Now
What is this page?
A Now Page is a quick at-a-glance summary of what I’ve been doing recently.
The idea is to give you more of a bird’s-eye-view than you’d get from status updates and blog posts.
Last updated
Last significant update was 9 Aug 2022.
Home & Family
- Living in Darlington, England.
- With my girlfriend, my cat, and occasionally two small humans.
- My dad died, 2 Aug 2023.
Work
- Senior Software Engineer (Backend, Perl) at Giacom.
- Consulting for The Perl Shop and Toby Ink Ltd.
Learning
- Currently learning the Rust programming language.
- Planning on getting back to learning Toki Pona.
Fitness
- Getting back into going to the gym.
- Planning on starting swimming regularly soon.
Writing
I wrote the 1 Dec entry to the Perl Advent last year: Silent Mite.
I’m trying to be more active on my blog.
Reading
Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots.
The Children Act by Ian McEwan.
Films
Films I’ve enjoyed recently:
- Barbie
- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
TV
TV series I’m watching:
- Prison Break (season 4)
- The Good Doctor (season 4)
- Kingdom Hospital
- Misfits (season 2)
- The Terminal List (season 1)
- The Ghost & Molly McGee (season 2)
Recently finished:
- The Haunting of Bly Manor
- Secret Invasion
Games
Games I’m part way through:
- Untitled Goose Game
- Life is Strange 2
- The Last of Us
- It Takes Two
Games I’ve played recently:
- Life is Strange: Before the Storm
- Batman: Arkham Asylum
- Until Dawn
- The Quarry
- Life is Strange
- God of War Ragnarok
Music
I don’t seem to have much time to listen to music lately. 🙁