Today I want to talk about my forever games. I don't mean games that never end, like Minecraft, but rather games that I keep coming back to and play in perpetuity. All of these games are the ones that will always be installed on whatever gaming system I have at hand. This list is not in any particular order. OpenTTD...

Two years ago I got myself my first Garmin watch, the Forerunner 255S. I bought it at a heavy discount when the 265 was released. I didn't want to spend too much money on my first Garmin as it's always a bit of a gamble switching ecosystems like that. I was quite happy with my FR 255 but over the past few weeks it...

Oh, my phone number. It's been with me through half a dozen phone companies, countless devices, and many different life stages. I've had this exact same number for the past 20 odd years which means it's utterly intertwined with my life. All kinds of services are linked to it, the government has it, my bank has it,...

Over the past 17 years I've been working in IT, I've had the opportunity to work in many different roles and companies. I started out as a systems administrator at a digital agency, working on ColdFusion, MS SQL, Linux and VMware. I then transitioned to a role where I had to work a lot with the Microsoft stack,...

Even when you're just working a 9-to-5, you will find yourself in a negotiation sometimes. Not with a vendor, a client or a customer, but rather one with your manager about a promotion or a salary increase. These kinds of talks are often difficult and stressful and it's easy to get caught up in your anxiety and say...

In the Getting Things Done (GTD) productivity system there's this concept of an inbox. People often think of their inbox as just their email, but in GTD an inbox is anything where you collect things that need to be processed. If you're not careful you'll quickly end up with too many of them. When I look at my phone...

People that know me well will tell you that I'm not the most optimistic person in the world. I tend to see the negatives in things rather than the positives. I'm not proud of it of course, but it's something I've been working on for a while now. I vouched to try to default to optimism and see the good in things and...

Remember me waffling about computer monitors? That was just six weeks ago. I have a confession to make: I bought it (yes this was shared in week notes 5 already, but I have some more things to say now). Admittedly, I wouldn't recommend anyone else do this, unless you've got a bunch of money to squander. I certainly...

Everyone is a victim of The Algorithm in one way or another. I'm still on Instagram (yes, I know) and I quite often fall into the trap of looking at Reels (super short videos) for too long. I don't even like most of the content it shows me, but I keep swiping just in case the next one is something funny. The...

A laptop for just €950 is bound to be crappy, have some issues, and not last very long. Or so you’d think. I bought my M1 MacBook Air — just the base model with 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage — somewhere in mid 2021 to use as a couch computer for, you read that right, just €950 on sale. I like having a strict...

1. Why did you start blogging in the first place? My blog has taken on many forms over the years, but the main theme was always sharing technical content that others might find useful. Some things that I've learned, some bug I've solved, some tools I discovered. I am and forever will be a firm believer that...

I think with the ever growing power of mega corporations on the internet, writing a personal blog is a good way to keep the internet weird. It doesn't matter if it's about personal experiences, some very specific topic, or just random thoughts. It's difficult to keep writing and come up with topics to write about,...