I’ve done some thinking, and have decided that for now I am going to say ‘stuff you’ to anyone who wants to try and dig up shit / stalk me. As such I’ve imported the posts I created whilst I was “away”; nothing exciting but may flood your RSS feed (for which I apologise). So,… read more →
Karl has been telling people with great glee how the supposed ‘terrible twos’ had obviously skipped over us. Unfortunately, I think the great god of toddler tantrums has been listening and has decided to smite us with a great big shitty stick because our cute little well behaved (albeit mischevious) Isabel has suddenly turned into… read more →
jemjabella.co.uk is going on a little hiatus while I decide what I am doing with myself/what I want to be when I grow up. I will still be available via twitter/facepoop/email as usual. Development on all of my scripts is officially stopped; whether or not I pick them back up again is yet to be… read more →
Clook are having a planned server move thingy this weekend which means my site will be unavailable from 10pm-6am GMT on the 26th November (Saturday). I have no idea what that is in foreign times, but probably smack bang in the middle of the day. My email should be fine because it’s hosted elsewhere. This… read more →
(This post has been constructed over a period of several days, snatching minutes here and there. If it seems choppy / all over the place, it’s because it is.) Struggling to find the time to write at the minute.. life busy passing me by undocumented. It’s not like I don’t HAVE the time, it’s just… read more →
My new sofa, held up for a fortnight or so by incompetent muppets at Homebase (Argos), finally arrived at 8:20 this morning. Wahey!… read more →
I’ll break this down a bit for those not interested in the minutiae of the past few days; you can skip to which bits interest you the most… Friday: Exchange and Complete The contracts were officially exchanged on the house Friday morning, we completed at the same time and had the keys for 11am. A… read more →
In anticipation of the release of my mail form as a plugin for WordPress, I have updated the standalone mail form script. Updates as follows: compressed and optimised badword checking; checking name field too more easily customisable required fields added more known bots to isBots() function disable Send button on successful mail send to help… read more →
Karl and I put in an offer on a house this evening…… read more →
Going Nuud
This post contains multiple updates since the original review.
02nd August 2018 — adjustment period
09th April 2019 — suspicious lumps
02nd December 2019 — statement from nuud team
Original Post
I happened to casually mention to my brother via facebook messenger recently that I get quite sweaty. (There is context, something about exercise, I didn't just randomly tell him ...
How to organise your Life with Filofax
This isn’t the home for the great Filofax debate but it is a place where the merits of this personal organisation system can be discussed. It has been in existence since 1921 and many of its advocates will tell you it’s better for organising your life than a computer or any regular diary. Held in ...
We Got a Dog
If you're a long time reader / follower of my antics on social media, you'll know that the jemjabella household is a bit of a zoo. OK, a lot of a zoo.
Well, we finally added another head to that this year when - after ~3 years of research, putting it off, saving, more research ...
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