The journal · written slowly

Notes from the
kitchen table.

Occasional writing on life admin, handover, and keeping things safe — published when there’s something worth saying, which is not weekly.

15 Feb 2026

Your password manager is doing a third of the job.

Passwords are the easy third. The rate, the renewal date, the broker's name, and the sentence of advice live somewhere else — usually in one person's head.

22 Mar 2026

What happens to your digital life when you can't manage it?

Families usually discover the missing accounts during the worst week of their lives. Handover planning belongs in the daily system, not in a drawer marked "one day".

30 Apr 2026

Zero-knowledge, explained in five minutes.

What "we can't read your things" actually means, what it costs, and why a breach of sealed boxes is a very different event from a breach of readable ones.