🏅 Going for gold! – July’s roundup from tempertemper
The 2024 Olympic Games are upon us! I’m not particularly patriotic so it has been a good sit-back-and-enjoy experience so far. You’ll be happy to hear that,...
✅ Time to vote! – June’s roundup from tempertemper
There’s a general election here in the UK in a few days’ time; I’ll be down at the local polling station early to cast my vote. Aside from that, I’ll be...
😅 Global Accessibility Awareness Day! – May’s roundup from tempertemper
It has been quite the month! My team and I, alongside our network of Accessibility Champions, decided to go all-in on this year’s Global Accessibility...
🌤️ Here comes the sun! – April’s roundup from tempertemper
We’ve had a lovely sunny day and 17°C today in the North East of England! After a long, gloomy winter, that bit of warmth and the longer days makes...
🥚 Happy chocolate egg day!
It's Easter Sunday so for a lot of people that means one thing: chocolate! This morning, the kids on my street were out in numbers to hunt the eggs that the...
🐸 Leap year day! – February’s roundup from tempertemper
A slightly-longer-than-usual shortest-month-of-the-year has also proved to be my busiest month in a while… No articles for you this time round, but I did do...
✅ New Year’s resolutions – January’s roundup from tempertemper
Happy New Year! I’m settling into 2024 nicely and, after the indulgences over the festive period, am nicely back on track with good habits like daily...
🎅 Festive fun – December’s roundup from tempertemper
The festive period is nearly over and, like me, I hope you’ve eaten your body weight in rich food and chocolate. Still a day or two to eat, drink, and be...
🗓️ Advent calendars at the ready! – November’s roundup from tempertemper
We’re officially into the festive season, so presents are being bought, trees are up, and advent calendars have begun to be opened. I’m here to share the...
💀 Happy Halloween – October’s roundup from tempertemper
I’m just back from a fun evening trick-or-treating with the kids (or should I say Pikachu and Thing 1 from The Cat in the Hat) so, before I hit the sack, I...
🎂 Life gets in the way – September’s roundup from tempertemper
September is my favourite month of year; the days feel just the right length, the weather’s still decent, and it contains my birthday! I’ve been so busy with...
✈️ Summer holidays – August’s roundup from tempertemper
August brought with it a very welcome break with the family in Spain. I took a short break from writing about accessibility too, and instead wrote a couple...
👧🏻👦🏼 School's out! – July’s roundup from tempertemper
The school summer holidays are upon us! Our kids have been off for just over a week and, as a result of careful routine planning and some tactical days off...
🍎 WWDC excitement – June’s roundup from tempertemper
On the 5th of this month Apple held their World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC) and it’s an event I look forward to watching every year. This year was a...
🗣️ Global Accessibility Awareness Day – May’s roundup from tempertemper
May the 18th was Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) 2023, a day where accessibility geeks like me make a big old fuss about designing and building...
👾 Star Wars Day’s nearly here! - April’s roundup from tempertemper
April kicked off with April Fool's Day, and the Easter weekend quickly followed, but my favourite day at this time of year is always May the 4th (Star Wars...
🌥️ Winter is over - March’s roundup from tempertemper
It’s finally feeling a bit warmer after what has felt like a long winter. Funnily enough, this month’s articles come with the two longest titles in my back...
👀 Blink and you’ll miss it! - February’s roundup from tempertemper
It never fails to surprise me how quickly February draws to a close. I had a week's holiday, which made it feel even shorter than normal, but I still managed...
🤝 Happy new year – January’s roundup from tempertemper
A busy start to the new year as we're finally approaching the end of a five year home renovation project. I'd've liked to have written more, but managed one...
🎊 It’s Hogmanay! – December’s roundup from tempertemper
2022 is nearly over, and what a year… again! Amongst the uncertainty at least one thing is still constant: I’ve written a couple of articles for you! Images,...