Plans and goals and things

Reading time: 2 mins My life is on hold.My plans have wavered.My dreams are simpler.My hopes are vivid.My goals have shifted. As parents, Becca and I are well aware that it’s easy to lose yourself in the day to day of caring for our son. The weeks collapse on each other, and before you know it June has arrived. […]

How NOT to make a smoothie

Reading time: 2 mins I work in an office 3 days a week and, on those mornings, I prepare a smoothie to take with me for my breakfast. I make it the night before, as buzzing up a smoothie at 6am is likely to wake my toddler and I’d rather not do that to him, or my wife. So […]

Busy busy

Reading time: 3 mins I’m almost approaching my first year at Allied Vehicles and I’m busier than ever but, looking back I can see how far things have come since I joined. It’s a very small team, in a very fast paced environment and a lot of what I’m trying to do is help mature our own processes. With […]

A very minor peeve (in three parts)

Reading time: 3 mins We all have little things that don’t quite sit right with us, things that others do that irk, but not annoy. It’s a unique type of very minor annoyance that doesn’t derail you, but still catches in your brain, maybe with a mild shake of the head, before you progress with your day. You have […]

My Mac Apps 2024

Reading time: 5 mins An update as it’s been a few years since I compiled a list and, once again, a friend is making the PC to Mac switch and I was collating a list of what I use (and why) anyway so thought I’d share it here too (cos I’m nice like that!). I’ve taken my last post […]

Hello 2024

Reading time: 2 mins Woke up, got out of bed, dragged a comb across my head. Well, I would’ve but for one thing I’m not in a Beatles song, and more pertinently I have no hair on my head, something my 2 year old son recently confirmed to me when, upon being asked if Daddy had hair on his […]