Wild
I’ve no doubt that historians will look back at 2025 with some relish. So much to get their teeth into, and it’s all happening so fast. History is often a case of change over long periods of time, and then…
Dear Capitalism
Dear Capitalism. I think that it's time that you sat down and had a long hard think about your actions. Sincerely, 95% of the population of Earth.
Being nice
Can you find anything wrong with this sentiment: I like it when people are nice to me. I doubt that you can. If people are nice to you, it makes you happy. By extension, if you are nice to other…
Snowy break
We decided that we’d go away for a few days after the New Year. We went here, and were lucky enough to get some snow. I feel very lucky indeed.
New Year 2025
Well, we’ve managed to reach 2025 years from 0, and there was quite a lot that happened prior to that, 13.8 billions years of things to be specific. It turns out that the date of the New Year (1st January)…
Little break in Wales
We’re lucky enough to be friends with the owners of a fine hotel in north Wales. Most years we get invited to stay there, and this year it’s fallen between Christmas and the New Year. It’s wonderful, and I’m in…
I’m profoundly lucky
It’s the time of the year in which I find that I have more time to reflect upon life. Apart from the normal gratitude for my health, family, security and normality / predictability of my life, the thing that I’m…
Christmas 2024
This year, I was mostly ill – yay! I tried to have fun, and I did, but gosh, I could have done without the sickness. Boo!
Holiday
I’m on holiday for Christmas 2024. I’ll be off from Friday 20th December 2024, until Tuesday 7th Jan 2025. I wish you all a happy Christmas! See you next year!
Podcast no-show
You might not know, but I make podcasts in the WordPress space for a living. I talk to people about their products, services and their involvement in the WordPress community. One of the things that I do to make life…
WPLDN Festive Event – what a blast!
The festive WPLDN event took place yesterday, and what fun it was. A speed build with Jamie Marsland v Dan Maby. A pub quiz with lots of nerdy WordPress facts and figures. And someone walked away with a brand new…
I hate Ikea, usually
One of the least enjoyable things I can imagine doing is going to Ikea. The fact that millions of people go there “for fun” is quite beyond by comprehension. There’s almost nothing I’d rather do less. So yesterday, when we…