Here’s what I’m currently up to
March 2022
💻 Currently working on:
- Maintaining a Magento 2 e-commerce store.
- Writing specs and planning projects
- Rebuilding this site using Statamic
- Planning my home/garden jobs for the year
📚 Reading:
- "The Lord Of The Rings" by J.R.R. Tolkien. (Amazon Link) - I've read this many times before and come back to it every couple of years. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
- "Atomic Habits" by James Clear. (Amazon Link) Fantastic book that I'd recommend to anyone. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
- "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
- "The Omega Project" by Steve Alten. (Amazon Link) ⭐️⭐️⭐️
- "The 4 Hour Body" by Tim Ferris (Amazon Link) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
- "The Wind's Twelve Quarters" by Ursuka K. Le Guin (Gollanz SF Hardback) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
- "Clanlands - Whisky, Warfare, and a Scottish Adventure Like No Other" by Sam Heughan and Graham McTavish (Audible) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
- "The Silmarillion" by J.R.R Tolkien ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Tough going but eventually finished it. If you want to understand the history of Tolkien's Middle Earth then this is the book for you. - "The Sandman" by Neil Gaiman (Audible)⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
- "Neverwhere" by Neil Gaiman (Audio-book on Audible) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
- "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald (Audio-book on Audible) ⭐️⭐️⭐️
- "Artemis" by Andy Wier (Audio-book on Audible) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
- "The Obstacle Is The Way" by Ryan Holiday [Amazon Link] ⭐️⭐️
- "Hidden Wyndham: Life, Love, Letters" by Amy Binns [Amazon Link] ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I'm a huge fan of John Wyndham's novels and enjoyed this book about his life and loves. Amy Binns has done a remarkable job of finding information on a man that kept his personal life so secret. - "The Unicorn Project" by Gene Kim [Amazon link] ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A must for any software developer wanting to take the next step in their career. - "How Not To Be A Professional Racing Driver" by Jason Plato [Amazon link] ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
An absolute hoot from start to the end. Jason is as funny off the track as he is fast on it.
🎧 Listening
Music
I've not been listening to anything in particular recently, just my usual genres of Drum and Bass, Ambient, Hip-Hop, Funk, Jazz etc.
Podcasts
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