Author: Matt Jukes

  • Micro March (17)

    I’m doing better today. Thanks to everyone who got in touch to check-in. Sorry if I worried people. Part of what spun me out yesterday is that I tick three or four of the risky pre-existing conditions depending on definitions – two are nailed on certainties. I’m also feeling pretty unwell at the moment. I…

  • Micro March (16)

    I’m not doing great today. I thought I was. I thought the plan I talked about yesterday was working. Then I had a tantrum when I couldn’t get my new wireless extender to work – which is needed because my wifi isn’t good enough where I have my new ‘office’ for video calls (which is…

  • Micro March (15)

    Micro March (15)

    Today has been mainly about getting things sorted for the week ahead. Both physically and psychologically. I have my new desk and chair (Amazon Basics) plus an Anker USB-C hub. I dusted off the monitor and keyboard (unused in the two plus years since I left mySociety) made use of the brilliant ‘Hip Hop Saved…

  • Picard perfect

    Picard perfect

    I am enjoying the new Picard series. It is a bit jarring to hear so many eff-bombs being dropped in the Star Trek universe and some of the violence is pretty un-Trek like but I’ve enjoyed it a lot more than any recent forays in to this world. Catching up with Riker, Troi, Hugh and…

  • Micro March (14)

    Got back to Bristol late last night. The feeling of relief was physical. Unfortunately what I think is just a cold (or maybe my usual early hayfever) has gotten quite a bit worse so all things considered I’ve decided to go the full self-isolation route for a week. This isn’t helped by the fact the…