Author: Alastair Johnston ⁽¹⁴⁹⁾

Everything about this picture brings me joy

This image pretty much sums up everything that I am thankful for in my life. I don't need much. Neither do you.

Privacy Policy

Please read the following statements carefully, as they address the rules of engagement between us. Your privacy is critically important to me. I want to...

What went wrong with the internet

I mean, it’s sort of like a cult of personality. It’s like in North Korea or some regime where the religion is your purpose to...

What I learned taking a Digital Declutter

As you might know, in January I decided to pull the plug on all non-essential internet and web hee-haws. I’d had an email from Cal...

Frosty February Morning

Stojo Pocket Cup review

photo: Nic McPhee If there is one thing worse than office tea and coffee then it's office tea and coffee served in an office mug....

Parenting by Post-it

How to be a good parent, in two easy Post-it notes. As I looked up from my work, I caught you writing on the wall....

Time for a Digital Declutter

I'm having a digital declutter in January. Cal Newport in his email newsletter asked if anyone wanted to take part in a digital declutter in January....

Why I ride

It’s at around the 2 mile mark when I’m aware that I’m not thinking about what I’m doing anymore. It’s the Buzzard that flies overhead,...

Into the woods

You can work hard for your whole life, save money and then get to retire with a lump sum to buy a piece of woodland...

Middle-Aged Man in Lycra

As the clock on my ageing work laptop showed 12.30pm I closed down Outlook and powered everything off. 12.35pm, I was upstairs, shoehorning myself into...

Letters to Lawrie - My precious little gift

You are my precious little gift. I hope to live a long and healthy life. In fact, I hope to be around well into my...