Since going sober, and rediscovering my spirituality, I’ve become more attuned to synchronicities and intuition. Of course, my mind has a 40-year habit of suppressing those, and it still offers up plenty of resistance.

Great. What’s that got to do with this blog?

Several times over the past year, it’s been suggested I start a blog. Or, more recently, the question tends to be more do I have a blog? There’s a shift towards an assumption.

Another nudge from the universe was two colleagues feeling enthused to start blogging again. In some part at least, inspired by the changes and reinvigorated flow we’re finding as we work together on utterly embracing Laravel.

So here we are. My first post here was ten years ago, and I wrote “I enjoy writing”. Sorry, intuition.

The second shift is why I’ve picked this up again though. I’ve gone from “I don’t have time to write a blog”, to “I don’t...

I’ve been a merino convert for nearly three years now, but appear to be going all-in just recently.

The journey began towards the end of 2012 - I was excited about going on a six month USA roadtrip in a few months and, already well into minimalism, was looking forward to travelling light. Tynan’s gear post resulted in a decision to do the journey with the Tom Bihn Synapse backpack and merino clothing.

There’s loads of info about the benefits, but briefly: Incredibly lightweight, compact and crease avoiding (for maximum squashing!), keeps you warm when cold (good with layering) but cool when hot (breathable and wicks away moisture), naturally odour-resistant (antibacterial, most smells are bacteria) but machine washable when you don’t fancy wearing a t-shirt for a month (I don’t!) and insanely quick-drying.

Merino is so amazing, that I stuck with it after the trip. And, slowly, over...

I’ve deleted my old website (blog might be over-selling it) and setup home in a shiny new Svbtle blog. All because:

1. I enjoy writing and find it useful to organise my thoughts, but my old blog was difficult to update and couldn’t store draft ideas. Therefore I’d rarely update it, something I hope the new blog will encourage me to change.

2. I’m currently exploring minimalism beyond the possessions I own, looking at what I create, how and why. Removing the need to manage how the blog works lets me focus on the words.

3. I love the product (despite the name!) and have been keen to try it since becoming available for anyone to signup.

I considered copying across my old posts, but (unsurprisingly) they all felt dated. So I’ve gone for a fresh start, with just a list of old titles for continuity:

• Replacing your office fileserver with Dropbox, June 2010 - no longer have an office either!
• Cult...