{"id":7294,"date":"2017-11-19T21:21:15","date_gmt":"2017-11-19T21:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/?p=7294"},"modified":"2017-11-19T21:27:21","modified_gmt":"2017-11-19T21:27:21","slug":"weeknote-4-music-teenagers-creating-a-chatbot-tech-more-tech-and-tech-tv-7-day-photo-challenge-and-cycling-week-46-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2017\/11\/weeknote-4-music-teenagers-creating-a-chatbot-tech-more-tech-and-tech-tv-7-day-photo-challenge-and-cycling-week-46-2017.htm","title":{"rendered":"Weeknote 4: music; teenagers; creating a chatbot; tech, more tech and tech TV; 7 day photo challenge; and cycling (Week 46, 2017)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Another week, another weeknote…<\/p>\n

There’s not much to say about work this week – I’ve mostly been writing documentation. I did spend a good chunk of Monday booking hotels and travel, only to find 12 days of consulting drop out of my diary again on Friday (cue hotel cancellations, etc.) but I guess that’s just life!<\/p>\n

Family life: grime, rap and teens!<\/h3>\n

Outside work, it’s been good to be close to home and get involved in family life again.<\/p>\n

I had the amusement of my 11 year-old and his friends\u00a0rapping to their grime music on my car on the way to\/from football training this week (we’re at the age where it’s “Dad, can we have my music on please?”) but there’s only so much Big Shaq<\/a> I can take so I played some Eminem<\/a> on the way back. It was quite endearing to hear my son say “I didn’t know you knew about Eminem!” after I dropped his mates off. I should make the most of these moments as the adulation\u00a0is dropping off now he approaches his teens!<\/p>\n

Talking of teens, my eldest turned 13 this week, which was a big day in the Wilson household:<\/p>\n

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I’m not sure how this little fella grew into this strong chap (or where the time in between has gone) but we introduced him to the Harry Enfield “Kevin the teenager” videos a few months ago. I thought they were funny when I was younger but couldn’t believe how accurate they are now I’m a parent. Our boys clearly understood the message too and looked a bit sheepish!<\/p>\n