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Recursive Words

Recursive Words is the personal blog of Jonathan Beckett (me) – software and web developer, husband, father, cat wrangler, some-time runner, and player of far too many retro video games.

I live in deepest, darkest England – land of good manners, punctuation, starched shirts and silent indignation. I grew up near Oxford and now live in the countryside just outside London.



I have been writing a personal blog for over twenty years.

I write about anything and everything on a fairly regular basis – or at least try to – following Norah Ephron’s somewhat famous maxim about blogs being “sort of like an exhale” – that whatever you are saying only really needs to be true for as long as you are saying it – even if it’s not much.

When not writing blog posts, bashing my head against the desk repeatedly (I work from home), sitting in conference calls pretending to be clever, or attempting to survive living in a house with four women and two cats, I can sometimes be found trudging around town in running shoes.



What else is there to say?



I like pizza, wine, chocolate, coffee, cult movies, and most music (lets ignore thrash metal and rap), and will admit to being a somewhat accidental Swiftie.

Publisher:  Jonathan Beckett
Message frequency:  25 / day

Message History


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I find it incredibly difficult to switch off or slow down. There’s always something that needs doing - something to pick up - something to wash up - something to put away.

I just force...


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Monday

I’m busy shaking my fist at the universe today - or rather, shaking my fist in a rather half-hearted manner, because I feel pretty awful. After spending the last two weeks fighting a cold tha...


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After midnight The clock ticked past midnight thirty minutes ago. I’m not entirely sure why I’m still up, but here we are.

There’s a random playlist playing in the background. Just eno...


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A few days ago I wrote that I only made it half-way through the Masters of the Universe movie before giving up and walking away - mostly on account of Jared Leto’s ridiculous portrayal of Ske...


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