This is an earlier version of my Now page. Read on if you want to see what I was up to on Thursday, 9 November 2023. If you want to see what I’m up to now, check out the current version.

The Now Page was invented by Derek Sivers in 2021. It’s a page on your website that tells people what you’re doing right now — what you’re working on, what you’re working towards, what you’re looking forward to, and what you’re enjoying.

If you want to know more about who I am and what I do generally, take a look at my About page.

Then

Published on Thursday, 9 November 2023.

I’m closer to the end of the term than the beginning. Just less than four weeks to go till the end of the year.

Life

I’ve been continuing to get more exercise. The new watch is working as planned. Apart from that though, the main focus is podcasting. More of which below.

School

Exams are finished, reports are starting and plans are being laid for 2024. Still, I won’t be sorry when it’s over for another year. (My thirtieth at Grammar. My God.)

Podcasting

A couple of weeks ago, we launched a new Space: 1999 podcast called Startling Barbara Bain. Episode 1 was as fun to record as I expected, and the finished result was as good as I hoped. Even the website looks pretty good.

Flight Through Entirety is nearing the end of Series 9 of Doctor Who, releasing Episode 9 this Sunday. Also recording two episodes on that day. Just two more to record after that.

Untitled Star Trek Project tackles the worst episode of any television programme in human history next week, with Star Trek: Voyager’s Threshold. No redeeming features of any kind. Should be fun.

And Maximum Power is finally back with its coverage of the third series of Blakes 7. I’m appearing on it occasionally; I edited last week’s episode and I’ll be editing this week’s as well. (It’s just possible that I’ve overcommitted myself a bit.)

And finally, since no one much looks at my Now Page, I can safely announce here that we will be doing a new Doctor Who flashcast called The Second Great and Bountiful Human Empire, which will be launching as soon as possible after the broadcast of the first episode of the new Russell T Davies era on 25 November. The website is just about ready to go. Should be exciting.

Websites

Well, I’ve obviously launched the Startling Barbara Bain website, and the website for The Second Great and Bountiful Human Empire just awaits the release of our first episode.

Netlify is working really well, and I discover helpful new features every week. And it’s still free. Amazing.

And once the holidays are underway, I still intend to publish some stuff about using Eleventy to create a podcasting website. It’s something that I now know quite a bit about.

Apps

My move from Craft and Apple Notes to Obsidian was incredibly easy, but a bit dull. Nothing to report. Obsidian is both better and worse than I expected, and much less polished than anything I’ve used before. Not a particularly exciting move: I’ll let you know if I find anything thrilling that I really need to tell eveyone about.

What I’m enjoying

Series 4 of Star Trek: Lower Decks finished last week, and it’s still as much fun as ever. Apart from that, all this podcasting is seriously cutting into my TV time.

If it settles down next month and I find something interesting and improving to read or watch, you’ll be the first to hear about it, I promise.