Halloween 2021
Last year was the first in many that we didn't meet up with Tom, JK, Nat, and Adrian for a Halloween of over-indulgence and board games, so I'm extremely glad that we managed to pull that back around […]
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Why compliments break brains
I have long struggled with taking compliments in certain situations. Basically, the better I know someone, the more I consider them a friend, the harder it is to get a compliment from them. […]
Tailwind adds complexity, does nothing
I've never understood the appeal of TailwindCSS. I've watched friends and colleagues get amped for it, seen their code, and just felt like it was a meaningless abstraction of the existing technology. […]
Friends, Just At A Distance
We've been in Cumbria now for more than long enough to know we didn't bring anything rotten with us. Combine that with a brief period where most people we know are currently off work (including […]
A Virtual Halloween
Halloween: the greatest time of the year. A day (or, in our household, long weekend) dedicated to celebrating movies, board games, snacks, junk food, gourd art, alcohol, costumes, friends, and the […]
Peak District Getaway
... otherwise known as the Great Vulture Failure of 2020 […]
Norwood, Caribbean, and Cards
It's a long weekend, but we hadn't planned anything special. An early invite up to Scotland with my parents felt a little too risky, but a follow-up suggestion to head over to South London to catch […]
Picnic @ Kew Gardens
We're still avoiding public transport (haven't been on a train or bus since early March at this point 🤯) so after getting an invite to see some friends we ended up walking to, around, and from Kew […]
Drumming in the Air
It's July, which means it should be time for the annual Walthamstow Garden Party festival. As the Garden Party is funded and run by the Barbican and Guild Hall groups, who are also heavily […]
Online town
Like a lot of people, at the start of lockdown I ended up trying out a seemingly endless stream of video-chat services. For the most part, Zoom seems to have become the de facto standard, […]
2020 Challenges: Mid-Year Update
We're almost at the midway point of 2020, so I thought it would be a good moment to take a look at my New Year's challenges list and see how things were going.
Today's JavaScript, from an outsider's perspective
I can relate to Lea's frustrations (or, more specifically, those of her friend who doesn't often stray into JavaScript […]
Generate an SEO-friendly sitemap for Gatsby
Josh keeps publishing articles that are both interesting to read and specifically useful to problems that I'm currently working on, but this time his article became the inspiration to solve a problem […]
How to play board games online
Now here's something I've been looking for: online (non-Flash) versions of popular board games. It feels like this industry should be booming right now! Board Game Arena looks pretty interesting, […]
The Rolling Stones (Quarantine Quiz)
After the success of digital beer and neigh-neighs, various of our friends arranged a follow-up get together over Zoom which took the shape of a team quiz. A few people volunteered (including Alison) […]
Remote Beer & Neigh-Neighs
It's become something of a tradition in our university friend group to get together for an early-summer party and watch the Grand National horse race, ostensibly because a couple of the group have […]
Bar Billiards (Or Not)
Apparently, the 1930's saw a craze flooding Britain's pubs: bar billiards. It's a particularly mad (but intriguing) looking game that's 50% pool, 30% shuffleboard, 15% bowling, and 5% quidditch. In […]
DJ Kose & Floating Points @ Printworks
Having spent several years without managing to get to Printworks, I've now been twice in a month. This time was to see DJ Koze; not quite the immense personal favourite that Goldfish are, but still […]