Archive: 2026-03
Week 271: Dislocation
I’m exceptionally late to write this up. Even though I was assiduous about writing my notes on paper last week, I’ve had too many busy evenings to sit down and transcribe them. I’m finally doing it, more than halfway to next week.
Week 270: Foot soldiers of Yankee tech imperialism
It’s hard to focus on work sometimes when there’s so much war going on. It’s not helped when the end of our fixed mortgage term is coming up and we have to remortgage while the future is complete chaos. I did some work with spreadsheets trying to work out what the various deals will actually cost us, what the effective cost is when you count in any upfront fee, and how they work out with overpayments.
Week 269: The bombings will continue until peace improves
It’s been so long since I last went to Shoreditch that I had to think about my way around from the station. I was on my way to the Strongroom to see Mount Forel play live in the UK for the first time in nearly a year. I only caught a bit of Interlaken’s set before, but they sounded pretty good and I wish I’d heard more.