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Are You an Artist?

Thu, 02 Jul 2026 13:00:00 +0100

Sometimes the universe giggles at you in wonderful ways.

It happened today, and I’m very grateful.

Boomkat Charts

Wed, 01 Jul 2026 14:03:00 +0100

Collecting all the Boomkat end of year charts in one convenient place.

Audio Test

Tue, 30 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0100

Testing how Claude Cowork can help me create a music player element in Hugo, so I can share my music experiments on this blog.

Proof of Life

Tue, 30 Jun 2026 09:24:58 +0100

It’s been a while. Here’s where I’m at.

A long overdue check-in covering sobriety, why I’ve mostly fallen out of love with social media, and why I think the friction we’ve been so busy optimising away is often the best part.

Also: post-optimal objects, constraints, eating frogs, and a clock that tells the time in poetry.

CLI Personality

Wed, 21 Aug 2024 12:58:15 +0100

I have been experimenting to see how you might inject a bit of personality into the way plain text is rendered on screen.

Event Boundaries

Tue, 13 Aug 2024 22:36:01 +0100

My dear friend Ben Lowdon sent me an Instagram reel and I’ve gone down a rabbithole.

That happens a lot. This one is good though.

Week 21

Fri, 24 May 2024 17:53:16 +0100

AKA Week One.

A big week. I no longer work at Critical Mass, and am taking a bit of a break to focus on my well-being while I plan what to do next.

Hello World

Fri, 24 May 2024 09:24:58 +0100

New me, new website.