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Random thoughts on life

  • My proudest development moment

    My proudest development moment

    6 years ago, I left the head office at Boots after nearly 30 in their IT department. I’ve not really spoken about my time there – some of it was being wary of “speaking bad” of a past employer but some of it was, genuinely, PTSD. A lot of my time there was not great.

    But it’s time to change that because, like it or not, what happened has shaped me as a person, and I have a lot of stories to tell, good and bad.

    Today I want to write about one of the proudest moment as a developer.

    Please bear in mind that this was 30 years ago – this is to the best of my recollection and some of the information may be hazy or, unintentionally, wrong.

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  • Does chocolate affect singing?

    Does chocolate affect singing?

    Back in 2016 I wrote an article about the apparent truth that coffee, and caffeine in general, affects a singing voice.

    Well, now, having been told numerous times the same about chocolate, it’s time to explore this one too. So, does chocolate affect a singing voice?

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  • Yeah. That me.

    Yeah. That me.

    I recently saw on Instagram the following, labelled as “Kids who grew up feeling lonely may become adults who…”.

    I feel seen.

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  • A Christmas story: a book, a frame, my wife and a courier

    A Christmas story: a book, a frame, my wife and a courier

    My wife loves books. She loves Agatha Christie. And she loves pictures on the wall. So what could be better than to combine then all?

    A company named Spineless Classics sells a number of prints that are made up of the words from classic books. Seeing they had A Murder on the Orient Express, I thought it would make the ideal present.

    But things did not go smoothly.

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  • What’s on my desk? 2022 edition!

    What’s on my desk? 2022 edition!

    A year later and more desk changes! I took the opportunity of my sabbatical this year to move things around, particularly on the walls, whilst also removing a number of things from the desk itself. Add to that some new tech and it’s a different workspace for 2022.

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