Category: Misc
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My favourite local ride
My favourite local ride is short but varied. It begins in urban Chesterfield before quickly reaching quiet countryside on the edge of the Peak District National Park. Along the way there are steep climbs and fast descents, cycle paths and busy roads, and even a serene stretch along the canal towpath. Starting at the railway…
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Working inside and out
Remote work means I could work anywhere. Most days I choose the same place. Occasionally, I choose not to. I like my office. It’s quiet, predictable, and set up exactly how I want it. Despite that, once a week I pack up my laptop and go somewhere else. A recent post from Henrique about his…
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Still drawing
A few weeks ago I wrote about picking up a pen and some watercolours after more than two decades of not drawing at all. Since then, I’ve kept going. As I’ve continued, I’ve noticed a few things change. I think more deliberately about which lines deserve emphasis and which can fade into suggestion. I’m also…
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Two famous Hardwick couplets
Everyone who grew up near Hardwick Hall, like I did, knows the saying Hardwick Hall, more glass than wall. Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, a contemporary of Bess It’s a playful little rhyme about Bess of Hardwick’s famous house and its numerous large windows. The windows were a status symbol in Elizabethan England. It’s…
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Reading 2025
I read 37 books from 21 different authors, 15 of the books were rereads of books I’ve read in previous years I’ve now read the nine full books of the First Law series and enjoyed every one of them. The first trilogy is still the stand-out though. I love the character arcs, the subverted expectations…
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Reading 2024
I think I read thirty nine books from twenty five different authors, though Good Reads thinks I read 41 books and has listed 39. Twelve of the books were rereads of books I’ve read in previous years, mostly the Song of Ice and Fire series and The Stormlight Archive, as I planned last year. Reading…
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Staying at Automattic
It’s been a rollercoaster couple of weeks at Automattic. Lawsuits have been filed. Colleagues have been lost . The misalignment between Automattic and WP Engine burst into the open a few weeks ago, and has escalated from there. At the root of it, is a breaking of the reciprocity norm – the moral expectation that…
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Reading 2023
I read 14,936 pages across twenty six books from fourteen authors. Four of the books were rereads of books I’ve read in previous years. I finished reading the Wheel of Time series that I started last year. I enjoyed the series as a whole. It was a bit of a slog in places though and…
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Xmas projects
Amidst the festivities, games and socialising that the christmas season brings, I had four projects lined up to take care of during the christmas break. I’ve completed two, with a third nearly done and some progress made on the fourth. The first project was the one I completed last. I’ve set up the vesa mount…
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Reading 2022
I’m inspired this year by one of my colleagues to do a little more than just a list of their books and a brief thought. I read 23,154 pages across fifty books from twenty-nine authors. 13 of the books were rereads of books I’ve read in previous years. I really enjoyed reading the Kingkiller Chronicles…
Dean Sas 