Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Hounslow Methodist Church had a thriving live music project called Cafe Arts, inviting small professional and semi-professional Christian artists from around the country to perform in a series of concerts each year. This had to stop during the pandemic and since then we have only had a few concerts by the…
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Bingo Call Tracking Grid
For many years, the school’s PTA has run a bingo night for the children, which always goes well. This year, however, we have retired the software that they used to use to track the numbers as they were called. I put together a simple script to do a similar job, as most of the app…
Good Things – February 2024
I haven’t posted much this month as it has been very busy!
Good Things – January 2024
These are some of the good things I’ve been up to in January.
Review: Tweek
Todo list apps are a source of frustration to me; there are so many beautiful and amazingly designed apps out there, but they often overcomplicate things and make a simple list harder than it needs to be. A few years ago, I started using Tweek (https://tweek.so/) to keep track of jobs that need doing at…
WWT London Wetlands Centre
Just before Christmas, I treated myself to a camera upgrade. It has been years (the last photos seem to be in 2015!) since I have had a ‘proper’ camera, using my phone and, if needed, borrowing one instead, so it has been a lot of fun getting used to this type of photography again. Between…
Title Slides from 2023
As the year is coming to a close and following up on my other two posts from 2022 and 2023, here are some of my favourite title slides I designed this year. This year, I also designed and introduced a series of icons to signify the type of service, and later in the year, we…
2023 Highlights – Albums
This year has been an eclectic year for music as this list will testify! The list is in no particular order and features standout albums that i first heard this year. They are not nessercarily released this year, although several are. O Sun O Moon Bruce Cockburn I had the pleasure of hearing Bruce Cockburn…
2023 Highlights – Gaming
This year has been an unusual year for games. I have had anywhere near as much time to play as in the past. A lot of the time I have had has been multiplayer gaming with my brother and cousin. The games I have chosen this year have been quite chilled, which has been a…
Christmas with the Bell Road Band II
Following on from a successful Christmas concert last year the church band decided it would be fun to go again. This year the band picked some of their favourites from the last year and then added in some new ideas. Songs ranged from classic Christmas carols such as “O come all ye Faithful” and “Hark…