I’m not sure if I should be sad or happy. When you reach a stage in your life where you get excited about buying a dishwasher and a washing machine for your house you have to stand back for a minute and ask yourself whether this is a good thing or a really bad thing. […]
I’ve been travelling for the last few weeks so I was delighted to come back home a few days ago to find that the fitted wardrobes and drawers had been installed in the master bedroom. They look fantastic: I suspect I’ve got enough storage for my clothes now! I’ll need to spend the next few […]
I travel quite a bit for work. Along the way I naturally accumulate a mixture of both personal and business expenses. Of course a lot of my travel is booked via the company and paid for using either a company credit card or via one of our suppliers who invoices us directly. So this kind […]
I think we’re now in the “home stretch”. Most of the work and improvements I’ve wanted to make on the house are pretty much done at this stage. Sure, I’ve got several things still outstanding, like wardrobes and storage for my bedroom, but the “big” stuff is finally done. Over the last couple of weeks […]
As part of the heating upgrades I made to the house I added solar tubes to heat water. When they were installed the weather wasn’t that great, so the amount of hot water they were able to heat was minimal, though they still gave me 20° – 30° C. As the weather has improved the […]
I’m currently “on the road” for a 3 week stint. While I enjoy travelling I’d prefer to be at home a bit more at the moment, as I really want to get stuff out of boxes. Over the last couple of months I’ve become much more interested in sorting out my house than I have […]
Since getting back from Las Vegas in January I haven’t been travelling. I’ve been focussed on moving house and settling in as well as spending time at Blacknight HQ. That all ended Friday. I’m now on the road until the end of the month. 3 trips, 3 weeks, multiple countries. First up is ICANN 58 […]
I’m a smoker. I’ve been smoking since I was a teenager. I’m unlikely to go “cold turkey” and give up smoking overnight. However since I moved into the new house I haven’t smoked in it. Not once. Nor have I let anyone visiting smoke in it either. The house is now a smoke free zone. […]
The new house’s layout is quite unique, so the main bathroom is kind of an odd shape. There is a full size bath which I intend to use at some point, but there’s no simple way to have a “normal” shower in there, due to the way the ceiling / roof are laid out. You’d […]
I’ve always been interested in greener living through use of technology. Over the past 30 years solar energy has gone from being something incredibly complicated and expensive, to being much more commonplace and relatively affordable. Sure, it’s still not “cheap”, but you can get a variety of grants from the Irish government if you improve […]
