Category: Thoughts

  • Directing our energies

    2012-12-19

    I can’t help but think that, if all the Instagram rage (including my own) was actually, say, poverty rage or climate change rage or… Hmm.

  • Open Source vs Commercial Off-the-Shelf Software

    2012-10-11

    I think the key difference between open-source and proprietary (closed-source) software isn't openness, documentation, flexibility, or cost. It's that people who write OpenSource software give a damn. They care.

  • The West Swindon Forum

    2011-09-13

    Local politics isn't massively exciting, but it is important. Get involved if you can!

  • Celebration or Convenience?

    2011-06-10

    It now seems that it's my responsibility to publish the fact that it's my birthday. This is a new piece of knowledge to me. I've always assumed that people put these things in their calendars anyway. What other assumptions that I have about the world might have changed because of social media?

  • I’m a PHP Expert!

    2011-03-08

    OK, OK, yes, this post is partly blatent self-promotion, but it’s also a moment of honesty and a hopefully-interesting reflection on an interesting little test that I did today.

  • Going Ropeless

    2011-02-08

    All sorts of things are ‘speaking’ to me at the moment. I’m not sure if God is talking louder in this uncertain time or if I’m listening better. Last night we did a bit of TV catchup and saw the jungle episode of the BBC’s brilliant ‘Human Planet’. And while the programme as a whole […]

  • A Crisis of Identity

    2010-05-06

    Some of you may know that I’ve been contemplating “coming out” and revealing my identity, being a bit more up-front about who I am.  Here’s some more thoughts on the subject.

  • Local Travel Plan 3

    2010-03-06

    A few notes before I start this post, and hope it doesn’t turn into a rant. I’m really sorry that I’m turning into a transport geek/bore. I think the LTPs are a good thing. I know one of our council transport people a little and she’s brilliant, hard working, and very good at what she […]