What is Simon Cox up to now?
I update this page about every three weeks, sometimes sooner if I have something additional I want to drop in.
Latest
Last updated: 01 June 2026
I have built a small subdomain to monitor the local river level. Our house has a slight risk of flooding so its good to know the river level. Fortunately there is a DEFRA measuring point a mile away but it only shows 5 days worth of levels. This is handy but i like to compare historic levels. There is an API available that has 1 years worth of data so I built a site to pull this data to show the current and store it for a long term review of the river levels. Eden Brook river levels
Work
Currently working on another Wordpress site doing some overdue optimisation. Site is only just over a year old and whilst looks good, the design agency farmed out the build I am cleaning it up.
Also pitched for some interesting work on a brand that has multiple sites that wanted to merge them all. My considered opinion was that they would struggle if they did that and only a couple of sites would benefit. As i always say - each and every website is unique!
If you want me to have a look at a project of yours, please do get in touch.
Hobbies
No progress on Whitesands Quay. I have actually made a little bit of progress on painting the quayside wall for Whitesands Quay! I need to keep the momentum going!
Gaming
Not done any gaming since Harold Halibut.
Always happy to play online so please do invite me for a game of something! Me on board Game Arena.
Ideas
About Now Ideas is an interesting site that allows searching of small sites like this that have About, Now and Ideas pages. This site now has all three!
What I'm Listening To Now
This is a list of the 18 tracks I last listened to on Spotify. If you give the page a refresh in a few moments it might update if I am listening right now!
and a bigger list of the tracks I listened to just before these.
NowNowNow
This page was inspired by the Now Now Now movement. You can find out more about it at nownownow.com.