’The Only Way To Be Sure’ - Rescoring ALIENS I’m excited to share my latest entMOOT release: a reimagined score for one of my favourite scenes from James Cameron’s Aliens. “The Only Way To Be Sure” approaches this iconic scene with a fresh and very different musical perspective, weaving together tension, emotion and energy in ways — I hope — that both honour and reimagine the original. December 21, 2024 · 1 min read
Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI - Book Notes I recently finished reading “Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI” by Ethan Mollick (published in April 2024). It’s a brilliant book and, whether you’re actively interested in LLMs, generative AI and all that jazz or just curious, I can’t recommend it enough. It’s an easy, informative and enjoyable read. October 21, 2024 · 11 mins read
Switching to Beancount I’ve been tracking my personal finances since 2005. What started as a exercise in wondering “where am I spending my money?”1 has evolved into something that has helped me quickly (well, maybe not that quickly) understand more about my personal finances over the years. I’ve hopped from tool to tool, always searching for something which balances flexibility, power and ease... September 24, 2024 · 7 mins read
Idle Thoughts for the Day Stuff I thought about whilst not reading, listening to podcasts or looking at my phone whilst travelling from London St Pancras to Notting Hill Gate this morning: bricklaying and the different permutations brick arrangements in a wall the superlative adventure game Damocles I used to play on the Amiga A500 standard: work stuff (and of course, the future) that scene... August 20, 2024 · 1 min read
Week Beginning 29 July Notes What the blazes is this? Notes for the week at the start of the week? That’s precisely what’s in store. I’m listening to Jellybelly by The Smashing Pumpkins as I type (best bit: repeated snare hit at 2:03… no, it is). July 29, 2024 · 1 min read