Barry Frost
Hello, I’m Barry (he/him), a software engineer and technology leader with experience building teams, websites and apps. I live in a village in Hertfordshire, UK, with my wife and two sons.
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Week 58 - Colder
Winter’s on its way: the nights are drawing in, it’s noticeably colder in the mornings and the heating even automatically... -
Week 57 - Fraud
It was a bank holiday on Monday for the Queen’s funeral. I didn’t watch the coverage, but I was thankful for the free time... -
Week 56 - Quiz
The nation is in full-on mourning mode following the Queen’s death last week. Brands are jumping on the grief bandwagon,... -
Week 55 - Succession
The Queen has died. I’m no monarchist, but her 70 years of duty to our country has been remarkable. And while I’ve little... -
Week 54 - Buzzer
This was the last week of the school holidays. Everyone except me is returning or starting at school next week, including... -
Week 53 - Launch
After last week’s peace and quiet, L brought the boys back from her parents’. Chaos has resumed. At work we announced the GA... -
Week 52 - Solo
It’s the school holidays, so to break up the monotony of having the boys every day at home, L took them to stay at her... -
Week 51 - Spider
Being woken up in the night by our burglar alarm this week was pretty frightening. I went downstairs fearing the worst,... -
Week 50 - Planets
It was our eighth wedding anniversary this week. Although we've got a night out booked in for babysitting with grandparents... -
UNIQLO Tate Play at Tate Modern
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Week 49 - Kite
It’s coming up to a year of writing these weeknotes each Sunday. I’m still writing for myself, but while some weeks the... -
Week 48 - Strawberry
Last week’s notes were titled “Sun” after a warm few days, but it was early this week that temperatures here soared to a... -
Week 47 - Sun
I was back at The Oval with Andy for England’s day-night ODI v India. We worried about sunburn and dehydration from sitting... -
Thrashed by 10 wickets. Not the greatest day’s cricket (or value for money) for us England fans at The Oval today. www.theguardian.com…
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Week 46: Wedding
Our home broadband is still borked following last week’s lightning strike. We’re stuck in a Kafkaesque nightmare where blame... -
Week 45: Lightning
We’re back from holiday after ten lovely sunny days. While we were away there was a lightning storm in the area which struck... -
These increased limits are great news for young-ish UK and NZ people. When I was 21 I had a wonderful year living, travelling and working my way around New Zealand. www.bbc.co.uk…
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Week 44: Spain
This last week and a bit we were on holiday in Majorca, staying at the Protur Bonaire in Cala Bona. Because of Covid... -
Week 43: Father
I started the week with a drive over to Essex for lunch with my parents and sister. It was my Mum’s 70th birthday and, after... -
Week 42: Medal
I love Apple’s annual WWDC keynote. While shiny new hardware is interesting, seeing previews of the software that I’ll be...