August 2025

This month note is late, but for good reason. I’m just finishing up two weeks of paternity leave after the arrival of Rory. He arrived a week late (like his brother) right at the end of the month.

August was a fun month, mostly spent preparing for Rory’s arrival and spending quality time with the family. We took Jack to some festival events, went for walks, and ate some lunches out (Paz Taqueria, The Gruff Goat, several festival food trucks). Jack has been getting better at his balance bike, and we spent many sunny evenings looping the block near the Meadows.

Towards the end of the month I went to see AC/DC at Murrayfield, a long-overdue bucket-list band. I did keep in constant contact with H, to check that she wasn’t suddenly going into labour.

I started reading Azar Gat’s War in Human Civilisation, trying to make progress on the Rise and Fall of Civilisations reading list that I’ve had on the backburner for a while. I guess I’ll be spending a lot of time with Rory on the sofa, so resuming the reading list is probably a good idea!

That’s it for August. I’ll be back at the end of September, which will include more baby-chat and JavaScript meetups. 👋