… and you’ll never work a day in your life… Anyone who knows me will appreciate that I regularly recite this mantra but I’ve perhaps been fooling myself a little in that I haven’t really ‘loved’ my job for the last wee while. After some Read more…
In a number of hobby projects I’ve been banging my head off the coding wall on how to tackle front end testing. I’ve been working in ReactJS a lot, for my projects, so decided to do a bit of research and I’m really glad I Read more…
like everybody and their dog (if you’re lucky enough to have one) I’ve been trying to do some bits’n’bobs around the place during the joy that is lockdown. this particular venture is the rehash of my Christmas present Lego Land Defender. I made an heroic Read more…
I’ve been a ‘developer’ of some sort since about 1996, when I graduated from University. I’d been working in a couple of jobs during studying, doing database work and IT Centre support at the Uni IT Labs. But my first ‘real’ job was as a Read more…
I’m working on a nice project at the moment which involves using a new plugin for my team => ag-grid. It’s a Datagrid package that promises to add a lot of functionality to our product, with a lot less effort than it would take to Read more…
So far, so much better. It’s unsurprisingly obvious that a positive mindset leads to more stress-free days. The odd ‘blip’ does happen and dealing with them has been a lot more successful than I could have imagined. 2019 was a stinker of a year and Read more…
After several years using Android phones I have chosen to go back to Apple. The reasoning is fairly simple and possibly misguided. I’m using my works MacBook Pro more and more these days, so I’m going to try and eek out more of its’ productivity Read more…
AJ and I decided to go away for an overnight camping. I went online and found Loch Katrine campsite. It mentioned the Steamship Sir Walter Scott and cycle routes down the side of the Loch from Stronachlachar. Booking made = chuffed x 2. Then the Read more…
So this week saw me return to ‘work’ after a few weeks off on holiday with the family. Fully enjoyed, rested and raring to go. Happily though, it’s not a straight back to desk and heads down number. In fact, I’m in a training course Read more…
So I thought I’d have a quick look at the ‘pop-up’ tent so AJ and I could maybe boost for a day or two. Well, it certainly ‘pops’ out of the bag. Discovered it was missing the pegs it should have had – thanks to Read more…
