Finally, the Bank Holiday Weekend! I know that the Easter break wasn't that long ago, but I very much did not have a break then. Haven't had a proper break for a long time. Either had things that scheduled to do, or something has come up that needed my immediate attention. Over the past 12 months this has ranged from...

It's been almost a month again since I last posted to this blog. Whilst I have been busy, upon reflection it's not that I haven't had the time to blog. I just changed the title of this post to better reflect that. There have been many instances where I could have put something together for this blog. But I didn't. This...

Before Christmas I noticed that the folder in my RSS reader for other people's blogs was getting a bit stale. There were one or two people who were still posting pretty regularly (although ironically the ones I was also least interested in) but ones I liked reading the most had practically disappeared (one unfortunately...

Alongside not blogging as much as I would like, I've also been neglecting my RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feeds. I've got my Inoreader account set up pretty well so that I can easily get an overview of videogame and tech websites, in addition to various blogs that I follow. When I got back into blogging late 2024 I...

This is the first post I've been able to start writing in 2026, even though we're almost into the third week. I've been wanting to write something since the start of the year, but just haven't found the confidence to do so. Usually with writing it's either motivation, finding the time, and/or having an idea. I've...

It's been over three weeks since I last posted! But, I have a very good reason why. I was over in China teaching as part of the partner programme we run with a Unviersity based out there.This was no holiday though! Rather it's the best part of two weeks of intense teaching. Basically condensing 12 weeks of lectures down...

I've been teasing quite a bit on this blog that I would end up going with the premium plan so that I can access the additional features of Pagecord. However, that's not to say that I was unhappy with what the free version provides. It has everything you need for a blog. Heck, the fact that I have been posting so much...

For years I've had the domain jsweeting.me which has always been a basic website that contains general professional facing information about myself, rather than relying solely on an existing template from a service that could cease to exist any day. The webpage itself has taken a couple of different forms. Initially a...

For the first post of a new blog type thing I always start with a post titled Hello friend. This is inspired by Mr Robot which pretty much starts off with that very line. Yet, I feel it's an apt way to start these things as essentially I'm talking to not only an unknown audience but also initially to myself. If you've...