Now · Tom Bower

Having a lot of fun putting together parts of this website, including this page!
Reading London Falling by Patrick Radden Keefe and absolutely loving it - an absolute page-turner.
Planning out some trips for the rest of 2026 - so far Turkey and Thailand locked in for the summer - both of which will be new countries for me.
Thanks to a Claude Code subscription I've been lent, I'm reviving a lot of previous ideas and hobby projects I've never had the time to progress to a usable state. One of those at the moment is a supermarket price comparison service. So far I've managed to hook up prices from Sainsbury's, Asda, and Tesco - some interesting technical challenges for each of them which I'll probably write up into a blog post at some point. Another is looking at some smart home/IoT improvements to limit phone screen time - for example a thermal receipt printer to print to-do lists or shopping lists.
Tried to do some basic meal prep this week which has worked out great and I've had a lot more time after work to experiment with projects and catch up on reading (currently falling way behind on my 26 books in 2026 goal)

This page is inspired by Derek Sivers’ “Now” page, and is meant to be a snapshot of what I'm up to at the moment. You can view my older iterations of this page in the links below.