An amazing clip of an out of control wind turbine in a storm 22 February 2008, one of two to collapse in Denmark with a week:

This is a risk that should be considered when peppering wind farms near populated areas.

Last Friday marked a milestone for me - my last day of employment for digital marketing agency Soup.

If I’d held on another few days I would have been there 6 years - and what a ride it has been. Think back to what the Internet was like in early 2002, and what the job of developing for it was then, and what it’s like now.

I was freelancing when I approached Soup for some work - they offered me a permanent position. I was finding it tough on my own at the time, so accepted to keep me out of trouble for a few months. I grew as a developer with the company, and we worked on some cracking projects. As the development team grew I became a manager (or perhaps a developer of teams rather than of code?) - a different challenge that I didn’t expect, but took it on.

I feel that the time is now right to get back to my roots as a coder - I’m a good deal older, and hopefully a bit wiser. There’s an awful lot I want to be doing rather than watching others do it, and I fancy another crack at being my own boss.

It’s a really scary feeling to be jumping into the unknown from such security, but incredibly exciting at the same time.

Thanks Soup, all the best!