Stuff What I Made

One of the main reasons I bought my flat (I’m not even exaggerating) is that it had a space on the ground floor which I could use as a small workshop. First I had to turn it into a workshop though. [Read More]

Following a protracted purchasing debacle partly in thanks (genuinely thanks, in terms of sale price) to the global financial crisis, I bought my first flat in December 2008. It had been owned by a minister in his 90s, and was not in the best of shape. The kitchen had a small stand alone fridge, inside of which was a solitary egg and pungent aroma. I discarded the fridge and its contents. [Read More]

I’ve always had a passing interest in cars I suppose, but I wouldn’t really call myself a “car nut” or similar. I’m not one of those people that obsesses over all the new models and can name all the engine codes; as a general rule I’m more into the underlying technology – the how it works. Having said that, as I was growing up the one car I really liked was the Volkswagen Corrado and I convinced myself that one day I would own one. [Read More]

It will surprise no one who knows me that I was quite into computer games as a youngster. Like most of my contemporaries, I played all the embryonic FPS titles of the time, in particular the ones from id Software; Wolfenstein, Doom and Quake. Let’s not talk about how we got copies or their respective age ratings. But I got really into them, not so much actually just playing but in making add-ons and modifying them. [Read More]

I got this bike during university, probably 2002, using my student loan (obviously, what else is it for?). It’s a Giant MCM-D 990, an eBay find (£500!) and clearly about 2 sizes too small for me, but it was quite a distinctive thing and always got lots of questions and comments out on the trails. The front triangle is carbon fibre, which was very unusual at the time. [Read More]