Inconsistent Records Blog

...and they may well not be under your control Pretext I recently changed my job.

Introduction One thing I've grown to love about managing a team of software engineers is that they call out the hand-wavey terms you use without thinking.

Introduction I've decided to write this article because I hope it addresses some thoughts that others might well feel within themselves.

Welcome to 2025 So I never publish blogs when the publication date actually says in Lektor, they appear afterwards.

Julia: my introduction Julia is a language that I've been after getting better acquainted with for a while.

A software engineer is easily distracted Crapoly, it's been a long time since I wrote anything.

Introduction I'm determined to continue writing publicly, but haven't been able to find much to focus on and understand in relation to my path.

Preamble I write from a position of privilege.

As usual, all opinions are my own A prelude So this post is about why I've updated my about page, which probably seems pointless but actually is quite an achievement for me as I'm not predisposed to public writing unless it leaves out all semblance of per…

Introduction Holiday and life has given a little break between the blog posts recently, but back to work today and I'm over the moon to be starting a new project in my role as RSE (rather than those I'm doing which are carried over.)

Introduction My home office.

So this is the last of the galleries from my time South.

With the start of the summer season well under way, I was privileged to get out as co-pilot on a couple of key flights.

As the sun returns, so too does the encroachment of the world into Antarctica, with the first planes arriving and the preparations for the upcoming summer season.

I've been a bit offline whilst some life stuff has been happening, but here is the first of four (to be released daily) of the last of my Antarctic galleries.

The irony of this being called Winter Living as a post is that the first photo is already past the Winter Equinox.

Having finished the winter trip a couple of months before, this gallery shows the lead up to and fun times of midwinter week in June, a celebration akin to Christmas for people in the Antarctic.

This gallery shows the more recreational side of the autumn at Rothera.

Yes, I know, it's amazing that there's a second gallery about the nature and environment of Rothera!

This gallery really just records my introduction into the life and the beauty of Rothera, having arrived in 2018 and getting myself settled as a new member of the team.

This gallery shows the last photos I took at Halley while we prepared for the shutdown of the base for the second time.

During the summer season 2017-2018 (remember, this is the Southern hemisphere) I was privileged enough to get out for some brief fieldwork.

Following our being unable to winter Halley in the 2016-2017 season our team had to return to the UK, which was a massive shame.

I've not yet been able to adequately post on here, primarily because I've not gotten comfortable with publishing my internal narrative.

Overview I've given in.

Introduction This really culminates the articles "Making this site" (part 1, part 2 and part 3), surrounding the development of this blog.

It's been a bit busy recently but, now, I return to the blogosphere mainly as an escape from the insanity of modern life!

These are some photos of my first season in Antarctica.

I've no interest in writing about the positives or negatives of life lived under lockdown.

So, on I continue with making this site a bit more satisfying.

I had a good play with raw bootstrap based static sites, using Jinja.

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