I looked in the mirror the other day and there was a horrifically out of shape 30-something looking at me. That’s probably a good thing: I am a horrifically out of shape 30-something, and to have seen something else in the mirror would have been something of a worry. Like some crazy horror film. How […]

Live like a monk month has finished. Now I can spend, spend, spend! Well, I won’t, but I could if I wanted to.

To sail the wide accountant-sea! My latest business and money-saving tip: pay an accountant. No, seriously.

How to save money, the Maltpress Monk way.

A silly poem I have written for a girl I will never talk to.

I’ve just updated WordPress on two blogs in about an hour. While watching TV and eating my tea. A lot easier than I thought, utterly painless and WordPress 2.7 is fab. Hurrah! In other news, Happy New Year!

A quick update on my availability and new work: I now have a full time job, and as such I’m not available during office hours. I am still available to do some work, but I’ll be a lot more selective about the jobs I take on now – I’ll be refocussing on writing, which you […]

I’m playing this afternoon with Drupal, an open-source content management system I’ve seen used a lot – and I know to work well – which I’ve never set up myself before. It’s quite good fun. It’s only on a local installation (I run Apache on my PC to test this sort of thing) but who […]

Every year I try to give a little to a chosen charity to make myself feel better about the excellent job I have. This year I’m giving what I can to help The Samaritans build a new room in London. Find out more here.

I’ve been thinking a lot recently about the life of a freelancer. I’ve been doing it now for over 18 months and have had lots of the ups and downs associated with it. It’s hard work, but very rewarding, and has been a real life-changing experience. Blogging about it serves two purposes; it should give […]