Today is a special day for me- my book is officially published. It's a maths textbook ( applyingmaths.com/higher-apps-textbook/ ). There's an episode of The Simpsons where Homer, the hapless father, gets invited to join a travelling freak show. His disheartened wife, Marge, explains "You don't have to join a travelling freak show just because the opportunity came along." Homer considers this, ent... » Continue Reading
One of the decisions Lauren and I made early on after having Elsie, was that we weren't going to post pictures of her online. I've felt that there is a tendency to overshare on social media, and the problem with the internet is once a picture is up, it's hard to take down. But of course, the downside is that given so much of social media is image-based, there is a rather large Elsie-sized hole wha... » Continue Reading
I joined Facebook in 2008 and frankly was unimpressed. Where were the blogs? I figured they'd be added later, but over time things actually got worse. Instead of seeing what my friends were posting, I was seeing what Facebook thought I'd quite like to see. Cheers Facebook, my social media bouncer. I loved MySpace, and blogs, because they are so unassuming. Want to see what I've been up to? Fancy h... » Continue Reading