Personal

A list of personal blog posts.

• A tough week

  28 September 2024

  A weeknote starting 23 September 2024.

• Thundercat at Bristol Beacon

  31 March 2024

  Finally managed to get to a gig in Bristol. Here are a few photos from the night (and following morning).

• Why I love remote work

  27 February 2024

  Remote working enables me to be a better parent, a better partner, be happier at work and to do better work.

• Seb

  18 July 2023

  A collection of memories I have of my cousin Seb who died last year.

• First 3 months contracting

  1 July 2023

  Contract extensions and cross-gov working

• This is forty

  17 June 2023

  I'm turning 40 this month, so I thought it was worth marking it with a blog post

• The stickers on my laptop, 2023 edition

  17 March 2023

  Time to clean the stickers off my laptop (again).

• Visiting all the beaches in Swansea and Gower

  4 November 2022

  I’ve set myself a challenge to visit all the beaches in Swansea and Gower. There are about 39 in total.

• A user manual for me, version 3

  25 July 2022

  A 2022 update to my user manual, based on Cassie Robinson's template.

• Things to do in Swansea

  25 May 2022

  My non-exhaustive list of nice things to do in Swansea. Mostly places that serve pale ale. And beaches. Roughly East to West.

• A user manual for me, version 2

  25 June 2021

• Switching to Eleventy, but still naked

  8 April 2021

• Family friendly TV shows with LGBT characters

  11 March 2021

• Some personal goals for 2021

  8 January 2021

• My first year at Swirrl

  16 April 2020

• Books about racism in the UK

  8 February 2020

• Some personal goals for 2020

  9 January 2020

• What have I accomplished this decade?

  14 November 2019

• Going full Monzo

  5 November 2019

• Christmas day dinner timings 2018

  27 December 2018

• Five things Andy taught me

  19 December 2018

• A user manual for me

  14 December 2018

• Sid’s words

  8 November 2018

  A list of our 2 year old's unique words.

• Disney data

  22 September 2017

  Data from our family trip to Disneyland Paris.

• Things my little girls have taught me about feminism

  26 August 2016

• Training for the Welsh 3 Peaks

  29 March 2016

• Great service design at Premier Inn

  26 March 2016

• My top albums 2014

  12 December 2014

• Who inspired me

  8 October 2014

• Worrying about health

  27 March 2014

• 30 things done before I'm 30

  10 June 2013

• Swansea town sea shanty

  10 May 2007