Pick a topic or view all posts by year
8 February 2026 in projects
Flushed with the success of building a Flickr alternative my thoughts turned to what I could do self-host my own music (easy) and sharing it (less easy). Soundcloud looks great but has a cap on how many tracks you can upload before being charged, and Bandcamp is free to use...
Read more7 February 2026 in projects
It was probably the sudden arrival of a receipt for payment of £74 for another year of hosting my photos on Flickr that made me re-open the idea of looking for a ‘free’ alternative again. I did look at a GitHub-only option some time ago but I didn’t love it,...
Read more21 September 2025 in projects
After a recent visit to France I decided it was time to actually start learning the language. After all, we had been going there for over 20 years, and my schoolboy english was showing the strain. I took an excellent Open University intro course called Get ready for beginners’ French...
Read more