I'm done with social media. I may live to regret it, but I've deleted my Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and Bluesky (don't think I ever opened it once!). It's all such a manipulative time-sink, and I'm just done with it. Feels weird, but good.

Tabitha had to go to school today for an open day. Charlotte and I went for breakfast, then we all went for a walk. Making the most of the beautiful weather.

I've been a moderate fan of Death Cab for Cutie for a long time; have always said that I could make one great record of tracks I select from each of their albums. I prefer The Postal Service. This week, I'm not really sure why I say that. I've been going back through their d...

I know it's been ages since I built a new keyboard. I've been very excited about this one.

These went so well today. I love this dough when it goes well.

I found this via Chris Glass (where I find a good deal of my good stuff), and was pretty skeptical but it's very nice.

We went for a walk as Charlotte wanted to go blackberry picking. Wholesome enough on its own, but it took a turn for the even-more-wholesome!

This is probably going to be my last ArcTanGent, at least for a little while. It’s an expensive indulgence just for me, it comes right in a prime holiday timeslot, and I just fundamentally don’t enjoy the concept as much as I used to. I still had a great time this year and saw some amazing performances, but I think it’s time to quit whilst I’m ahead.

Bit of an eclectic weekend. Norman castle, village fete (the kind you're not really welcome at if no-one recognises you), raft race, cheese on toast, pizza.

Haven't done one of these for a while. Mainly because she's not a very friendly cat. I don't really know what we do to cats to make them this way!

Two things that stress me out are dates and deadlines. So it makes sense for me to volunteer to coordinate all of the fixture dates for Sussex Junior Badminton, which has a deadline and I feel like results in a lot of people aiming grumpiness at me if I do a bad job.

It's a load of photos of sunflowers. Do you need this many photos of sunflowers? No, you do not, but it's not hurting anyone!

F1 Dads take a road trip to Belgium, to one of the best tracks of the season, to watch George Russell get robbed.

There's nearly seven years between these pictures. So much has changed. Very happy to have such a great kid and I'm so excited for her to start secondary.

Charlotte is doing a sponsored abseil for charity. You can read about why she's doing it, and I would hugely appreciate if you could donate/sponsor her.

I had an X100-series camera ages ago, but a can of Dr Pepper exploded in my bag and killed it.

Charlotte got me a ticket for this event at Helm for my birthday. It was pretty cool.

Wanted to go to these since we saw Tom Scott's video about them. They're not open to the public all the time but they do occasionally sell tickets.

Palm Reader kicked off their farewell mini-tour in Southampton on my birthday. Andy and I took a little trip down memory lane, and found it largely closed.

Li'l date night with Charlotte. Dinner, drinks, comedy. Not bad but my word restaurants are expensive at the moment.

Another weekend, another car show. This one technically (legally?) a meetup rather than a show. An American car meetup, with a couple of lovely German cars thrown in for good measure. I'll take the 911, please.

One of two things has happened: either I've sampled so much fine ice cream that McFlurrys (don't come at me with McFlurries; it is a proper noun) now taste and have the texture of warm garbage, or McFlurrys always tasted and had the texture of warm garbage. I guess those aren't mutually exclusive.

Still I think today marked the first day that an ice cream was so repulsive that I threw it in the bin. Never thought I'd see the day.

Charlotte met up with a friend in London, so Tabitha and I had a very expensive day filled with inefficient travel!