Recent blog posts: Linear time calculator I keep doing the same calculation over and over again, so I decided to make an online tool specially for it: >>> Linear time calculator <<< It’s a simple enough calculation to work out a time estimate for something ... read more 2020/09/04 23:42 Successfully spawning offspring Our second baby arrived last week. Here she is. Our new baby girl! It was a planned C-section, and all went to plan, in contrast to the unexpected twists and turns of our boy’s birth which I blogged about four years ago. She seems partial to ... read more 2020/01/17 18:14 Open Data Camp I went to Open Data Camp 7 last weekend. It’s an event I’ve been hoping to get along to for years now. Always lots of interesting looking twitter chat coming out of it. But this year it happened in London, and I managed to be on the ball ... read more 2019/11/11 10:25 Think tanks and financial transparency Last week’s Question Time introduced one of the panelists, Kate Andrews from the “Institute of Economic Affairs“. What an organisation name! It sounds so official. So governmental. So trustworthy …yeah not so much. The name ... read more 2019/05/09 14:15 Counting game I made a little counting quiz game for my 3 year old to practice his counting: >>> Counting game <<< I’m hoping some other kids at the “learning to count” stage might find this fun. Just click the link to ... read more 2019/01/06 13:38