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Hello, I’m Andrew 👋. I write weeknotes, snippets, and occasional longer posts. You can read more about me and what I’m doing now.

Below is an index of my titled posts going back to 2004.

2026

4 Jun Weeknotes #379 — Parched
27 May Weeknotes #378 — Dust devil
21 May Weeknotes #377 — Accessible
13 May Weeknotes #376 — One Stop
7 May Weeknotes #375 — Smile
6 May 🚴‍♂️ London Wales London 2026
28 Apr Weeknotes #374 — The invisible pivot
22 Apr Weeknotes #373 — Kae Tempest
14 Apr Weeknotes #372 — Born in the financial crisis
7 Apr Weeknotes #371 — Nasty NAS
1 Apr Weeknotes #370 — I Don’t Know Why
24 Mar Weeknotes #369 — The Clapping Song
18 Mar Weeknotes #368 — What we all want
16 Mar 🏎️ On the new Formula 1 regulations
10 Mar Weeknotes #367 — Kingsville, Texas
4 Mar Weeknotes #366 — Kitzbühel
26 Feb Weeknotes #365 — The Prophet’s Song
22 Feb Bringing a 27-year-old programming project back to life with Claude Code
18 Feb Weeknotes #364 — Big pile of umbrellas
14 Feb Something big is happening; but it doesn’t add up
10 Feb Weeknotes #363 — Aquaplaning
5 Feb Weeknotes #362 — Continental quilts
1 Feb 📚 Indie Microblogging
27 Jan Weeknotes #361 — Willy Warmer
20 Jan Weeknotes #360 — Carefree
13 Jan Weeknotes #359 — New Year, same me
5 Jan Weeknotes #358 — Mid-life pondering
4 Jan 📚 Faithful Ruslan

2025

30 Dec Weeknotes #357 — We Whitchurch You a Merry Christmas
27 Dec Weeknotes #356 — Glass cannon
23 Dec 📚 How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy
20 Dec Tools for discovering the IndieWeb
19 Dec Weeknotes #355 — Fly-tipped house
8 Dec Weeknotes #354 — Lighting up
5 Dec Weeknotes #353 — Right about now
26 Nov Weeknotes #352 — Doing thought work
23 Nov Solving a micro.blog and Cloudflare connectivity issue
22 Nov Weeknotes #351 — Back in Barcelona
18 Nov ChatGPT image weirdness
9 Nov Weeknotes #350 — Huxley, not Orwell
8 Nov Weeknotes #349 — Look inside yourself
30 Oct Weeknotes #348 — Born ugly
21 Oct Weeknotes #347 — Another detached retina
17 Oct Weeknotes #346 — Hansen Sea-Cow
9 Oct Weeknotes #345 — Bath full of bricks
2 Oct Weeknotes #344 — Some jacket required
27 Sep Weeknotes #343 — En Seine
16 Sep Weeknotes #342 — Out of breath
10 Sep Weeknotes #341 — Just the three of us
3 Sep Weeknotes #340 — Dusty songfield
27 Aug Weeknotes #339 — Lone Star
24 Aug Weeknotes #338 — Unplug the jukebox
19 Aug Weeknotes #337 — Macroscope
18 Aug Lisbon
6 Aug Weeknotes #336 — Sleepy bones
30 Jul Weeknotes #335 — Lip service
23 Jul Weeknotes #334 — Sixteen
16 Jul Weeknotes #333 — Man-Wulf
8 Jul Weeknotes #332 — Double barbecue
2 Jul Weeknotes #331 — DNF
25 Jun Weeknotes #330 — Heat hangover
18 Jun Weeknotes #329 — Schrödinger’s medical bill
11 Jun Weeknotes #328 — Awareness creates choice
8 Jun Did ChatGPT lie to Sky News’ Sam Coates? No.
5 Jun Intentional YouTubing
3 Jun Weeknotes #327 — Tour de Ricky
27 May Weeknotes #326 — Hoping for Hopeful Technologists
20 May Weeknotes #325 — Even more Interesting
14 May Weeknotes #324 — Suitcase full of letters
10 May 🚴‍♂️ London-Wales-London 2025
6 May Weeknotes #323 — The lilac time
28 Apr Weeknotes #322 — Scoop of banana
23 Apr Weeknotes #321 — Dusty Bin
18 Apr 📚 Fearless Speech
16 Apr Weeknotes #320 — One to One
9 Apr Weeknotes #319 — Another adult
2 Apr Weeknotes #318 — Helena Deland II
25 Mar Weeknotes #317 — Johannesburg
17 Mar Weeknotes #316 — Everything is listening
11 Mar Weeknotes #315 — Cremated fish
4 Mar Weeknotes #314 — Autosave
25 Feb Weeknotes #313 — Recovery
23 Feb 📚 Fascism
19 Feb Weeknotes #312 — Man down
10 Feb Weeknotes #311 — Lurgy
4 Feb Weeknotes #310 — Spoofed number
27 Jan Weeknotes #309 — Offsite
21 Jan Weeknotes #308 — Look Sharp!
16 Jan Weeknotes #307 — All the things
6 Jan Weeknotes #306 — 48
3 Jan Weeknotes #305 — ¡Órale!

2024

24 Dec Weeknotes #304 — Pottering
17 Dec Weeknotes #303 — Aerodynamic pudding
10 Dec Weeknotes #302 — Tuxedo junction
3 Dec Weeknotes #301 — Streak
27 Nov John Malathronas
26 Nov Weeknotes #300 — Round numbers
18 Nov Weeknotes #299 — Hedonic adaptation
13 Nov Weeknotes #298 — Events
4 Nov Weeknotes #297 — Quick leg
28 Oct Weeknotes #296 — Tipping point
21 Oct Weeknotes #295 — Big bad DOMS
17 Oct 📚 Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma
14 Oct Weeknotes #294 — Half marathon
12 Oct 🎶 Mix from May 2006
7 Oct Weeknotes #292–293 — Open office
23 Sep Weeknotes #291 — Significant dates
19 Sep 📚 The McCartney Legacy Volume 1: 1969-73
16 Sep Weeknotes #290 — Dancing, singing and music
9 Sep Weeknotes #289 — Three strikes
4 Sep Weeknotes #288 — Back in NYC
26 Aug Weeknotes #287 — Who is shooting our pets?
22 Aug Weeknotes #286 — Ευχαριστώ
12 Aug Weeknotes #285 — Understated public holiday
9 Aug 📚 How Civil Wars Start
5 Aug Weeknotes #284 — 105 cassettes
30 Jul Weeknotes #283 — PBs
22 Jul Weeknotes #282 — Disco
15 Jul Weeknotes #281 — Crumpled
8 Jul Weeknotes #280 — Relief
1 Jul Weeknotes #279 — Disappearing Basic
24 Jun Weeknotes #278 — Explainability
18 Jun 📚 Mapping the Roads: Building modern Britain
17 Jun Weeknotes #277 — Work experience
10 Jun Weeknotes #276 — Vetmergency
3 Jun Weeknotes #275 — Belly dancing
28 May Weeknotes #274 — Long drive
20 May Weeknotes #273 — Under construction
13 May Weeknotes #272 — Aurora
6 May Weeknotes #271 — Shout
29 Apr Weeknotes #270 — Oh Makita, you will never know
24 Apr 📚 More than a Glitch
22 Apr Weeknotes #269 — Captain, we’re being hailed
15 Apr Weeknotes #268 — Unlicensed ice cream trading
10 Apr 20 years of blogging
7 Apr Weeknotes #267 — Electricity
1 Apr Weeknotes #266 — Doughnuts
25 Mar Weeknotes #265 — Marika Hackman III
18 Mar Weeknotes #264 — Board
11 Mar Weeknotes #263 — Codenames
4 Mar Weeknotes #262 — Heath Robinson
26 Feb Weeknotes #261 — Helena Deland
19 Feb Weeknotes #260 — We are the world
12 Feb Weeknotes #259 — Fake eyes
11 Feb 🚴 Power drift on a Stages SB20
4 Feb Weeknotes #258 — Goodbyes
28 Jan Weeknotes #257 — Offsite
22 Jan Weeknotes #256 — 2^8
15 Jan Weeknotes #255 — Meetings are not enough
14 Jan Nanny Seaside
8 Jan Weeknotes #254 — Scratchy fox
1 Jan Weeknotes #253 — Feliz COVIDad

2023

26 Dec Weeknotes #252 — Change of plans
19 Dec Weeknotes #251 — Lurking Lucas
14 Dec Fearing Ofsted
11 Dec Weeknotes #250 — The Works
4 Dec Weeknotes #249 — Loughborough to Leicester
27 Nov Weeknotes #248 — Carried in Sound
20 Nov Weeknotes #247 — Back to back to back
12 Nov Weeknotes #246 — The man in seat 61
5 Nov Weeknotes #245 — Dog cat
30 Oct Weeknotes #244 — Bristol
29 Oct Weeknotes #243 — Berlin
15 Oct Weeknotes #242 — Work is like water
9 Oct Weeknotes #241 — Gang of Four
2 Oct Weeknotes #240 — PJ Phillips
24 Sep Weeknotes #239 — Immersion
17 Sep Weeknotes #238 — Flyying Colours
11 Sep Weeknotes #237 — Marika Hackman
4 Sep When good is the enemy of the perfect
3 Sep Weeknotes #236 — Stang
2 Sep 📚 The Intelligence Illusion
28 Aug Weeknotes #235 — Happy place
20 Aug Weeknotes #233–234 — Montenegro
7 Aug Weeknotes #232 — 70th
31 Jul Weeknotes #231 — Ramekin atoms
24 Jul Weeknotes #230 — Diamond
17 Jul Weeknotes #229 — Dismantled
9 Jul Weeknotes #228 — Only night of the prom
3 Jul Weeknotes #227 — Unmowed
28 Jun An ambulance for Ukraine
28 Jun Get off of my cloud
26 Jun Weeknotes #226 — Debuts
24 Jun 🎶 Return of the tunes night
22 Jun In a world of AI, PSTN is dead
20 Jun Side-effects of technological change
20 Jun 📚 New Dark Age: Technology and the End of the Future
18 Jun Weeknotes #225 — Secret flip-flops
14 Jun SomaFM on Sonos integration — beta
12 Jun Weeknotes #224 — Two bottles required
5 Jun Weeknotes #223 — Many workshops
2 Jun Trying to understand how ChatGPT works
30 May My friction-filled information workflow
29 May Another view on The A.I. Dilemma
29 May Weeknotes #222 — Workflow
24 May 📚 Book summaries — with and without AI
21 May Weeknotes #221 — Interesting
14 May Weeknotes #220 — Tog downgrade
9 May It’s all AI, all the time
8 May Weeknotes #219 — Word wrestling
8 May The hallucinations of AI creators
6 May Increasingly obscured future
1 May Weeknotes #218 — Aldous Harding
23 Apr Weeknotes #217 — Den under den
18 Apr U.S. music revenues
16 Apr Weeknotes #216 — Suzume
11 Apr Weeknotes #215 — Interlude
3 Apr Weeknotes #214 — One conversation at a time
26 Mar Weeknotes #213 — Retinal detachment
20 Mar Weeknotes #212 — Spattered
13 Mar Weeknotes #211 — Wrist
6 Mar Weeknotes #210 — Sit bones
2 Mar Implications of the Twitter layoffs on all technology departments?
27 Feb Weeknotes #209 — Stages
19 Feb Weeknotes #208 — Dead bike
12 Feb Weeknotes #207 — Mechanicals
7 Feb 🎙️ Album Club on Sharp Tech
6 Feb 🎙 Advisors
6 Feb Weeknotes #206 — Dot-joining
2 Feb Internal blogs — an organisational hack
29 Jan Weeknotes #205 — Summer strategy
29 Jan Replacing €184m for £7m in the UK arts sector
22 Jan Weeknotes #204 — Sausage on a fork
15 Jan Weeknotes #203 — Bobble
12 Jan 📚 John Steinbeck on the value of fiction
8 Jan Weeknotes #202 — Sparkly windows
3 Jan Made You Look Someplace Else
1 Jan Weeknotes #201 — 46

2022

26 Dec Weeknotes #200 — Two hundred of these, that’s why they call me ‘Mr Fahrenheit’
18 Dec Weeknotes #199 — Shallow snow, deep work
18 Dec Unintentional driverless car
17 Dec Sad Mac
11 Dec Weeknotes #198 — Sub-zero
4 Dec Weeknotes #197 — Unplugged
27 Nov Weeknotes #196 — Red lines
22 Nov 📚 Everything You Need to Know About the Menopause
20 Nov Weeknotes #195 — The fine folk of WB-40
13 Nov Weeknotes #194 — Smoke Fairies IV
6 Nov Weeknotes #193 — Big duvet
30 Oct Weeknotes #192 — All the gigabytes you could possibly need
28 Oct 🎶 100,000 scrobbles
24 Oct Thoughts on WB-40 at OpenUK
23 Oct Weeknotes #191 — Disarray
16 Oct Weeknotes #190 — Butterboy
15 Oct What if I take my problem to the United Nations?
9 Oct Weeknotes #189 — Guilt trip
3 Oct Weeknotes #188 — Heritage
29 Sep The uncomfortable mirror of the Star Wars Kid
26 Sep Weeknotes #187 — 5¢
19 Sep Weeknotes #186 — Half mast
11 Sep Weeknotes #185 — Too much news
4 Sep Weeknotes #184 — 4,000 random coffees
30 Aug BadSAM
29 Aug Weeknotes #183 — Obrigado
22 Aug Weeknotes #182 — A desire to punch myself in the face
15 Aug Weeknotes #181 — Teşekkür ederim
8 Aug Weeknotes #180 — Reconnecting
1 Aug Weeknotes #179 — CPR towel
25 Jul Weeknotes #178 — What it means
18 Jul Weeknotes #177 — Teenagers
11 Jul Recruiting and mental health
11 Jul Weeknotes #176 — Digital displays
4 Jul Weeknotes #175 — A deep breath and an open mind
26 Jun Weeknotes #174 — Ready-made dough
19 Jun Weeknotes #173 — Table top
14 Jun Superfans and marginal customer acquisition costs
13 Jun Weeknotes #172 — Isle of Wight
5 Jun Weeknotes #171 — Celebrations
2 Jun Put your camera on
1 Jun 📺 Interview with Sophie Wilson
30 May Weeknotes #170 — The wrong staircases
26 May 25 Years of GoldenEye Dev
26 May $1,000 for you with no conditions
24 May 📚 Re-educated
22 May Weeknotes #169 — Intruder alert
19 May 📚 Hitman
16 May Weeknotes #168 — Kathryn Joseph
13 May Not-for-profit
11 May Microchip catnip
9 May Weeknotes #167 — GoldenEye
2 May Weeknotes #166 — Back in school
27 Apr Teletext archeology
25 Apr Weeknotes #165 — Hillbuster II
17 Apr Weeknotes #164 — Evaporated
11 Apr Weeknotes #163 — Málaga
3 Apr Weeknotes #162 — The fault in our boilers
28 Mar Weeknotes #161 — Senses working overtime
22 Mar Found Tapes
21 Mar Weeknotes #160 — Saddle bag
18 Mar 📚 Violent Borders
13 Mar Weeknotes #159 — Spring Classic
6 Mar Weeknotes #158 — Shaggy lawns
28 Feb Weeknotes #157 — War
20 Feb Weeknotes #156 — Smoke Fairies
17 Feb Line Goes Up
13 Feb Weeknotes #155 — Echo
12 Feb Getting my head around ‘My first impressions of web3’
9 Feb 🎶 Our Subversive Voice
6 Feb Weeknotes #154 — Purple banner
5 Feb 📚 Why Workplace
4 Feb Paid sabbaticals at Monzo
2 Feb Resilience
30 Jan Weeknotes #153 — Return of the commute
26 Jan Thinking about proxies
23 Jan Weeknotes #152 — Expired furry thing
16 Jan Weeknotes #151 — Winter Warmer
9 Jan Weeknotes #150 — An ounce of prevention
2 Jan Weeknotes #149 — Out on the road again
2 Jan 📚 Journal of a Novel: The East of Eden Letters by John Steinbeck

2021

31 Dec 🎶 Cover song grab bag
26 Dec Weeknotes #148 — Almost normal Christmas
20 Dec Weeknotes #147 — Shortbread
12 Dec Weeknotes #146 — Positive
9 Dec 📺 The Beatles: Get Back
5 Dec Weeknotes #145 — Gigantic portions
28 Nov Weeknotes #144 — Five weeks young
21 Nov Weeknotes #143 — Owls
19 Nov Enabling everyone in hybrid meetings
18 Nov 📚 A Seat at the Table
15 Nov Weeknotes #142 — Referee!
7 Nov Weeknotes #141 — Voyage to Mars
31 Oct Weeknotes #140 — Prophesy
31 Oct Returning to the office, redux
27 Oct Creating a trans-inclusive workplace
24 Oct Weeknotes #139 — The T that you don’t want to see
17 Oct Weeknotes #138 — Random gift
13 Oct Using a LeanKit board to manage risks
10 Oct Weeknotes #137 — Mercurial World
3 Oct Weeknotes #136 — It was DNS
29 Sep The remote or office spectrum
28 Sep Where have all the grown-ups gone?
26 Sep Weeknotes #135 — Running the lines
20 Sep Weeknotes #134 — Dropped dishwasher
12 Sep Weeknotes #133 — Cycling Club
8 Sep 534 days later
5 Sep Weeknotes #132 — Cycle Silverstone
1 Sep 📺 Surviving 9/11
30 Aug Weeknotes #131 — The Great Outdoors
23 Aug Weeknotes #130 — Clitheroe and Malham
15 Aug Weeknotes #129 — Meetups
8 Aug Weeknotes #128 — Up On A Hill
2 Aug Weeknotes #127 — Loop
31 Jul 🎶 Tunes night
25 Jul Weeknotes #126 — Martha and the Vandellas
19 Jul Weeknotes #125 — Hillbuster
12 Jul Weeknotes #124 — Audax
5 Jul Weeknotes #123 — Cognitive dissonance
28 Jun Weeknotes #122 — Shorts out, jumpers in
21 Jun Weeknotes #121 — Pub
14 Jun Weeknotes #120 — Lean business case
7 Jun Weeknotes #119 — Red legs
31 May Weeknotes #118 — Sunshine, cycling and barbecues
24 May Weeknotes #117 — Golden
21 May 📚 The Year Without Pants
19 May Wins! (Or, never again having to remember what you did all year…)
17 May Weeknotes #116 — Tomato soup
10 May Weeknotes #115 — Barbershop
5 May 📚 Mr Tambourine Man
3 May Weeknotes #114 — Steve from Hemel
27 Apr An incredibly small price to pay
26 Apr Weeknotes #113 — St George’s
18 Apr Weeknotes #112 — Emilio Romagna
12 Apr Weeknotes #111 — Snow flurries
5 Apr Weeknotes #110 — Six-day weekend
29 Mar Weeknotes #109 — Foam party
22 Mar Weeknotes #108 — Hello blossom!
14 Mar Weeknotes #107 — Back to school
7 Mar Weeknotes #106 — Horse racing
4 Mar Wait…where’s the single?
28 Feb Weeknotes #105 — Giant octopus
21 Feb Weeknotes #104 — Anniversary album
20 Feb Die Da!?! Memories of MTV Europe
14 Feb Weeknotes #103 — Workshop
7 Feb Weeknotes #102 — Sooner Safer Happier
7 Feb The loveliest place on the Internet
2 Feb Exercise or sleep?
1 Feb Weeknotes #101 — Dreaming
24 Jan Weeknotes #100 — Biorhythms
18 Jan Weeknotes #99 — Rare insomnia
11 Jan Weeknotes #98 — Hierarchy of needs
4 Jan Weeknotes #97 — Retirement rehearsal

2020

28 Dec Weeknotes #96 — Never hungry
21 Dec Weeknotes #95 — Moved by music
15 Dec Weeknotes #93–94 — Dehumidifier
30 Nov Weeknotes #92 — I’ve Got My Mojo Working
23 Nov Weeknotes #90–91 — Double Diamond
17 Nov 📚 With Steinbeck in the Sea of Cortez by Audry Lynch
9 Nov Weeknotes #89 — Dizzy spells
2 Nov Weeknotes #88 — Red cross on the door
26 Oct Weeknotes #86–87 — It’s always Friday
14 Oct Are you still not going out?
12 Oct Weeknotes #85 — Breathe
6 Oct Monthnotes #84 — Milestones
6 Sep Weeknotes #83 — Network upgrade
4 Sep Today’s Bandcamp Friday purchases
2 Sep UC Today podcast
31 Aug Weeknotes #82 — Mathon
25 Aug Weeknotes #81 — Rangers
19 Aug “Yes, it really sucks.”
17 Aug Weeknotes #80 — Monthnotes, again…
16 Aug Coronavirus anxiety
20 Jul Weeknotes #78–79 — Light and shade
6 Jul Weeknotes #77 — Worn out
29 Jun Weeknotes #76 — Unlearned
22 Jun Weeknotes #75 — Taking on water
13 Jun There Are A Thousand
13 Jun Weeknotes #74 — Monthnotes
11 May Weeknotes #73 — Language matters
8 May Ed’s Not Dead ---- Hamell Comes Alive!
4 May Weeknotes #71–72 — Hurry up, we’re dreaming
20 Apr Weeknotes #69–70 — It all blends into one
6 Apr Weeknotes #68 — New job
30 Mar 🚴‍♂️ Getting started with indoor bike training
29 Mar Weeknotes #66–67 — Lockdown
26 Mar Live stream concerts
17 Mar Difficult decisions
16 Mar Weeknotes #64–65 — Pandemic
2 Mar Weeknotes #63 — Running in the family
24 Feb Weeknotes #62 — Beyond
17 Feb Weeknotes #60–61 — Storms
3 Feb Weeknotes #59 — Moving
27 Jan Weeknotes #58 — Young Voices
20 Jan Weeknotes #57 — Furrowed glabella
14 Jan Weeknotes #56 — All good things…
6 Jan Weeknotes #55 — Forty-three

2019

29 Dec Weeknotes #54 — Christmas
28 Dec 🎧 A baker’s dozen of the moment
23 Dec Weeknotes #53 — They’re behind you!
19 Dec The best album I’ve heard this year
15 Dec Weeknotes #52 — Another naan bites the dust
8 Dec Weeknotes #51 — Power steering
3 Dec Everything ~~old~~ new is ~~new~~ old again
2 Dec Weeknotes #50 — Of Mice and Men
27 Nov 23 days
24 Nov Yearnotes 2019
23 Nov Snowpoet @ Green Note
15 Nov The prisoner’s dilemma of tactical voting
13 Nov New plane
27 Oct Rhythm Nation
27 Aug Thoughts on a two-week holiday in California
25 Jul A new government
7 Jun Album Club #100
19 Jan Chris Grey: A dangerous political void
17 Jan Keeping a ScanSnap going on macOS Mojave
15 Jan Weeknotes #49 — The days are long but the years are short
2 Jan The discipline of a blank piece of paper

2018

31 Dec Simon Ricketts
18 Dec Weeknotes #47–48 — Ask me again
4 Dec Weeknotes #45–46 — Extravaganza
19 Nov Weeknotes #43–44 — Rallying
5 Nov Weeknotes #41–42 — Determined
22 Oct Weeknotes #39–40 — March
21 Oct An email to David Gauke
12 Oct Vinyl explorations
10 Oct Energy use, externalities and climate change
8 Oct Weeknote #38 — Evening classes
6 Oct On-boarding new school governors
5 Oct Goodbye Path
1 Oct Weeknote #37 — Never a dull moment
24 Sep Weeknote #36 — You can’t get there from here
22 Sep Chas
17 Sep Weeknote #35 — Jozi redux
10 Sep Weeknote #34 — Autumn Leaves
3 Sep Weeknote #33 — New routines
1 Sep It’s all relative
27 Aug Weeknote #32 — Back to work
26 Aug Alcohol and the perception of risk
24 Aug Sustainable profits, not revenue
21 Aug Debugging images in a WordPress upload via Ulysses
21 Aug Weeknotes #30–31 — Holiday Road
6 Aug Weeknote #29 — Night Time is the Right Time
30 Jul Weeknote #28 — Milkshake
23 Jul Weeknote #27 — Smallfoot
16 Jul Weeknote #26 — Half-year, results
13 Jul Behind The Mask
9 Jul Weeknote #25 — Barbecues
2 Jul Weeknote #24 — High track temperatures
25 Jun Weeknote #23 — Thought You Knew
16 Jun Weeknote #22 — Johannesburg
11 Jun Weeknote #21 — Curb your enthusiasm
3 Jun Weeknote #20 — Say No Go
27 May Weeknote #19 — Night on my side
20 May Weeknote #18 — Gasps
13 May Weeknote #17 — Almost Falling Down
7 May Weeknote #16 — 40,000 Days A Week
29 Apr Weeknote #15 — Back on track
22 Apr Weeknote #14 — Trough
14 Apr Weeknote #13 — An everlasting gobstopper
7 Apr Weeknote #12 — Turning a corner
31 Mar Weeknote #11 — Twenty times their own height
25 Mar Weeknote #10 — Report of animals
17 Mar Weeknote #9 — Minimum viable kettle
11 Mar Weeknote #8 — Overflow
7 Mar Euston Square Museum of Art
2 Mar Weeknote #7 — One day at a time
28 Feb Rules to live by
24 Feb Weeknote #6 — Trying to see it all
20 Feb Antisocial
17 Feb Weeknote #5 — Winning and collaborating
10 Feb Weeknote #4 — NDAs
4 Feb Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes
3 Feb Weeknote #3
27 Jan Weeknote #2
21 Jan Snapchat Snapstreaks
20 Jan Weeknotes #1
20 Jan Jenson Button — Life To The Limit
17 Jan New host

2017

31 Dec A year of being sober
2 Dec Unintended consequences
7 Nov Something is wrong on the internet
27 Oct F1: Truly astonishing
25 Oct The Punch Escrow
14 Oct Recruiting school governors
12 Oct Not Quite Paradise
12 Oct Spark
5 Oct Postlight’s birthday
29 Sep The best night of the month
26 Sep The trouble with hosting your own
24 Sep A minute of your time, please
23 Sep To Sir, With Love
9 Sep The Devil In The Flesh
9 Sep Elephant Complex: Travels in Sri Lanka
30 Jun Time for a change
25 Jun A little respect
8 Jun Mary MacLane
1 May No Other
15 Feb Response hierarchy

2016

13 Nov The magical Internet, making connections and asking the right questions
9 Oct Building an eBook library at minimal cost
25 May Britsoft
25 Feb Democracy theatre

2015

26 Nov What does a project manager need to know?
24 Nov Hertfordshire Governor Conference 2015
18 Jul Podcasts
11 Jun Of project portfolios and an uncertain future
6 Jun What a ride
26 May In Luxembourg, 400 miles in!
24 May Two days in
19 May Barriers, forms and looking after your customers
18 May Training is done…now for the Ride
1 May Back on track, ramping it up
20 Apr A setback
1 Apr Come ride with me, let’s ride, let’s ride away…
25 Mar This Corrosion
13 Mar Raising confident, competent children
11 Mar Worth training just to earn one of these
6 Mar New brakes please
24 Feb An ‘early-season’ century…from hell
19 Feb Makeshift front wheel block (thanks kids!)
19 Feb As good a place as any to get some miles in
12 Feb Edgware RC Reliability Ride
30 Jan No time to go out
28 Jan Making Strava last on a long bike ride
19 Jan Harp Hilly Hundred
17 Jan Ice and snow
14 Jan First turbo session of the year…
14 Jan Unplanned maintenance
11 Jan Training starts here

2014

18 Nov On Microsoft Project
13 Nov On Christmas
4 Nov Plunging into ABBA
1 Nov The Art of the Brick
31 Oct The joy of Readmill
2 Oct Ten books that have stayed with me
15 Sep Children and technology
21 Jun Record sales as a temporary blip

2013

11 Feb Gerard Venes, 1963-2013

2011

14 May James Alexander Doran, 1920-2011

2009

1 Jun Stag weekend in Cardiff

2008

17 Dec Final year project
9 Jul St Albans clock tower
2 Jul Visitors from NYC
26 Mar What do you do when you spot another blogger?

2007

18 Dec Thanks
13 Nov Rock, paper, scissors
3 Jul Addicted to Facebook
1 Jun Almost nine weeks on
2 Apr New addition
26 Mar The Rex…of Cyprus?
24 Mar Unfair budget
17 Mar Three days to go…
17 Mar Another long night
21 Feb Four weeks to go
21 Feb Another congratulations!
17 Feb Congratulations!
5 Feb David O’Doherty
3 Feb Morgan Freeman in The Seven Samurai (well, almost…)
28 Jan Eight weeks until we meet our bump
28 Jan Turning 30 on New Year’s Eve
18 Jan A windy day in London
18 Jan Baby countdown
18 Jan Disclaimer
13 Jan A new Apple Crumble
11 Jan A whole new world
10 Jan Test post from Pocket SharpMT

2006

7 Dec Extreme Ironing
7 Dec Baby update
25 Nov How to stop being nagged by autoupdate in Windows
22 Nov Young @ Heart
18 Nov Fancy a plot of your own in Berkhamsted?
12 Nov Backside firework prank backfires
12 Nov Fame at last!
3 Nov Badgers!
29 Oct Run, Fat Boy, Run
28 Oct Ripoff salad
24 Sep BookCrossing
22 Sep Stock car racing
21 Sep USB rechargable batteries
19 Sep Speeding idiots
18 Sep Not flying short haul
17 Sep We’re having a baby!
3 Sep Rob Newman’s History of Oil
3 Sep Hotel reviews
7 Aug Return of the deer
6 Aug Grim front garden
6 Aug The Moon
6 Aug Jenson Button wins in Hungary!
6 Aug Coverville
2 Aug Easy computer assistance across the web
29 Jul Garden changes
15 Jul Chloe Catling Cycle Challenge 2006
15 Jul Broken lift
15 Jul Strange advert
15 Jul Lights out in Essex
15 Jul Once upon a time. not too long ago…
11 Jul In The Attic
22 Jun Dodgy skip
19 Jun From Soho down to Brighton…
23 May Train arrivals
21 May World Cup fixtures for Outlook
17 May Another great bike ride around Berkhamsted
16 May The wrong guy on BBC News 24
15 May Colley’s got a blog!
14 May Chinese Backstreet Boys
14 May Antenna
14 May Sony Ericsson W800i – not all it’s cracked up to be
5 May I woke up in Milton Keynes
29 Apr Cycle for Cystic Fibrosis
29 Apr Bringing an old Pocket PC back to life
25 Apr The loudest tears on the way home
13 Apr The Project Management Podcast
9 Apr Jez Hodge, superstar
9 Apr Why do submarines have red lights?
8 Apr Is there a word for using a metaphor about the thing itself?
5 Apr Cycle for Cystic Fibrosis
1 Apr ‘Insect bite’ was cancer
28 Mar Wiggly wigglers have arrived!
23 Mar Photos of Kerala are up
18 Mar Holiday in Kerala
19 Feb New job
19 Feb Deer in the garden
5 Feb Garden update
17 Jan Moving from Finchley to Berkhamsted
15 Jan Boys night out in Berko
10 Jan Is this Britain’s most beautiful cinema?
9 Jan Vince Kong meets King Kong
9 Jan Some serious munchies
9 Jan Online Etymology dictionary
9 Jan Project management resources
7 Jan Learning to garden
5 Jan Baited breath
3 Jan Santas at work
3 Jan UK house price checker
3 Jan More New York City shots
1 Jan Happy New Year

2005

29 Dec Christmas over again for another year!
29 Dec Will’s and Alice’s wedding
8 Dec Excessive packaging
8 Dec Broomball again
7 Dec Christmas tree
30 Nov Broomball
30 Nov 90 days with no trial?
29 Nov Public domain movie torrents
29 Nov Work party
21 Nov Gorgeous winter walk
9 Nov Critical Mass
6 Nov Dharma Trails
6 Nov Recent comments feed
6 Nov Bonfire night in Lewes
4 Nov Christmas party fancy dress
3 Nov Not the best day revisited…
3 Nov Doughnut
30 Oct Back in NYC
19 Oct Not the best day
17 Oct The Daily Show on the 7 July attacks
13 Oct New mobile
11 Oct Separated at birth?
10 Oct Doran, USA
10 Oct Amusing printer messages
9 Oct Turkish holiday
20 Sep Now that’s what I call a great summary
19 Sep Panoramas
19 Sep Office Monkey
18 Sep Bollywood season coming to Channel 4
18 Sep Stuart’s birthday meal
15 Sep More photos uploaded
9 Sep Ashes on the desktop
9 Sep Where to go on holiday?
7 Sep Test post from Flickr
25 Aug 2005 Weekend to Breakthrough Breast Cancer
24 Aug Airliners.net
21 Aug A couple of blog changes
20 Aug Biking
20 Aug OnOneMap.com – fantastic use of Google Maps
20 Aug Busy, busy, busy…
14 Jul Plastic wrapping machines
12 Jul JP Morgan Chase Corporate Challenge cancelled…again!
12 Jul Problem at work with Business Objects
8 Jul Yesterday in London
7 Jul Blasts hit London
6 Jul Bizarre spam
5 Jul The Magic Roundabout (Hemel Hempstead)
1 Jul Snail carnage
27 Jun Berkhamsted webcam
25 Jun The pubs of Berkhamsted
22 Jun One person’s junk is another person’s treasure
22 Jun Tom Cruise all wet in London
20 Jun F1 at Indianapolis
16 Jun Impact Tours
14 Jun Skyped-up
12 Jun Alcohol-free beer
12 Jun Dell X1
12 Jun Plumbing trouble
11 Jun Button takes pole in Canada!
9 Jun Duck on the rooooof!
8 Jun The ducks of Bridgewater Road
30 May The Rex Cinema
21 May Solar panels on wind turbines
19 May Update
26 Apr Moved!
17 Apr We’re moving!
9 Apr London Underground song
4 Apr Chase Challenge 2005
1 Apr Cisco merges with Nabisco
1 Apr Look, no hands!
30 Mar Cakes and biscuits
29 Mar All up and running
28 Mar Comments are down
28 Mar Blog upgrade
21 Mar Sleepy on the tube
20 Mar Carpet twin
20 Mar Gone wireless
15 Mar PDF concatenation
28 Feb Fun with Google searches
20 Feb On the market
20 Feb India
3 Feb Georgie Fame at Ronnie Scott’s
23 Jan The Red Shoes
20 Jan GMail
20 Jan Tube signal
18 Jan Clown music
16 Jan The Power of Nightmares
16 Jan Tube maps
15 Jan Vera Drake
13 Jan Mappr!
9 Jan Left-handed nuggets
6 Jan Unsecured webcams
4 Jan The Rough Guide to A Better World
3 Jan TrainTaxi!
2 Jan What’s That Song?
2 Jan Merry New Year!

2004