Went on a mission to remember all the books I’ve read and find the covers I remember from reading them. Partly as a reminder of all the great, mind-expanding books and partly because I think my brain is wired visually, I can often remember the cover but not the story. Over the years, I’ve kept…
I have been running a series of six half marathons in different European cities (Lisbon, Berlin, Cardiff, Prague, Valencia and Copenhagen) with some friends. I thought I’d try to create personalised slate coasters with the course maps laser-engraved on them, for Christmas presents, to celebrate the achievement. Simple, you’d think, but it turned out to…
When I left home for the first time many years ago I somehow ended up with a kitchen knife which was purchased while on holiday with my parents in Spain as a child. The knife was nothing special but it has followed me around for the last 30 odd years while many other items have…
Here’s a timelapse of me building my latest (and probably last) BBQ. Sorry its a bit long, but its is strangely fascinating watching the rain dry on the paving stones and the shadows swinging around. Love how this turned out. It was a real labour of love, cutting hundreds of fiddly bits of slate to…
So after plenty of pondering I’ve finally decided to try and port my old website to a ‘modern’ CMS system. Hopefully it will be simpler to update the content. I’ve gone for WordPress and after installing some plugins and fiddling with the settings I think I can get it to look how I want. Only…