Welcome to the inaugural meeting of the “Midnight Writing Club”. Unfortunately we only have one member at the moment – me – so I’ll be acting as chair-person, taking the minutes, making the coffee, and putting the cake on plates that I brought with Welcome to the inaugural meeting of the “Midnight Writing Club”. Unfortunately…

The clock will tick past 1am in 4 minutes. I’m sitting in bed, in the dark, tapping away on a laptop – running down the last bit of “awake” I have left. The clock will tick past 1am in 4 minutes. I’m sitting in bed, in the dark, tapping away on a laptop – running…

I’ve spent much of the day watching a long running process on a distant server farm slowly report onward progress. It’s been interesting – wanting to find better things to do, but not wanting to look away, should it mysteriously run off the rails as c I’ve spent much of the day watching a long…

After scraping myself out of bed this morning, and standing rather conspicuously in the middle of the kitchen in my underwear sipping coffee – while waiting for a turn in the shower – I pulled some clothes on, and prepared to set out with the rest of the After scraping myself out of bed this…

After trying to convince myself that I wanted to live in my own castle for the last several weeks, and after sitting high atop my invented throne, admiring my own handiwork, I had a moment of clarity – or rather the thought “why the hell am I doing this After trying to convince myself that…

I just got home from a visit to the cinema with my eldest daughter – to watch “Nosferatu” – a new version of the story inspired by Bram Stoker’s Dracula. I just got home from a visit to the cinema with my eldest daughter – to watch “Nosferatu” – a new version of the story…

Over the course of this weekend – for no other reason than to satisfy an unending curiosity, I have re-created a simulacrum of a computing platform I last saw perhaps thirty five years ago. Over the course of this weekend – for no other reason than to satisfy an unending curiosity, I have re-created a…

While sitting atop my fence with a bag of popcorn, waiting for the Facebook, Instagram and Threads mud-slinging escapade to calm down, I’ve been trying to understand the anger, spite and fury that seems to have consumed so many. While sitting atop my fence with a bag of popcorn, waiting for the Facebook, Instagram and…

For the last several years, whenever asked how frequently I write on the blog, I have replied “almost daily”. I’m beginning to wonder if I should refactor my stock reply to “almost weekly”. For the last several years, whenever asked how frequently I write on the blog, I have replied “almost daily”. I’m beginning to…

I received a message on my mobile phone yesterday – I didn’t take much notice at the time because I didn’t recognise the name. While catching up with email late last night I remembered the notification and went off in search of the message. I received a message on my mobile phone yesterday – I…