I Made An App (Helped by Robots)
I made an app. Not on my own. No, I got Gemini to help me. And I thought I’d tell you how that went. It was mostly good but at points it was one of the most frustrating things I’ve ever tried to do. For the last seven years work has taken me away from digital…
The Indisputable Best Albums of 2025
I’ve been wary about writing my list of albums this year. I made my list last year and within a week I realised I’d completely missed my best album of last year. It should have been Diamond Jubilee by Cindy Lee but I didn’t hear it until I’d finished my list. So,…
Nothing but the best albums of 2024
It’s the time of year when I commit myself to naming my favourite albums of the year for no other purpose than to remind future me about things I used to like. As is the custom for end of the year lists, I have ten albums. No more and no less. There have been a lot of…
It’s only the best albums of 2023
Daz looks back on the year’s music, picking ten standout albums from the 149 they enjoyed. Favourites include albums from Mandy, Indiana, Sufjan Stevens, Matters, Noname, U.S. Girls, Liv.e, Ren, Jesse Ware, Yussef Dayes, and Yves Tumor. The selection covers a range of g…
What were the best albums of 2022?
2022 has been one of those years where albums have come out and I’ve bought them. Much like most other years. Just like all those other years, I’ve painstakingly been through every album to try and figure out what my favourite ten are. If you are interested in…
The Best TV of 2021
It’s never occurred to me write a list of my favourite TV before. But I do watch more TV than is good for me and I’ve looked at loads of other lists and they’re all wrong. So, I’ve got a bit of time on my hands and a need to organise things into lists. Looking back on…
Albums of 2021, what were the finest?
Keeping up a well trodden tradition of one blog post a year here it is, my favourite albums of 2021. It’s been an interesting year for albums. I don’t know whether a lot had been stored up through 2020 because of the pandemic but it seemed like there was a constant…
Albums, Albums, Albums (from 2020)
Keeping up my relentless pace of one post a year I thought it was vital to share my favourite albums of the year with you. I first started listing my favourite albums of the year in 2010 so this is a bit of a milestone. Looking back on 2010 there’s probably only three…
Simply the Best (Albums of 2019)
I did it. I managed to go an entire year without putting anything on my blog. An entire year. But that’s not important. What is important is that I know what my favourite albums, released in 2019 are. It’s been a good year for albums. Nine years into making these…
The Finest Albums of 2018
It’s here. You’ve all wanted to read it. My list of the best albums of 2018. There are great albums on here. Especially if you like Jazz and electronica. Actually, only if you like Jazz and Electronica.
Creating an SSL Certificate from a Text Certificate
A rare blog post and an extremely niche one. Have you ever tried to create a SSL private key file (PFX) from text certificates? I have and it’s taken me a long long time to figure out how to do it. As I couldn’t find any site with simple instructions on…
Regulatory Divergence
Since the EU referendum, it’s interesting that there still seems to be some reluctance to articulate what the benefits of leaving the EU are. Throughout the referendum, we were told that EU regulation strangles businesses yet there didn’t seem to be anyone…