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Artist Richard Rowan

January 7, 2026

I came across the work of Richard Rowan by accident.

Diagnosing a power cut remotely

January 6, 2026

My daughter is at university and phoned me up saying they had a power cut in their flat.

Wouldn’t it be nice to pull out the key ideas and action points from a book you have just read or are considering purchasing? Maybe get a reminder of the story line of a fiction book you read years ago?

Missing information

January 2, 2026

The garage that services my car encourages people to book their services through their website.

Capturing spur of the moment notes

January 1, 2026

Sometimes a thought comes to you and you want to capture it quickly but it is not always obvious what is the best way to do that.

Too close to make it better

December 13, 2025

Are you too close to something to see how to make it better?

Aiming for the second time

December 12, 2025

I was chatting to a colleague and he mentioned how he had written some code and expected it to work first time and was surprised when it didn’t.

Buncefield

December 11, 2025

20 years ago on the 11th December 2005 I had just got up and was walking down our hallway when there was a massive explosion and it literally felt like the whole roof had been lifted off and landed back down again. The heavy wooden loft door was blown open and we later found it had buckled our patio doors.