Last disturbed June 2026
What I’m doing now
A snapshot of what currently has my attention: teaching, making, growing, reading, and thinking.
Teaching
I’m currently working with my classes on:
- Transformations with HPA Year 9.
- Fractions with LPA Year 8.
- Number, primes, factors, and related mischief with HPA Year 7.
- Fractions, decimals and percentages with LPA Year 7.
Coding
- Working on the TeachMaths.net Create systems.
- Trying to get good KS3–KS4 question-generator coverage before September.
Growing
Corn, pumpkins, broad beans, carrots, Jerusalem artichokes, potatoes, raspberries, strawberries, garlic, and bindweed (regrettably).
Playing & worldbuilding
- Expanding Die Eurostadt, my cyberpunk megacity project built on the ruins of Amsterdam.
- Currently between RPG campaigns, but hoping to run a campaign in Die Eurostadt over the summer.
Reading
Currently reading Book 2 in the Rivers of London series by Ben Aaronovitch.
Music
- Working on new music with a small, currently unnamed band.
- One song is tentatively called “Dangerous Ryan”, inspired by a character from a previous fantasy campaign.
Thinking about
- Technology in the classroom—how to keep it useful rather than distracting.
- AI and other generative tools for education.
- Measured political and current-events reflections.
- The state of the world, regrettably.
This page is updated manually. The Now page idea is a Derek Sivers initiative.