Oliver Jackson is a fourty-something hacker ๐งโ๐ป, reader ๐, traveller ๐, runner ๐, father ๐จโ๐ฉโ๐งโ๐ฆโ๐ฆ, foodie ๐ฝ, and design admirer ๐
He lives in Edinburgh ๐ฐ, Scotland ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ and works on the Internet ๐
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2024 in review
Running Warning, stats ahead! According to Strava, I did 94 runs in 2024. An increase of a whopping 6 compared to 2023. Running a total of 512km over 58 hours. 500km is a nice round number, I like it. The big news for me personally was that I joined a running club in January. A […]
Why I Run
I run for myself. I run for my family. I run for my colleagues. I run to allow my brain to filter the dayโs noise. But mostly, I run for myself. I have a rough running schedule taped to the fridge, so my wife knows when Iโm aiming to go out. By 8pm the children […]
On Running
I’ve become a runner. One of those people. It all started back in 2016 with an invite to lunchtime “run club” at work. It got me away from my desk, around the city, and talking to colleagues I often didn’t interact with on a normal day. I found it was good fun. My colleagues Emily […]
Lockdown Communique
First blog post in six years, that must be a new record right? Putting aside the current global pandemic a lot has happened to me personally in the last six years: Sold our flat and bought a sensible house, with a garden and everything Had not one, but two children – both boys, now 4ยฝ […]
Books
Lehrter Station
Potsdam Station
The Last Hillwalker
Mountains of the mind
Stettin Station
Silesian Station
Zoo Station
Night School
The Burning Room
Past Tense
Moskva
The Names of the Dead
March Violets
The Pale Criminal
The Serpent’s Mark
The Crossing
The Reversal
Polar Star
Wolves Eat Dogs
Havana Bay
State of Treason
Azincourt
Nemesis
Hitler’s Secret
A Prince and a Spy
The Law of Innocence
The President is Missing
Last Flight to Stalingrad
The Siberian Dilemma
Blackout
Anhiliation
Acceptance
