Andalucia Steve

...living the dream

The Cardboard Box and the Cloud

One woman has built herself an external nervous system. I have a wall-planner.
The Cardboard Box and the Cloud
There's no good reason for it. I wrote my first "Hello World" back in 1974 and I've lived elbow-deep in computers ever since, yet when it comes to organising my own life, me and digital tech simply refuse to get along. What brought this on was a lady I follow on TikTok. She has ADHD, and she's vibe-coded herself an app that swallows an astonishing slice of her life and hands it back, neatly organised. The database behind it holds her sleep, meditation, exercise and calorie figures from... read more
 

A Fond Farewell to Wine

Twelve Months Dry, Still Unimpressed by Humanity
A Fond Farewell to Wine
Normally when I write a blog post it's because I'm triggered about a topic. Something either angers me, amuses me or otherwise appeals to my sense of being a messenger to convey an important idea, as though I'm a frustrated cub reporter for a local newspaper. The opposite is true today. I'm writing about a simple milestone - I've just completed one year without drinking alcohol. Although I've had it in mind to blog about this for several months as the anniversary approached, I feel... read more
 

Crappy Christmas

Is this the worst one ever?
Well thanks to Covid it looks like a crappy Christmas for all with most countries having some sort of restrictions against seasonal revelling. No office Christmas parties, no wassailing and no door to door carolling (every cloud on that last one I suppose)! I do miss office Christmas parties. One that sticks in the mind was back in the late 80's when a few dozen of us civil servants booked a Christmas dinner in the Novotel in Hammersmith, West London. Being the Civil Service, we'd... read more
 
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