Home - Matt Marshall's Personal Site

Hello, I’m Matt!

I was released into public beta in 1991 sometime between the public release of the Web and the fall of the Soviet Union. This is my personal site which I primarily use as a blog and to share bits of my life.

I try to keep the design of the site as lightweight as possible, so don’t have any images of me embedded in any pages. However if you want to see a picture of my beardy mug then you can use the following link:

A picture of me from 2019 (profile.png, 96Kib)

This page is the index page so contains links to every other page and blog post on the site. Other pages don’t have a menu of links to other pages, but there’ll always be a link to bring you back to this page.

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2024-06-26 – 2024 Summer Solstice Update
2024-06-06 – Software I Wish Existed
2024-03-14 – My approach to backups
2024-01-01 – Making Firefox Work Better with my Tiling Window Manager
2023-12-28 – 2023 Winter Solstice Update
2023-06-27 – 2023 Summer Solstice Update
2023-03-11 – I accidentally upgraded my phone
2023-02-12 – Experiences migrating to Hugo
2023-01-13 – I'm done with tablets
2023-01-04 – Keeping it local
2022-12-25 – 2022 Winter Solstice Update
2022-07-15 – Memory Lane: How I used to do my computing
2022-06-30 – 2022 Summer Solstice Update
2022-05-15 – My dream e-reader
2022-04-18 – Goodbye Ubuntu (mostly)
2022-03-19 – My take on the Plain Text Personal Organiser
2021-12-31 – 2021 Winter Solstice Update (belated)
2021-11-22 – Some links for November 2021
2021-11-12 – Some housekeeping for November 2021
2021-10-21 – Some links for October 2021
2021-10-12 – Why your pizza tracker lies to you
2021-09-21 – Some links for September 2021
2021-08-17 – Some links for August 2021
2021-08-14 – Some quick site notes
2021-06-26 – 2021 Summer Solstice Update
2021-04-20 – Migrating (temporarily?) to Jekyll
2021-03-01 – So I'm grieving right now
2020-11-06 – A year of journaling
2020-09-15 – Finding joy in converting a file
2020-09-11 – You should write to your MP, here's a template
2020-07-17 – Writing a thesis in markdown
2020-07-06 – Why The Guardian is utter tripe
2020-06-15 – State of my phone 2020-06
2020-01-31 – Routine is a tool, not the point
2019-06-28 – Review of TURF @ Goodspace in Newcastle upon Tyne
2019-05-18 – Review of the VIP Inn Berna Hotel in Lisbon
2019-05-01 – Capitalism and the Planet - a happy May Day to all
2019-04-12 – (Almost) Off into the sunset; what I've been up to for the last six months
2019-02-16 – 2018 was a Long Year
2018-12-01 – Another List of Stuff I Own (December 2018)
2018-11-10 – Goodbye Twitter
2018-10-09 – Gratitude List Autumn 2018
2018-08-01 – Quick thoughts on Minimalist Design Patterns for Brimstone
2018-07-22 – Initial thoughts on the new laptop
2018-07-04 – Brief reflections on my relationship with photos
2018-06-06 – Brimstone
2018-05-28 – A List of Stuff I Own (May 2018)
2018-03-19 – Accountability Work: Examining the Values, Technologies and Work Practices that Facilitate Transparency in Charities
2018-02-06 – My relationship with self-care
2018-01-22 – A mundane snapshot of stuff on my Phone
2017-11-01 – On Screens
2017-10-20 – Suspicious Emails
2017-10-18 – All about the sleep
2017-10-10 – Going to Ground
2017-10-03 – Flatmates and Housework
2017-09-22 – Dying Light
2017-09-12 – Essentialism
2017-09-05 – A slice of PIE
2017-09-01 – Equinox planting
2017-08-29 – Memento Mori
2017-08-25 – Decluttering Update
2017-08-22 – Every morning
2017-08-18 – Boats and a fear of success
2017-07-25 – Fasting Pt 3: Towards my Media Fasting goals
2017-07-21 – Fasting Pt 2: Towards my new Dietary Fast
2017-07-18 – Strength Training, Fasting, and Emotional Labour
2017-06-13 – GE2017 Reaction: I feel the sun
2017-05-31 – Unpublished ACM Submission
2017-05-26 – Am I a Maker?
2017-05-04 – The Simple Peace of Mending Socks
2017-04-25 – A Collection of Old Journal Entries
2017-02-09 – Pulling away from Big Google
2017-01-30 – Brimstone: Plans and Situated Actions
2017-01-06 – Thoughts on Minimalism, Zero Waste, and Class
2017-01-05 – Year in Strength 2016 - Reflections on Strength Training
2016-12-28 – Week in Review - 20 Dec 2016
2016-12-11 – A bit of DeGoogling
2016-12-05 – Riding Shotgun (or Getting a Grip)
2016-11-15 – Hero's Journey: Call to Adventure, or Road of Trials?
2016-10-30 – Marked for Release (or Letting Go)
2016-10-19 – Thinking about 'Stuff'
2016-10-11 – Quick Evaluation of Brimstone CMS and my Silo Use
2016-10-04 – The Great Reclaim: Where I am with social media
2016-08-16 – Feature Creep, and Doing.
2016-06-22 – Saving on Sushi
2016-06-15 – Reflections on my Facebook use
2016-05-09 – Accountable: Exploring the Inadequacies of Transparent Financial Practice in the Non-Profit Sector
2016-04-22 – The End of the Tunnel (is in sight)
2016-04-12 – Grumbly Review - VidaHost hosting (is bad for devs)
2016-03-01 – Please use PDF
2016-01-22 – I'm going to run to Mordor
2016-01-10 – Jar of Broken Dreams
2016-01-05 – Year In Strength 2015: Reflections on Training
2015-12-29 – Tags vs Categories: All hail tags
2015-12-29 – Fifteen Years Later (A trip down memory lane)
2015-12-05 – Reflections on Notes and Pretty URLs

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