Farewell RWCMD

Yesterday was very hard. But after 20 years there I don’t think it could have been any other way.Monday sees the start of my new adventure. But for now: Matt Rogerson, Off Cans

Last Ride

Today saw my last ride home from RWCMD – Tomorrow is my last day at RWCMD… I need to drive in so I can take home my “stuff” after clearing my desk, and locker, and office drawers, and multiple boxes... Continue Reading →

Just a test

this is just a test to see if this is working …. if all goes to plan this post will push out to the fediverse …

Moving (Digital) Home

After nearly 10 years of running my own server on Digital Ocean I finally realised that … actually … I didn’t really need to do that and I can do everything I need to do at a fraction of the... Continue Reading →

… But words will never hurt me

I’m not sure about you, but for a chunk of my childhood this phrase would regularly ring out across the playground as a catch all response to the latest action that caused upset. Sticks and stone may break my bones,But... Continue Reading →

Comet in Pixel

Pictures taken tonight at Roath Park Lake. Handheld with my old Google Pixel 2… Comet Neowise visable in the 1st 2 – much clearer by the camera than by eye.

Reflected Rainbow

Bittersweet View

So this popped up on my Google Photos “memories” feature. I miss this view I miss the building I miss the staff I miss the students I miss the banter, the chat, the smiles in the corridors. I miss the... Continue Reading →

Light Speed

So this awesome Ikea light was my Christmas present… Not this year’s present … Or last year’s …. Or possibly the year before that … Anyway it’s finally in place and working + looking as awesome I hoped it would!

Black Lives Matter

I’m a white, priveledged male. I don’t know what it’s like for people who don’t look like me. I have struggled with what to write about this. I didn’t want to “say the wrong thing” – or upset someone. But... Continue Reading →

Comment on New brain for my old brain… by Paul

You may have convinced me to take the plunge. Were you following an online guide? Did you reformat your SD to get an ext2/3 partition to install your applications on? That's the main reason I want to root mine as I'm always running out of space!

Comment on New brain for my old brain… by Ant

Following your progress Matty

Comment on But… by Mymy

Good to hear that you are getting thro this tough period - you've all been in our thoughts. Keep hanging on to God on the next bit of the rollercoaster, it's the only secure way I've found!

Comment on A time to … by Carl Bryden

You may or may not have noticed that I also chose to go with what I wanted to wear instead of the norm. I ended up in a place where I felt a little trapped by my decision and It became expected of me. Took me a while to come to the realisation that wearing what I want means wearing ANYTHING I want and that includes "The Norm". Whilst staying inside the realms of decency, legality and your own morality, you shouldn't limit yourself! Having said that, The few times I saw you in trousers, it was a definite culture shock, :) (But that's not a bad thing)

Comment on A time to … by laine

Wow I had no idea that the Shorts decision went so deep but I'm glad you did it and it makes me think about a few things too. I am always struggling with trying to be true to me and not live according to what other people think...or what I think they think! You will always be my mad friend in shorts who is also a techie genius but I hope that this new decision will make you feel as happy as the last one did.

Comment on Crikey that was close by Ruthy

Holy moley. Those people are insane. it's like they've put on a sleeping back and flung themselves off a cliff. Utter madness.

Comment on Hands Up by Ruthy

Thank you for writing this.

Comment on And Then There Were 3 – Epilogue by Ben Thomas

Very moved reading of your journey through this dark valley. I'm reminded of what Job said when faced with terrible loss: "The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; may the name of the Lord be praised." So glad that's your experience, and that God is still very real and very near to you. May that ever be true.

Comment on New Phone, Blue Sky, Short post … by Paul B

I agree - very nice phone (he says from his HTC Desire!) Only problem so far is a lack of some applications from Google marketplace as they don't seem to have added the phone to their list of permitted devices yet. Googleearth for example...

Comment on New Phone, Blue Sky, Short post … by Pyney

interested to read your post matt. I checked out the HTC hero when it came out and whilst impressed with some aspects of the way it brought together the widget esq desktop the touch screen wasnt great (cant remember the technical term to my shame, but wasnt able 2 respond to pressure or multi touch like apple). Still plodding along with my N95 8gb at the moment but out of contract. Think nokia have a bit of work to do as wasnt impressed at all with my flatmates' N97. Seen there is an X6 but cant help thinking the Symbian os is creaking with age. I think we are on the cusp of some interesting developments as the smartphone market truely matures and things like augmented reality (overlays of data over the 'real world' video from the phones' camera get developed). The apparent breakthroughs that universities seem to be making in the fields of batteries and memory seem to indicate some exciting shifts in processing power, battery lift and storage capabilities in the coming years.