2023-03-18: Movers and Shakers - a Parkinson's Podcast Rory Cellan-Jones and five other people living with Parkinson’s disease accompanied me as I β¦
2023-01-01: The Daily Stoic I read “The Daily Stoic” every year, but I have a love-hate relationship with it. Tim β¦
2022-12-04: Skyward Skyward by Brandon Sanderson π I greatly enjoy Brandon Sanderson’s fantasy novels. His β¦
2022-11-05: Practical Vim I first used Vim about 20 years ago and have used it as my default editor for both work and play for β¦
2022-08-13: Jupiter and the Galilean moons I’m really amazed by this picture. In the early hours of this morning I went out into the back β¦
2022-07-04: DEC Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal in Memory of Dad A big thank-you to everyone who contributed to the JustGiving fundraiser in Dad’s name for the β¦
2022-06-25: Opuntia Sometime in the mid-1970s a fellow member of the National Cactus and Succulent Society passed away β¦
2022-06-12: Papaver somniferum 'Flemish Antique' Another poppy from our new poppy bed in the front garden. We’ve always had poppies in the back β¦
2022-06-12: The peace and quiet of the cemetery... Visited my father-in-law’s grave in Brentwood, Essex this afternoon and heard a very β¦
2022-06-09: Yesterday's Poppy This is the Opium Poppy that opened yesterday - the beautiful red and black petals not having been β¦
2022-06-08: Papaver somniferum This poppy is rather special to us. Its seeds were harvested from the car park of my β¦
2022-06-05: Micro.blog May Photoblogging Challenge The micro.blog May Photoblogging Challenge has been over for just a few days now, and I’m β¦
2022-05-31: Micro.blog Photo Challenge - Endurance π· Teams frantically prepare for the “24 Hours of Le β¦
2022-05-30: Micro.blog Photo Challenge - Fish π· A couple of the cold-blooded inhabitants of our pond share a β¦
2022-05-29: Micro.blog Photo Challenge - Stripes π· The Red Arrows at the RAF100 Parade & Flypast, London, β¦
2022-05-28: Micro.blog Photo Challenge - Fair π· Motobike stunt rider at our local summer fair.
2022-05-27: Micro.blog Photo Challenge - Written π· “Lets Adore and Endure Each Other” - Stephen β¦
2022-05-26: Micro.blog Photo Challenge - Schedule π· Ever since the heady days of the Psion LZ64 I’ve β¦
2022-05-25: Micro.blog Photo Challenge - Mountain π· So, Iβm in the process of mounting the heat sinks on this β¦
2022-05-24: Micro.blog Photo Challenge - Intricate π· Lego Technic 42082 Rough Terrain Crane was a most β¦
2022-05-23: Micro.blog Photo Challenge - Plain π· Some of the footpaths through it like to regularly remind us β¦
2022-05-22: Micro.blog Photo Challenge - Textile π· I loved this piece by The Material Girls, a local group of β¦
2022-05-21: Micro.blog Photo Challenge - Symmetry π· Not quite symmetry in another view of Ravensbourne β¦
2022-05-20: Micro.blog Photo Challenge - Beverage π· Home-made Christmas crackers have the best gifts.
2022-05-19: Micro.blog Photo Challenge - Indulgence π· Mmmm! Dawn has been cooking fairy cakes again… But β¦
2022-05-18: Micro.blog Photo Challenge - Random π· The architecture caught my eye when visiting my β¦
2022-05-17: Micro.blog Photo Challenge - Hold π· I used to be lucky enough to work in an office that had this β¦
2022-05-16: Micro.blog Photo Challenge - Time π· Croydon’s five-faced clock - I’m not sure I’ve β¦
2022-05-15: Micro.blog Photo Challenge - Clouds π·
2022-05-14: Micro.blog Photo Challenge - Fence π· Mediterranean gulls in their winter plumage. In the last decade β¦
2022-05-13: Micro.blog Photo Challenge - Community π· The community demonstrates against the UK leaving the β¦
2022-05-12: Micro.blog Photo Challenge - Tranquility π· Looking out over London at the end of a long day of β¦
2022-05-11: Micro.blog Photo Challenge - Maroon π· I love this wall in the grounds of Bretons Manor. Built in β¦
2022-05-10: Micro.blog Photo Challenge - Pot π· Time for a nice pot of coffee. Redemption Roasters work with β¦
2022-05-09: Micro.blog Photo Challenge - Bloom π· CGI, the Canadian company I work for, sent us all packets of β¦
2022-05-08: In memory of John Littlewood A few weeks ago my father, John Littlewood, passed away. He was in his late 80’s and was β¦
2022-05-08: Micro.blog Photo Challenge - Union π· Taking part in the People’s Vote March on 19-Oct-2019 β¦
2022-05-07: Micro.blog Photo Challenge - Park π· The top of the best preserved Tett Turret in our local country β¦
2022-05-06: Micro.blog Photo Challenge - Silhouette π· Crossing the Thames at the end of a long day.
2022-05-05: Micro.blog Photo Challenge - Earth π· Coming down to Earth - Lord Mayor’s Hot Air Balloon β¦
2022-05-04: Micro.blog Photo Challenge - Thorny π· I used to be a member of the National Cactus and Succulent β¦
2022-05-03: Micro.blog Photo Challenge - Experimental π· Just passed 13 million points running a dedicated Core β¦
2022-05-02: Micro.blog Photo Challenge - Photo π· Newly installed digital ad display. Croydon, UK.
2022-05-01: Micro.blog Photoblogging Challenge Today is the first day of The May 2022 Photoblogging Challenge on the Micro.blog platform. There β¦
2022-05-01: Micro.blog Photo Challenge - Switch π· Signal box levers at York Railway Museum.
2022-04-30: Four Thousand Weeks I’ve just started to read Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman, which was recommended to me β¦
2021-06-10: Eclipse Nipped out into the back garden between meetings to see if I could see today’s eclipse. I β¦
2021-05-09: Lego 'Women of Computing' need your support Just spotted and supported this wonderful proposal for a Lego Women of Computing set. It would be so β¦
2021-01-16: Lego 42082 Rough Terrain Crane I started building this Lego crane on (checks notes…) Boxing Day 2019. Three lockdowns, a β¦
2020-12-29: SSD for my Raspberry Pi project Just spec’ing out the storage for my new Raspberry Pi project. The price looks good, but $29 β¦
2020-12-25: ππ Merr Chrisrmas and a Detailed Vector Frame to you all! ππ It was Christmas Eve and I was wrapping my wife’s presents when I noticed something strange β¦
2020-12-10: Sign of the times…
2020-12-01: Small Reward Offered for Safe Return After a month of feeding and caring for my #Movember moustache the ungrateful wretch has escaped and β¦
2020-11-30: The Last Day of the Moustache Today is the last day of the Movember challenge - though you can still continue to donate. A month β¦
2020-11-19: The Curse of the Exploding Knee Cap! Here’s the latest image of the horrific growth on my top lip for #Movember - you can see why β¦
2020-11-17: Science Shambles The Movember challenge has encouraged me to walk a bit further each lunchtime and that has allowed β¦
2020-11-11: Movember Progress Report So, more than a week into Movember and my wife (who doesn’t follow me on social media) has β¦
2020-11-06: Movember Selfie I thought I should share with you the luxuriant growth on my upper lip after a mere five days. So β¦
2020-11-01: Movember starts here... First day of Movember and a quick photo to prove how lovely and smooth my upper lip is… what? β¦
2020-10-30: Movember… Coming to a micro.blog near you…
2020-10-29: Ni No Kuni Remastered: Wrath of the White Witch for the Switch is just Β£7.99 for the next few days I’ve been tempted by “Ni No Kuni Remastered: Wrath of the White Witch” on the β¦
2020-10-26: A Wiggle from Morag Myerscough My daughter Rachel Littlewood is tidying up her studio and came home this evening with this β¦
2020-10-24: Food Poverty in the UK Apparently here in the UK we can’t afford to subsidize hungry children, but we can afford to β¦
2020-10-24: Whenever! A Programming Language with Random Execution Order Having spent the week being chased by project management over deadlines, I’m relaxing this β¦
2020-10-22: Tax Efficiency Of course GoFundMe campaigns like Katy Brand’s Hungry Children Christmas Fundraiser are not β¦
2020-10-22: Fundraiser to support hungry kids over Christmas After the UK Government decided that funding the feeding of hungry children during the school β¦
2020-10-22: The Orthogonal Universe of Greg Egan I’m close to finishing the Audible version of Clockwork Rocket by Greg Egan π and have already β¦
2020-10-19: From Crime to Punishment Just finished the University of York’s free “From Crime to Punishment” course on β¦
2020-10-18: Carers Trust survey The Carers Trust are doing a survey in the UK about adults who provide unpaid care to family or β¦
2020-10-17: End child food poverty petition update Wow! Marcus Rashford’s petition asking the UK Government to end child food poverty has reached β¦
2020-10-16: An encounter with a Pale Tussock Moth caterpillar I nearly tripped over this attractive little fellow while out on my lunchtime walk in a London park β¦
2020-10-15: Marcus Rashford's Food Poverty petition Demand for food banks this winter is predicted to be 61% higher than last. 10% of UK kids have β¦
2020-10-14: As everything moves to being online, it was only a matter of time: /dev/null as a service (and the β¦
2020-10-13: A Day in the Life 21:38 British Summer Time, London, UK My wife spent this evening finishing her latest batch of face β¦
2020-10-12: Sakhalin Island I’m currently reading: Sakhalin Island by ΠΠ½ΡΠΎΠ½ ΠΠ°Π²Π»ΠΎΠ²ΠΈΡ Π§Π΅Ρ ΠΎΠ² π I first heard of β¦
2020-10-10: Just watched the Montalbano episode “The Patience of the Spider” and in one of the β¦
2020-10-10: An Instance of the Fingerpost Currently reading: An instance of the Fingerpost by Iain Pears. I’m only about 20% of the way β¦
2020-10-10: “In another trouser leg, in another pair of trousers, in a different shop on a different β¦
2020-10-10: Why I won't be watching "The Watch" I’ve just seen the first trailers for “The Watch” and I have issues… IGN β¦
2020-10-09: Fun little career guidance beta https://beta.nationalcareers.service.gov.uk/. Asks you 40+ questions β¦
2018-08-20: Norwood and Brixton Food Bank Fundraiser This Saturday, London promoters Wrongpop and Chaos Theory team up to bring you an amazing night of β¦
2017-01-14: The Visitor If you are familiar with the roof tops around Kings Cross, London, you may have noticed the recent β¦