Category: Journal

I seem to keep running around in circles looking for the perfect side project to work on. I just cant decide on which direction to go - and once I think I have I'll end up doubting myself and changing my mind soon after. I am a Web Developer by trade and, like many other…

Starting the day in a down sort of way Feeling out of sorts, for whatever reason, is never a nice thing - especially when it's the first day back at work after a four day Easter weekend. This is how I found myself today. It didn't help the fact that I'd had nothing to eat either…

More running tonight down the same canal route as Tuesday. I think I'm getting back into the swing of training again. Just need to start making a habit of getting back down the gym three evenings a week. Been looking at productivity tools today too. I think i need to start organising my life in…

After my initial moan about being confronted with Elasticsearch yesterday, today i have actually been looking into it - learning it in order to get the job I've been tasked with finished. I don't know why, but i tend to get that gut reaction most times i am confronted by something foreign to me. I…

One of the annoying things about web development, is having to learn completely new paradigms every now and again. I'm all for improving my skills and being more efficient in my work, but when i have to halt to have to learn a whole new separate thing, it grinds my gears a bit. The idea…

Today we were hit by a surprise bout of heat and sunshine so i did something i haven't done in a long time - sat out in a garden in a recliner chair. I'd forgotten how nice it is to actually have a garden. I thought this was well deserved as we had been on…