To celebrate Bastille Day, I made Coq au Vin for dinner. It’s a classic for a reason. It isn’t a particularly difficult dish, it just has a lot of parts, and takes a while. The result is spectacular. It’s probably like most things in life; a combination of time, consistency, and getting the small things…

I read today that apart from the ultra high end stuff, antiques have essentially collapsed in value. One person estimated it at a 90% drop, which seems high, but it could be true. It certainly feels directionally true. I can’t remember the last time I went to a peer’s home and saw some serious, made…

Scraping LinkedIn for info is really useful. It’s also really difficult. The company knows that they need to walk a fine balance between showing people information about Jobs, Businesses, and People, and making sure people don’t just replicate all that information themselves. They do this by focusing probably 80% of their dev team on this…

I learnt the hard way today that while you can always add salt, you can never really remove it. Act accordingly.

We went as a family to the Denver Bastille Festival, which lasts for three days. It was terrible. Strikingly so. There was the French Chamber of Commerce, a Crepes store, and a few empanada (?) stores as well. Very disappointed, because nothing gets me more excited than a French Market!

It has been a big week, and I’m absolutely stuffed. Time to take it easy. A sick child and a couple of huge deadlines sure are demanding!