Blog posts tagged "personal"

08 Jul 2026 Computing memories
Some brief thoughts on history and how we used to have to make things work, sometimes in painstaking detail.
16 Nov 2024 Creating the new Tech Aloud intro and outro music
Reviving my Tech Aloud podcast and creating new intro and outro music with JavaScript.
31 Jan 2024 Ghost cratch fitted
Fitting a ghost cratch to the stern of my narrowboat for weather protection.
09 Jan 2024 Battlestation 2024
Sharing a picture of my 2024 desk setup on the narrowboat.
22 Jul 2023 Curing my stove aboard the narrowboat
Curing my new stove aboard the narrowboat on the first cool day since launch.
21 Jul 2023 Mercia Marina to Shobnall Fields and Burton-on-Trent
Cruising from Mercia Marina to Shobnall Fields and Burton-on-Trent on the canal.
18 Jul 2023 Oil change and a visit to Mercia Marina
Performing the first oil change service on my narrowboat engine during a visit to Mercia Marina.
07 May 2023 Living on a narrowboat - layout details of the stern
Describing the layout details of the stern on my narrowboat.
07 Apr 2023 Living on a narrowboat - the stove as the heart of the home
Choosing a multifuel stove for my narrowboat, covering the factors I considered and why the stove is the heart of the home on the canal.
10 Mar 2023 SAP community memories
Contributing memories from the early days of the SAP Community to celebrate its 20th anniversary.
16 Jan 2023 Living on a narrowboat - embracing constraints
Embracing the constraints of living on a narrowboat as a positive force.
09 Jan 2023 Working from a narrowboat - Internet connectivity
Exploring the internet connectivity options for working from a narrowboat.
02 Jan 2023 I'm moving onto a narrowboat
Announcing my decision to have a narrowboat built and to live and work from it.
09 Feb 2022 How I got involved in the SAP community
Summarising how I got involved in the SAP community from the earliest days.
02 Feb 2022 Allowing my intangible core to catch up with the rest of me...
Reflecting on narrowboat trips and allowing my intangible core to catch up with the rest of me.
14 Jun 2021 The APC SMT750IC UPS works with the Synology NAS DS1621+
Successfully configuring the APC SMT750IC UPS with the Synology NAS DS1621+ via USB for automatic shutdown.
22 May 2021 Adding a drive to my Synology NAS
A brief summary of how things went adding a drive to my Synology DS1621+ NAS.
27 Mar 2021 La Pavoni maintenance successful
Notes on successfully carrying out maintenance on my La Pavoni espresso machine that may help others too.
01 Feb 2021 Do less and do it better
Consolidating and improving existing skills rather than adding more in 2021, and the inspiration behind that decision.
07 Jan 2021 From Classics to Developer Advocate
Telling the story of how I went from reading Classics at university to becoming a Developer Advocate at SAP.
03 Nov 2020 Computer Unit 1979
A transcription of an article about the arrival of the Computer Unit, a PDP-11/34, at my school in 1979 which became the early focus of a fascination with computing that has never left me.
08 Sep 2020 Programmer's Day Mission 2020
Announcing the Programmer's Day mission on the SAP Community for earning a special badge.
20 Jun 2020 Removing the knob on a La Pavoni steam valve
How I went about removing the knob from the shaft of the steam valve on my La Pavoni lever coffee machine.
12 Jan 2020 My learning list for 2020
Sharing my learning aspirations for 2020 and reflecting on the previous year.
13 Sep 2019 Happy Programmers Day!
Celebrating Programmers Day and reflecting on a couple of people who have inspired my growth as a programmer.
28 Aug 2019 Hitchhiker's style in Sea of Sorrows
Exploring a possible link between a scene in Alien: Sea of Sorrows and a scene in The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy.
11 Jul 2019 David Edward Adams
Remembering my dad, David Edward Adams, who passed away peacefully on 11 July 2019.
17 Dec 2018 Monday morning thoughts: looking back and forwards
I look back on the posts in this series, reflect upon the journey we've made, and think about what 2019 might hold for us.
21 Mar 2018 Becoming an SAP Mentor Alumnus
Reflecting on becoming an SAP Mentor Alumnus after years of community involvement.
18 Jul 2017 Fix Blink
Providing a bookmarklet to fix the distracting blinking text in the timesheet system.
09 Aug 2015 Cookies
Stating plainly that this site uses cookies and that is how the web works.
15 Mar 2015 The maker's schedule, restraint and flow
My thoughts on schedules and saying 'no'.
03 Jan 2015 Running: 2014 in review, and some Clojure
Reviewing my 2014 running stats and doing some simple data analysis in Clojure.
05 Feb 2014 Alt-K: Reading Notes
Describing my workflow for saving articles to the Kindle with the Send to Kindle Chrome extension.
02 Feb 2013 30 Day Challenge: No Beer!
Embarking on my February 30-day challenge of no beer after successfully completing a month without Twitter.
02 Jan 2013 30 Days Challenges
Starting a series of 30-day challenges inspired by Matt Cutts as an alternative to New Year's resolutions.
25 Nov 2012 The Silent Club and Recharging Alone
Reflecting on the Silent Club concept and the importance of recharging alone as an introvert.
31 Aug 2012 Blog It Forward - DJ Adams
Taking part in the Blog It Forward community challenge on SCN.
03 Aug 2012 Recent Interests
Visualising my recent blogging interests with a Wordle word cloud.
03 Jan 2012 On the Information Diet
Reflecting on the movement to consume less information and produce more.
08 Nov 2011 Movember - please donate!
Taking part in Movember and asking for donations to raise awareness of men's health.
02 Nov 2011 Moving on ... to Bluefin Solutions
Moving on from contracting to joining Bluefin Solutions.
31 May 2011 Danger! Graduate Conveyor-belt!
Responding to John Appleby's piece on university degrees and the IT industry with thoughts on education and learning.
04 Mar 2011 My browser A-Z
Listing my browser A-Z, the URLs that appear on a single letter press based on past browsing.
15 Apr 2009 Back from Real Life
I’m back online, after an eXtended Away in Real Life.
26 Nov 2005 Acorn Atom and my start in computing
Reminiscing about how I got into computing, starting with the Acorn Atom.
17 Nov 2005 MoonOverFailsworth
Capturing a photo of an enormous moon rising over Failsworth.
20 Apr 2005 Flickr Pro from Robert
I’m going to have to think of ways to make use of the extra bandwidth and picture storage capabilities, aren’t I?
07 Apr 2005 Muscle cars
Admiring some monster-engined muscle cars at the Oxford services on the M40.
18 Feb 2005 A fresh start
The perils and joys of self-hosting at a colo.
06 Sep 2004 The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time
I bought three books at Manchester airport yesterday.
11 Jan 2004 Hawo's Queen of Grain Mills
I've been baking bread now for quite a while now. The bread baking bug first got ahold of me when visiting friends. They had a bread making machine – something that you put all the basic ingredients into, hit a button, and presto. Naturally we bought one soon after, and I was, well, "hooked".
09 Jan 2004 Hello, 2004
2004 is here. Neues Spiel, neues Glück.
01 Sep 2003 Plums and the antithesis of technology
I haven’t been online much recently.
12 Jul 2003 Thanks, Randal
Relaxing in an 80's arcade at OSCON.
07 Jul 2003 Bittersweet
On each occasion I’ve travelled to the USA, either on business or for pleasure, I’ve entered the country with a rather bitter taste in my mouth.
04 Apr 2003 "A brilliant literary mash-up"...
The fusion of Hogwarts and Molesworth.
27 Jan 2003 Asleep in 2002
Amazon does seem to have XML based data available after all.
20 Jan 2003 A new year and a new approach
Taking a fresh, less cluttered approach to the website and blog.
16 Aug 2002 You know you're getting old ...
Looking back on this year's OSCON.
16 Aug 2002 Just finished re-reading: The Player Of Games (Iain M Banks)
Some thoughts on The Culture.
18 Jun 2002 A change and a rest
Back recharged from holiday.

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