Week 51 - EVs

This week someone asked me if I was "still the head of Tesla Ireland." I was never the head of Tesla Ireland. I was, however, the chair of the Irish EV Association (fka Irish EV Owners Association). I was part of the board/committee for almost 5 years,

Week 50 of 2025 - backwards

I talked in a previous post about making music more regularly. And boy, do I have a gear addiction. Since that post, a drop from Telepathic Instruments' Orchid appeared so I jumped at that. And I have an Arturia Astrolab 37 due to arrive before the end of the

My neighbour might be a lunatic

In twenty minutes, a man is coming to my home. He's here to measure up the kitchen, because while the units are lovely and classic enough that they've gone out-of and come back-into fashion, the counter-tops and handles are shabby. I've tried to sand

Week 48 of 2025 - Creating music

Notes Ever since I was a teenager, music has captivated me. I'm a mega-consumer both with Apple Music driving my digital experience, and a plethora of excellent speakers around the house adjacent to my vinyl collection. But I've also always liked creating it. I'm

Week 47 of 2025 - Steam Machines

Notes I've written about my love of games for years in various fora. My first foray into running a website with other contributors was a site called Shoryuken (named after the popular uppercut move in Street Fighter). It garnered a pretty decent following, hits and was the first

Week 46 of 2025

I wrote about my love of photography in a post. I wrote it largely to start stuffing my newly refreshed website with some content, and to get used to how I'll post here. But also because I do genuinely love photography. Last week we had a week-long onsite