Roughly every month I write an email that I send to my PaTMa mailing list with updates, news and property stats - pretty much whatever I've been thinking about or working on recently. Having been writing these emails for years, it finally occurred to me that I should start posting them here as well!
It's been a while since I …
I was recently given an existing set of files to create a collection of Docker containers via the docker-compose tool. Unfortunately this rapidly led to some annoyances with variable substitutions within a docker-compose (.env) env-file. This is the kind of thing I mean:
DOMAIN=example.org
EMAIL=admin@${DOMAIN}
The problem was that they don't seem to be supported in docker-compose 1.25.5 (as shipped …
I recently needed to choose a podcast host for the Business of Property. Just in case it's useful to anyone else, or indeed myself in the future, I thought I'd document my reasoning.
Unfortunately I'm not starting to write this at the very beginning of the story. Instead we're jumping in at the point of having a shortlist …
It seems to be the thing to do these days, starting a podcast, so I thought I'd join in.
I've been a fan of property since I was very young. While my career has primarily followed other things, I've been a property investor (fancy term for a landlord) for nearly twenty years.
More recently I've also moved my main career …
Looking back to some sunnier autumn weather today.
Taken in October 2018.
The "tree house" at (Chartwell)[https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/chartwell], and a view out from inside it.
Taken in August 2018.
This week is just some trees!
Taken in October 2018.
Fourth and final week in my mini series of distant grand buildings.
Taken in June 2019.
Third in the a mini series of distant grand buildings.
Taken in March 2019.
Another in the a mini series of distant grand buildings.
Taken in August 2018.
Time for a mini series of distant grand buildings.
Taken in July 2017.
Having woken up to a wintery scene of frost covered roofs today, here's a rather warmer looking photo.
Taken in October 2018.
Just a tree.
Taken in June 2019.
Just a single flower this week, although a couple of pictures of it.
Taken in September 2019.
This week it's the turn of a couple of yellow flowers.
Taken in October 2018 and April 2019.
A couple of red flowers today.
Taken in May and October 2018.
Another building focussed photo this week, this time with the Shard as the main feature. Taken as we wandered to The Tower of London.
Taken in August 2019.
Simply The National Archives today, looking a bit grey. Taken as we visited for an excellent Time Travel Club, family day, complete with a show and sessions exploring 800+ year old documents.
Taken in September 2019.
Just a hiding building this week.
Taken in June 2019.
