<span class='p-author h-card'>Andrew Doran</span>
A stop to look at the view on the Isle of Wight. We only have another couple of weeks together as a family before our eldest heads back to start his sophomore year at college in Texas. Our youngest finished school last week, so my wife suggested that I take the week off and do something with...
<span class='p-author h-card'>Andrew Doran</span>
Waiting for the start of Glengarry Glen Ross at The Old Vic theatre, 13 July 2026 A really big week. We spent the first three days on a management team offsite. It was bittersweet, as it was the last one we will have with someone in our team who is retiring later this year. We hadn’t been all...
<span class='p-author h-card'>Andrew Doran</span>
The latest heatwave has weighed heavily on everyone here. It is just too hot. All of my time seems to be spent working, watching World Cup football, or lying on my bed without any covering, hoping that I will be able to sleep. On Thursday I met one of my neighbours on the train and he offered...
<span class='p-author h-card'>Andrew Doran</span>
Lining up at the start of the JPMorganChase Corporate Challenge A fully-packed week with plenty going on. Multiple days of back-to-back meetings coupled with things happening in the evenings. And when things weren’t happening, the football was on. The football is always on. This was a week...
<span class='p-author h-card'>Andrew Doran</span>
A swan and their cygnets on the bank of the River Bulbourne by The Old Mill, Berkhamsted. Boiling. In the UK we are not equipped to live through day after day of mid-30s°C heat, with the temperature only dropping into the mid-20s overnight with barely a breeze in the air. Sleeping was a tough...
<span class='p-author h-card'>Andrew Doran</span>
My regular morning view from the hotel gym, looking out across the Rosebank suburb of Johannesburg. When last week’s Sun City-based conference was announced, I decided to extend my stay in South Africa so that I could spend some time with our team members who are based there. It wasn’t perfect...
Andrew Spittle
I made a few updates to this site last week. If you prefer blog posts via email, there’s an easier way to signup. I also added a small heart at the end of each post. No login to jump through nor any data retained, just an incremental counter that ties into a WordPress widget. As I tinkered...
analogwave
2025 Weeknotes 3Doing Spent Friday and Saturday in Snowdonia. Stayed over night in a bothy which was warm enough. Managed to injure my ankle on the walk in Friday so walking was a bit limited by it. Still good to get out. Spent the week looking at mobile broadband for home, 5G gives me about 800...