At the beginning of 2023 my dad died. He had an accident that he didn’t recover from and was gone a few days after. Thankfully I was able to return to the UK before that happened. After that, there were quite a number of weeks before his funeral. Mum and I found ourselves with a lot of empty time to fill. Naturally, TV filled that void. Easy to put something on and get lost in it. One particular show was MasterChef UK; I think we started with that year’s current series and then went backwards through the years. I don’t recall exactly how many seasons we watched—but it felt like a lot.
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Since Christmas, I’ve been busy cultivating a few new things for this site. None of these really warranted a standalone blog post—not because they are minor additions, but because they are designed to speak for themselves.
When I migrated to Hugo last year, I chose it specifically for its flexibility. I wanted a space for content that doesn’t fit the “standard blog post” mold—the kind of digital gardening that requires custom layouts or specific functionality to be truly useful.
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I grew up eating a roast dinner every Sunday. There were varying proteins—my favourite being chicken—along with roast potatoes, sometimes stuffing or Yorkshire puddings, and a selection of vegetables. Tying this all together was gravy. Until I started cooking roast dinners for my family, I never realised how key the gravy actually was to really bringing the meal alive.
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How many times can I use the word “refresh” in the title before it becomes too cumbersome? Well, I think we’re just about alright with 3.
That time has come around again, as it inevitably does, once in a blue moon…. the website (refresh) rebirth.
Years of Neglect
This website has looked this way since early 2011, but back then it was a full-blown Wordpress site. The grand plan was to write some stuff of varying flavours here. Over three years I wrote nine posts, which is an output I’m pretty happy with. Problem is, after 2013 it would appear I stopped.
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I don’t really do new years resolutions, but I do recall in early 2013 saying to myself that this would be the year I actually make some money from the internet.
For as long as I’ve done this web development thing I’ve been working on projects that were set to earn millions. But then, isn’t everything? The sad fact, repeated over and over the past 10 years is that, no, the majority of stuff you work on amounts to nothing.
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