Well, this is an odd idea. I’m going to be using this post to live-blog development of a new WordPress plugin. Not only to show the work involved and how I go about it (in the hope that someone will point out areas for improvement) but also to help me get an idea of areas […]

How to add code immediately after the tag – hints for Wordpress plugin developers.

So here’s where we are with the Greatest Filing Cabinet Known To Man challenge. As I get more, I’ll update this list of links: First up were a load of stickers from a very old copy of The Guardian, which I found at the bottom of a drawer. They were dinosaurs. Ace! Next, the legally […]

Filing cabinets: one of the best things about business. They make a nice “clunk” noise and there’s a space to hide biscuits in them, if you ever have enough biscuits to hide (which I don’t). The only thing which could possibly be wrong with a filing cabinet is overwhelming brownness….

I’m getting an office! A whole office all to myself. Yay! It’s all very exciting but very stressful. I’m currently experiencing the long wait for a phone line to be set up so I can get broadband installed, and after that I can finally get everything moved over. At the moment there’s a bit of […]

I have returned to freelancing full time! It’s only just sinking in. Here are some thoughts. Thoughts about freelancing, I mean; not that thought about fixing that chair in the kitchen. You’re not interested in that.

I’ve decided to try an experiment with my business model. This could result in my living in penury, or it could result in my having an ace time doing brilliant things and singing with glee at every opportunity. Here’s the idea: as well as carrying on as I do, working for money, I’m prepared to […]

How do you solve a problem like a laptop? Mine is dying a slow death. Slowly. I need to think of replacing it…

Hello all. Sometimes I seem to get obsessed with ideas for things I want to do, and I never actually get round to doing them. Time and money are the big things holding me back; mostly money, I think, because if I had it I wouldn’t spend all my time earning it (well, less of […]

I just sent the following email to the BBC Trust ([email protected]) in order to protest about the planned closure of 6Music. I didn’t include the Asian Network because it’s less relevant to me – I like Bobby Friction but don’t really listen to it. However, I’m sure there are many people out there who would […]