What I’ve been doing #
A full five-day week at work steering the good ship Portfolio Delivery and Change. The waters have been relatively smooth. How much of that is down to summer leave thinning the in-tray, or just calmer winds prevailing, I’m not sure.
Outside of work, I’ve started golf lessons to try to cut down the variability in my shots, which are more of a lottery at the moment as to where they go. I’m starting to see some return, so hopefully I’m building positive habits. I’m not chasing a green jacket, just a consistent round of 18 holes in under 100.
On the site, I’m looking at adding comments, but I’m still working out the best way to do it. I don’t want to overcomplicate what is, underneath it all, a simple static site, and I’d rather avoid bolting on a comment service without knowing what it does with the data people submit, or what it charges to keep doing it. It’s also worth admitting I might be overthinking this, and that a personal blog probably doesn’t need comments at all.
I’ve also been tinkering with my AI setup. I use Claude and keep folders and CLAUDE.md files organised in a main working folder, so I stay in control of it even if I change models down the line. It’s working nicely, and I’m refining how notes get ingested and turned into linked, referenced notes, all viewed through Obsidian, which seems to be quite the trend at the moment. It’s made using Claude on the move a lot more useful.
While talking digital, it’s worth mentioning that I’m also embracing the analogue. I gave up my Kindle for actual books long ago, and this weekend I was given a typewriter as a gift. I love it, and I’ll report back once I’ve written my first old-school letters.
This week also brought the usual Parkrun and a couple of frustrating rounds of golf at Wenvoe Castle Golf Club.
What I am watching #
- Quiz - drama about the coughing scandal on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
- Versailles - rewatching this brilliant series about the construction of the palace under Louis XIV
