Week 42

22 October 2023
  • Slow week, I had a cold and felt groggy for the first few days.
  • We bought a nail gun so we could clad the bike box quicker. It’s very satisfying to use and slightly terrifying the first few goes.
  • We made some good progress with the bike box on the weekend, Bec got a good system going with a roofing torch to char the larch. And I got into the rhythm with cutting them to size and fixing them on, it’s not going to take quite as long as we thought.
  • Next up we need to hang the doors and fit locks which I think is going to be tricky. Have spent £50 on stainless steel parliament hinges which hopefully should do the job.
  • We had friends over for pizza on Sunday, was the first (and probably only) time we’ve used the pizza oven this year. It’s fun and it is tasty, we should do it more next year.
  • When I started doing these weeknotes, I failed to consider my urls properly the fact they would repeat yearly, so this one has a gross url, I need to make it so I can nest the files like 2023/42-week-notes or something so they look nicer.
Jon Heslop in his house
Self-portrait, 09/02/25 — Fujifilm X-Pro3, Leica Summilux-M 50 ƒ/1.4, ASPH

About me

Jon Heslop is a web developer based in Walthamstow, he lives with his wife Rebecca and their dog, Maude. He enjoys cycling, cooking and hanging out with friends.

Enough of the third person... I was born in London, grew up on the Wirral before coming of age in the Midlands (somehow that’s the accent that mostly stuck). I went to university in London and then spent a while in West Wales.

I’ve been building websites since I was a teenager and I have been very lucky with the places and people I’ve worked with over the years.

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