You all know that Valentines Day was hijacked (as with just about any other significant date in the calendar) by the Christian Church, right?
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The One Where I Got Lost On The Underground
While travelling home from a distant work location last night, I had to traverse London via the vast network of underground trains. I’ve done it countless ti...
A Moment From The Journey Home
While travelling home on the train last night, I found myself sitting adjacent to two gentlemen of a certain age - perhaps 60 - dressed in suits, and sensibl...
Tuesday Night Hotel Club
I arrived back from the client site about half an hour ago. After skipping lunch I’m just about ready to eat my own arms, but have learned from last night - ...
Preparing For Departure
I’m having a dilemma. This afternoon I will be travelling north for a few days - staying in the Holiday Inn near a client site for two nights. I’m wondering ...
Another Week Another Hotel
Another week, another hotel. This week I’m in the Holiday Inn, a couple of hundred miles from home for a couple of nights. I can’t help humming the Elton Joh...
Something From Nothing
Another late night last night. Finally the thousands of lines of source code are beginning to conjure a website out of thin air. A website where parents can ...
Burning The Candle At Both Ends
For the last few years our children have taken part in a summer camp in town, that has steadily grown, year on year. I think last year they had in the region...
Nothing To See Here
While writing this, the time is marching inexorably towards 11pm. I have no idea where the evening went. Actually, that’s a lie. I know exactly where the eve...
The Starry Dynamo In The Machinery Of The Night
For the last year I had grown increasingly disillusioned with the social internet, and it’s much talked about power to make the world smaller - to connect pe...