Discovering Jean-Michel Jarre
Maybe the first laser tag arena in New Zealand introduced me to the Jean-Michel Jarre soundtrack.
James Bell — recent posts
Theatre director. Recovering IT professional. Named after a Starship captain. Saved the world from Y2K, and has since been detained at Hong Kong airport for suspected money laundering and appeared in a Chinese public service training video.
Recent writing
If you unscrew your belly button, your bottom will fall off; and other things my Dad taught me.
My Dad died on 5 December 2021.
The most important thing interviewers are looking for in job interviews.
Sometimes you get candidates who you can tell just live and breathe the world you work in.
How to figure out what jobs you (might) like to do
There isn’t really an easy answer to this other than “try jobs and see if you like them”.
Now
It’s November 2026, and I am:
- Moving my website from Wordpress to Astro
- Getting ready for a trip to London and Iceland
- Making all of my text editing surfaces look like a green phosphor screen.
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