This is a post and a meta-post. In one sense, it exists to document my attempts at site and traffic improvement. But it also serves as a test piece, which will be the first to be automatically pushed to Twitter and Facebook. So if you found this via social media, …
Go ahead, Google it. Right now, I’m getting results from Tesco showing that Innocent Super Smoothie drinks actually print this on the label. Shenanigans! We all know why we have food labelling laws. We are trying to help people make an informed decision about their consumption. If you look …
So it’s been about a year since I’ve updated my blog. Life has been busy, to say the least. But with certain areas of my life settling down, I’m looking to restructure my website to focus more on the recipes and nutrition. Having started it as a technology project to suit my …
Not blogged in a while, and today’s post is going to show me up for the geek I am. So for a while I’ve been using my website to publish my own recipes, and automatically calculate the nutrition information. From time to time I would even add this information to …
Last night, I dreamt I died. I awoke in a beautiful garden, and shortly afterwards, everyone I knew and loved began to arrive. With each person (and animal) that arrived, a sense of warmth filled me, and I was overwhelmed with the knowledge of how loved I was. I was …
Seems like every once in a while, all aspects of life become suddenly harder. In computer games, this increase in difficulty comes alongside some kind of bonus: increased strength; new special powers; magical items that help you with the harder environment. I like to remind myself of this on days …
I haven’t taken time in a long while to reflect on life using this blog. Some of it amounts to performance anxiety, some of it is about not making the time, and the rest is fear. The fear that stopping to reflect on things will mean actually having to face …
I find it hard to maintain authenticity during difficult times. I want to shout at the world, but I don’t want the people I love to hear me. In the past I’ve used poetry for this, because you can distance yourself from it, claim that it’s an imagined scenario. It’s …
On Saturday we had our engagement party. Here are some things that I learnt: You can get away with inviting more people than you think will comfortably fit. Some people will show up at the start of the party. Prepare well in advance so you’re relaxed when people arrive. Once …
Calorie counting makes sense to me, and will probably work pretty well. I’m 260 pounds today, and I reckon I’ll eventually lose a couple of stone. If I can keep it up. The trouble with other diets that I’ve found is the conflicting information. I find it hard to balance …
