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Today's Jam It's just that kind of day 😁
Read more →30 Jul 2026 -
Thoughts ⛏️One of the things I find the most frustrating is watching someone use the wrong tool for the task. It's a personal thing I know but wow, it is irritating.
Read more →21 Jul 2026 -
Thoughts ⛏️Back into playing a little Minecraft Links Today's Jam
Read more →10 Jul 2026 -
Links This is absolutely epic. You can hear the co-presenter completely losing it off camera. The presenter had to be questioning their life choices at some point.
Read more →9 Jul 2026 -
Thoughts 🥵 The heat is more than annoying at this point.
Read more →8 Jul 2026 -
Thoughts ⚽️ I've never been a big fan of the USMNT (I'm a full on supporter of the USWNT!). I'm still not a fan of USMNT, specially after their red card "suspension". I feel like their result against Belgium was what…
Read more →7 Jul 2026 -
Thoughts 🪚 Spent a fair amount of time doing woodworking over the weekend. Mostly making more "tools". I first made a DIY tracksaw which is super helpful. Then also started on a very basic shooting board. 🪚 Also…
Read more →6 Jul 2026 -
Links 📖 Created a new tool for my own personal use today https://readings.concertman.uk. It's amazing how we can create new tools so easily now and at such a low cost.
Read more →19 Jun 2026 -
Thoughts 🌡️ Heatwaves in UK just hit differently than the heatwaves I grew up with in Kansas.
Read more →18 Jun 2026 -
Thoughts Yeah it's been a while. I was off on holiday for a bit. We went up to Scotland which was a great get away. I did some hiking as well. I'll post some photos of that soonish. It's WWDC day!
Read more →8 Jun 2026 -
Thoughts 🎸 Finally spent some more time over the weekend working on my hand built guitar. Planed it a bit more and then started cutting away the extra. It's all being done with hand tools to everything takes a bit…
Read more →18 May 2026 -
Thoughts 👷♂️ Lots of work to do. I feel like I'm working two full time jobs. It's a lot of mental load. 🎮 I've been toying with the idea of getting back in to World of Warcraft. It's been a few years since I've…
Read more →12 May 2026 -
Thoughts 🤢 IBS sucks. Just figured out another thing I'm not able to eat. 🚅 The Uber for tains advertisement is super annoying. It feels like an example of how entitled people are.
Read more →11 May 2026 -
Thoughts 🧺 My home office is a mess. It's really just been a catch all for all my stuff that doesn't have a place in the rest of the house. I really want to do a complete remodel of my office but that's going to come a…
Read more →8 May 2026 -
Thoughts 😵💫 It's been a few days. We've had family visiting from the US so all my mental energy has been spent on that. My sister and brother-in-law were here and my parents came over with them. I was mostly trying…
Read more →7 May 2026 -
Thoughts Last week was brutal. So much I had to do and wasn't feeling well for most of it. Anyway This week has been a bit better because there hasn't been as much to do but work has been crazy busy. 🎶 I just…
Read more →17 Apr 2026 -
Garbage post
Show date: 28 March 2026 Venue: The Royal Albert Hall Setlist The last time I saw Garbage live had to have been around 2001-2002 at the Uptown Theater in Kansas City. Some 25 years later they are still going as strong…
Read more →4 Apr 2026 -
Placebo post
Show date: 28 March 2026 Venue: The Royal Albert Hall Setlist Honestly, there was only one song I wanted to hear Placebo play and they didn't play it. While disappointing, they really did put on a great performance. You…
Read more →4 Apr 2026 -
Thoughts 🚀 Really cool watching the Artemis launch last night. Looking forward to seeing the cool things they do during this mission. 🎸🎤 Went to see Placebo and Garbage at The Royal Albert Hall the other night. Blog…
Read more →2 Apr 2026 -
Thoughts 🧠 I'm at the point (actually way past it) that I don't care what most people think about anything. Unless I know someone personally then I'm not concerned with their opinion about anything. 😣 I think part of…
Read more →30 Mar 2026 -
Today's Jam It's a ska day!
Read more →25 Mar 2026 -
Today's Jam 🎶🧌 I've falling down the rabbit whole on YouTube of Gwar covering covering different pop songs. It started with them covering Pink Pony Club. I'm not going to post a link because I want you to ruin…
Read more →24 Mar 2026 -
Thoughts 🧠 Didn't do much thinking last week. Mostly just "doing". keeping busy 🤖 We are going to be entering into an age of completely personalised software here soon. I've already done some very custom websites and…
Read more →23 Mar 2026 -
Thoughts 🎤 Updated my concert listing page today. I need to spend some time going through the calender and see if there's anything I'd like to go see. 🎭 I should do something similar for the theatre as well. Not sure…
Read more →11 Mar 2026 -
Thoughts 🎸 I really want to get back into my guitar building but since my woodworking shop is open air, it's still just been too wet/cold 😞 Links 🔗 https://blog.fsck.com/2026/03/09/superpowers-5/ I'm really…
Read more →10 Mar 2026 -
Thoughts 🦷 So turns out the tooth pain was an infection. That was not fun. The drugs are working now though so I'm feeling a lot better.
Read more →9 Mar 2026 -
Thoughts 🦷 Tooth pain is never fun. Specially when you can't get into your dentist to have them actually address it for another month. 😖 I think I need to go see my physio again. I've managed to tweak my shoulder/neck…
Read more →5 Mar 2026 -
Thoughts We've finally had some non-rainy days!!! Woohoo! Today's Jam Both these tracks go so hard.
Read more →26 Feb 2026 -
Thoughts Not much in the way of thinking today. Links https://concerts.lynnandtonic.com - This work is amazing. It's inspired me to do something special with my concert posts.
Read more →25 Feb 2026 -
TIL Ghostscript can make PDFs really tiny! I'd never actually heard of it before. Thoughts Trying a new format for the daily thoughts, as well as trying to keep up the daily thoughts. I hate being in shopping…
Read more →20 Feb 2026 -
I'm just opening a new document at the start of my day (at least when I sit down at my computer) and updating it throughout the day as I think about new things to share. Oh hello February. January felt like 3 months…
Read more →19 Feb 2026 -
2025 Reading Recap post
I've done my music recap for the year so now it's time for my reading overview. I do a lot of my reading through the Books app on my iPad but not everything. So while this is fairly accurate, it doesn't cover…
Read more →29 Dec 2025 -
2025 Music Recap post
It's that time of the year. Everyone is sharing their end of year lists and recaps. I'm no different. Starting with minutes listened: 17,411 minutes That's about 12 days. 1,267 different artists Top artist: Taylor…
Read more →27 Dec 2025 -
Yeah, looks like it's been a few weeks since posting the latest. So I've had the last week off and am off work for the rest of the year. This, of course, has given me time to catch up on a lot of tasks from outside my…
Read more →18 Dec 2025 -
Weeknote - 13 Oct. post
A busy, but also not, week? Maybe I'll just classify it as mentally busy. I think I've finally gotten a system for posting "tweets" directly from my phone while on the move. It's basically a combination of Shortcuts,…
Read more →19 Oct 2025 -
Weeknote - 6 Oct. post
Weeknotes are popular on the indie web. So... When in Rome... Not too much happening. I hadn't felt too great this week and finally on Friday I just needed to rest and take the day off. Had a wonderful birthday dinner…
Read more →10 Oct 2025 -
Update post
Usually after I haven't posted in a while I start with something that acknowledges the fact with some kind of statement saying I'm going to try and do more posting. Whatever. Really, it is what it is. I'll post when I…
Read more →4 Oct 2025 -
Public Enemy post
Show date: 27 June 2025 Venue: Royal Albert Hall Setlist This was everything I want from a show. Great music, great production, great showmanship, great venue. It was all there. Overall this was a top show which I…
Read more →30 Jun 2025 -
Nine Inch Nails post
Show date: 18 June 2025 Venue: O2 Arena Setlist This show might just have proven that I'm now too old to be on the floor in a show that might turn into a mosh pit (is that term still used?). Even so I held my ground and…
Read more →30 Jun 2025 -
The Swell Season post
Show date: 28 May 2025 Venue: Southbank Centre, Royal Festival Hall Setlist My main experience with The Swell Season was seeing the movie Once. I was really impressed by the show. Glen and Markéta are great songwriters…
Read more →28 Jun 2025 -
Lido Festival post
Show date: 6 June 2025 Venue: Victoria Park HUNNY HUNNY was good. She's got a very R&B vibe. Good stuff. I actually ran into her later on in the festival and she was so nice. I hope she continues to do well! Tirzah…
Read more →28 Jun 2025 -
Spring Update post
General And two months later I finally post something new. It's been a bit disjointed lately and posting to the blog has been a bit 'out of sight, out of mind'. Also there are some changes I want to make to the blog but…
Read more →5 May 2025 -
Killer rock track.
Read more →18 Feb 2025 -
RSS Update post
If you just got a ton of my old posts showing up in your RSS reader then I apologise. You might have already seen that images haven't shown up in my previous post in the RSS feed and I was trying to fix that. While…
Read more →16 Feb 2025 -
There's not much to choose from for January.
Read more →15 Feb 2025 -
Better late than never right?
Read more →15 Feb 2025 -
Duke Ellington. What's left to say?
Read more →3 Feb 2025 -
Today's Jam post
How am I only hearing this track for the first time!? I certainly had to listen through a few times before moving on. It's not everyone's jam but I'm all about this.
Read more →20 Jan 2025 -
The "last" one post
I've deleted my Facebook account, I've abandoned my Twitter account, I haven't used MySpace since Tom was in everyone's top 8 spaces. I use BeReal, but mostly because I have a personal streak going on there and I like…
Read more →20 Jan 2025 -
Air Drums post
If you’re not playing air drums when the beat drops on this track then you should rethink your life choices.
Read more →17 Jan 2025 -
Today's jam post
This track just hits different. Right from when the beat drops with the guitar. It's just on another level.
Read more →6 Jan 2025 -
Now fewer megabytes! post
Christ is born! Glorify Him! Happy New Year! The other day, while working on my website, I noticed that the total output size of my site was getting close to 1GB. Of course it was photos that was taking up all the…
Read more →1 Jan 2025 -
Music Overview 2024 post
So let's jump into the music overview now. I've told you I'm a Swiftie. So Taylor takes the Top Artist spot this year (again). Here's more of a breakdown... Between Wicked, Frozen, and Rent, Idina Menzel has worked…
Read more →31 Dec 2024 -
So I read 30 books this year (There were more that I didn't read on my iPad but I can't remember which ones). I'm not going to review each of them but here are some of my personal "awards". Favourite: Ink & Sigil…
Read more →31 Dec 2024 -
Updated Now page post
I've also updated my Now page. Go check it out.
Read more →26 Dec 2024 -
Yeah it's been almost a month but I'm still getting these posted before the end of the month! From our holiday in Nice, France I attended the 2024 Audio Developers Conference in Bristol this year. My favourite talk was…
Read more →26 Dec 2024 -
Weird state post
It's that weird time of year. Between Christmas and New Years. Fortunately, we don't have any engagements that require us to leave the house. Unfortunately, I've managed to stack up quiet the work load of tasks that…
Read more →26 Dec 2024 -
Get ready post
I've been neglecting my blog over the last couple of months. Of course with the holiday coming up and having plenty of time off work, with nothing else planned, I'm going to put some focus back on it. So get ready to…
Read more →20 Dec 2024 -
Now Updating post
So I just updated my Now page. I've been wondering if I should include these other pages (i.e. Now, About, Books) in my RSS feed when they update. Maybe I will just for the fun of it. I'll have to do some research on…
Read more →1 Nov 2024 -
I'm on holiday so I'm just going to go ahead and jump into posting my favourite photos for October.
Read more →1 Nov 2024 -
Wow, I didn't take very many photos in September. In fact there's only one that is really "shareable". Anyway, enjoy this photo of a bit of a rainbow over east London.
Read more →31 Oct 2024 -
Holiday Illness post
I've been a bit on edge during our current holiday. Last year, half way into our trip I came down with COVID. (We are still maskers, mostly on public transit so that made it even more frustrating.) In previous years…
Read more →31 Oct 2024 -
Lots going on I guess. Or I just for get to blog more like it. Since I haven't created a way to post from my phone or iPad that I'm happy with yet I have to force myself to sit at my computer and type when I want to…
Read more →30 Oct 2024 -
Start with Day 1 of this walk Pembrokeshire Coastal Path: Saundersfoot to Manorbier Let's just cut to the chase: Day 2 of this walk was brutal. We ended up cutting it short. It was still beautiful and a great walk but I…
Read more →14 Sept 2024 -
We took a trip to Kansas City last month. My photos all came from that. We didn't really get out much other than that. Growing up in Kansas this was a common sight. Just driving to a town with a mall involved 30 minutes…
Read more →1 Sept 2024 -
Book updates post
While I'm updating the site today I might as well update my reading list. I'd like to automate this more (as would I like to for a lot of things on this site, but that's for another time.). It would be nice to just do a…
Read more →31 Aug 2024 -
July photos. Just getting them in before the end of August. All from our Pembrokeshire coast walk.
Read more →31 Aug 2024 -
I had mentioned at the beginning of the year that I had wanted to do some serious walks and hikes this year. I had the goal of walking 1000 miles this year. Well that was a bit, well..., ambitious to say the least. I've…
Read more →3 Aug 2024 -
July updates post
A couple of updates to the site... I finished reading The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchet so click on the link to read my thoughts. I've also updated my Now page. I really want to figure out how to get rid of the…
Read more →13 Jul 2024 -
I didn't take many photos this month. At least ones that I'm going to share because most of the ones I've taken were part of our church's annual festival.You can see a small selection of those here. My first general…
Read more →7 Jul 2024 -
Sometimes I don't agree with some policy of a group I'm a part of. Sometimes when I don't agree with said policy, I go kicking around bushes to make it known that said policy is dumb. Sometimes there are metaphorical…
Read more →24 Jun 2024 -
Continuing the trend of favourite photos from the month that I've taken, here's a selection from May. Pascha! Christ is risen! Not so much that this is a great photo but it represents that our kitchen remodel is…
Read more →18 Jun 2024 -
Euro-football post
Today in random football matches to watch. Northern Ireland v. Andorra live on YouTube. A UEFA friendly. To say I'm not expecting much out of this match would be an understatement. On the flip side, YouTube has had a…
Read more →11 Jun 2024 -
Happy Keynote Day! post
Happy WWDC Keynote day to all who celebrate!
Read more →10 Jun 2024 -
Books post
I spent a large part of the day working on a new part of my site. I'm not listing all the books I've read starting at the beginning of this year. I've also added a breif little review (but don't expect anything hugely…
Read more →1 Jun 2024 -
Well May turned in to a bit of a blur, and looking back I'm not sure where it all went. I'm currently looking through my photos for the month and after my trip to the West Ham match there's not much there. Just a random…
Read more →1 Jun 2024 -
Firsts and Lasts post
It was my first Premier League football match. My first time in London Stadium. George Earthy's first Premier League goal. The last West Ham United home match of 23/24 David Moyes' last home match as manager of West Ham…
Read more →17 May 2024 -
So here's a collection of my favourite photos I've taken from the month of April.
Read more →9 May 2024 -
Portishead post
Ever since university my all time favourite band has been Portishead. Around that time I was recording and touring with my own band and Portishead was a huge influence on our sound and what we wanted to be like. I've…
Read more →8 May 2024 -
British chaos post
It has got to be one of the most British things ever to describe as scene as total chaos and then show a video like the one in this article 🤣 'Chaos' as gaggle of Egyptian geese delays trains
Read more →26 Apr 2024 -
New typeface post
I decided to just go ahead and do it and update the site to use Atkinson Hyperlegible Font. I'm really liking it. It's very clean. I've also made a few changes to the link styles while I'm at it with inspiration from…
Read more →23 Apr 2024 -
Random update post
It's been a busy past few days. Nothing specific but just a lot of random little things. And the rest of this week is going to be the same. And next week as well. And the kitchen is still being remodelled. And I'm…
Read more →23 Apr 2024 -
Count Binface post
Count Binface, and previously Lord Buckethead, have been part of the political landscape of the UK for many years now. Of course Count Binface is standing for London Mayor this year, and I've got to say, I do relate and…
Read more →18 Apr 2024 -
The absolute worst thing about having our kitchen remodelled is that we had to move the cat's litter box to the upstairs hallway. It's right outside our bedroom door. It stinks. A lot. 🤢🤮
Read more →16 Apr 2024 -
ZSH history post
I was trying to keep this blog from being all about tech stuff but this was just too good not to share. If you spend a lot of time in the terminal then this might help you as well. It's been a huge improvement for me.…
Read more →11 Apr 2024 -
Cute London post
Yesterday we had a little family outing and lunch. We went to visit the Cute Exhibition at Somerset House. In short it was equal parts overwhelming and underwhelming. Upon entering the queue to have your ticket scanned…
Read more →4 Apr 2024 -
Weeknote post
It's been a busy and disjointed week. I've had a lot going on at work and had to play catch up in a few places. Here in the UK we have Good Friday and the Monday after Easter. Part of what is making the days a bit…
Read more →31 Mar 2024 -
Young MC post
This has got to be one of the most underrated hiphop albums. So many hits in one place.
Read more →25 Mar 2024 -
John Mayer post
As my domain name might suggest, I like everything to do with live music. Tuesday night Mary was suppose to go see John Mayer at the O2 Arena in London with a friend of hers. Unfortunately her friend was unwell and…
Read more →23 Mar 2024 -
Kitchen remodel post
This is how yesterday started. This is how yesterday ended.
Read more →19 Mar 2024 -
Minecraft post
I've never been much of a gamer. I don't have the hand eye coordination to be any good at video games. I did get into World of Warcraft for a while when I was playing with friends from work. That was really fun. The…
Read more →17 Mar 2024 -
New typeface post
I'm trying out a new typeface on my site. The previous one was just a bit too rounded and I didn't really like it. I've started using FiraCode. I've been using this typeface as my default in whatever code editor I'm…
Read more →13 Mar 2024 -
There are jobs that I just don't have the mental, physical, or emotional fortitude to deal with. The above are photos of someone performing one of those jobs. I'm glad we all have different skills and abilities!
Read more →7 Mar 2024 -
If you have your bag sitting on a seat it is a certainty that I'm going to try and sit there. I seek out those seats 😂. I will even wake you up from your pretend slumber and ask you to move your bag so I can sit…
Read more →5 Mar 2024 -
There was a lot I wanted to write about over the last month, but when it came down to it I just didn't have the energy to sit down and write it. I've got a lot of drafts for posts but Just didn't have the drive to do…
Read more →1 Mar 2024 -
European travel post
I love train travel. It's faster than driving. There's much more personal space than flying. The views are often very scenic. It's usually less stressful. Usually. So we are in Tarragona Spain this week. It's school…
Read more →14 Feb 2024 -
Back catalog post
I decided to start working my way through some of my iTunes collection that isn't on streaming services. The first one that came up was Humanistic by Abandoned Pools. I was surprised I couldn't find this album on any…
Read more →6 Feb 2024 -
Now post
I've added a new page to the site called Now. It's based on the idea shared here. I actually ended up writing more there than I expected and maybe I should turn some of the topics there into posts. I probably will at…
Read more →4 Feb 2024 -
Prettier RSS post
So I'm really liking following blogs via RSS (I always have). But a lot of the bloggers that I follow have spent a lot of time really working on the design of their site. With RSS all of that is lost. I've seen some…
Read more →31 Jan 2024 -
Weekly update post
So it seems like weekly updates have been working with my current pace of life. I can sit on the couch on Sunday afternoon watching a replay of Match of the Day from the previous day (today's is highlights from the 4th…
Read more →28 Jan 2024 -
Workspace post
As part of my effort to build more habits doing the things I enjoy doing (in this case writing music), I'm trying to create spaces that help me. Right now I don't have a computer of my own that I can use for "studio"…
Read more →21 Jan 2024 -
Dark mode About page Navigation bar I've been using my Saturdays to spend time upgrading the blog. It wasn't my intention. I was planning to work more on music and have that be my creative outlet. But this has been…
Read more →20 Jan 2024 -
New mindless swiping post
MapSwipe MapSwipe harnesses the collective strength of volunteers to actively contribute to geospatial data projects. From identifying infrastructure to tracking environmental changes and validating map data,…
Read more →16 Jan 2024 -
January post
Why does January take up a quarter of the year?
Read more →10 Jan 2024 -
I didn't mean for this blog to be all about the creation of the blog and the technicals but adding these posts helps me test things out. So with that in mind, for now, there will be a number of posts that just contain…
Read more →7 Jan 2024 -
Adding a post with a photo is event more annoying because the way ive got things set up right now, the only way to add a photo to a repo on GitHub is to do it through their web ui. Which on mobile os a bit cumbersome.…
Read more →6 Jan 2024 -
First mobile post post
So in making this new blog I wanted something that I could use to replace what I used to use twitter for which was usually just spouting random nonsense out. But I wanted to be able to do it on a mobile device. Doing…
Read more →6 Jan 2024 -
There's a culture of walking in the UK. Not just around town or getting from point A to B but to get out and enjoy the country side. I've been getting into the culture a bit. The magazines, the apps, the community. I…
Read more →1 Jan 2024 -
Why a new blog post
So there are some aspects of social media that I'm missing. I feel like I have things I want to say but I'm not sure who (if anyone) wants to hear them and where should I post them. I've been getting more into…
Read more →30 Dec 2023 -
First test post for getting auto deployment to Cloudflare Pages working.
Read more →30 Dec 2023 -
So I'm trying to do the blog thing again. This time though I'm going to focus on short posts that I can post from anywhere. Right now I've got it set up using eleventy
Read more →29 Dec 2023 -
So I've been wanting to set up my own website for a while now. I want to put a number of things on there. Stuff I've learned. Stuff I'm not sure about. And just general ramblings. So will this work? Probably. Let's give…
Read more →17 May 2020 -
Radkey post
More music. This time from my second home town of Kansas City.
Read more →17 Feb 2015 -
This is blowing my mind right now.
Read more →13 Feb 2014 -
Journal beginning post
Here begins my journal of thoughts, code, and general stuff I've been thinking about. Expect this to evolve over time as I play with the design and try out new things. In my quest to write cleaner code I've come across…
Read more →10 Feb 2014