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  • Return

    Part 1: Herts and LONDON I hadn’t been back for over ten years. I arrived, after 7hrs squeezed into a brutally tight seat with around 2hrs broken sleep, at Heathrow. The customs officer took my passport, scanned it, and said “Welcome home, James” like I’m 007. It gave me a laugh. This wasn’t home, though.…

  • California Dreaming

    California Dreaming

    …On such a winter’s fall day Back in September I spent five days in Los Angeles at the 2017 Open Source Summit. I’d never been to California before. I wasn’t sure what I’d make of it. My wife thought I might hate the endless, dusty sprawl, but I had a certain fascination with the place…