Alan AJ on Medium curated some lists

Alan AJ

Alan AJ

Boosted and Viral Stories

5 stories

Candles, fruit, a piggy bank, coins, and flowers

Screenshot of Excel 1997 with some cells fill in blue in to look like low-resolution text that says, 1997.

An IBM PC 5150 with monitor and keyboard

Alan AJ

Music

15 stories

A retro radio and a TC remote on a wooden table.

A vinyl record being played on a turntable.

A turntable playing a vinyl record.

Alan AJ

Memories and Nostalgia

15 stories

Ducks near a pond in a park on a rainy day.

Two railway lines and a footbridge, in a sparsely populated area near mountains.

Plane Crazy ride at Oakwood Theme Park.

Alan AJ

Travel

16 stories

Ducks near a pond in a park on a rainy day.

Old Barn Hobbies shop. Sea view at Aberaeron with a seagull in flight. Teddy bears on a table with remains of coffee and cake. Toilet doors labelled “Bulls” and “Heifers”.

A collage of four photos. Two teddy bears with coffee cups, looking at a sea view; animals at a farm park; a sea view; a bridge.

Alan AJ

Vintage Computers

20 stories

A collage of 9 partial images of vintage computers in the shape of jigsaw pieces. Commodore 64, Sinclair ZX Spectrum, Oric-1, Jupiter ACE, BBC Master, Dragon 32, Commodore Amiga 500, Atari 800, Sinclair ZX81.

A collage of different Apple II computers and accessories in the style of jigsaw pieces

Alan AJ

Technology

31 stories

A collage of 9 partial images of vintage computers in the shape of jigsaw pieces. Commodore 64, Sinclair ZX Spectrum, Oric-1, Jupiter ACE, BBC Master, Dragon 32, Commodore Amiga 500, Atari 800, Sinclair ZX81.

Enterprise 128 8-bit computer.

Two old computers switched on and working: An Apple II Europlus and a Commodore 3032.

Alan AJ

Life Story: Autistic & ADHD Without Knowing

12 stories

A selection of technical books from my childhood, and some schoolwork, with the caption “Autistic and ADHD Without Knowing: The Primary School Years”

Several items from my teenage years: Yamaha PS-3 keyboard; Everyday Electronics magazine; circuit board; transformer and rheostat; book and manual for Sinclair ZX Spectrum; three vinyl singles. Caption reads: Autistic and ADHD Without Knowing: The High School Years

Intercity train timetable, May to September 1986. Placed on an open red ring binder, which shows some college coursework — a common emitter amplifier circuit.

Alan AJ

Mental Health, Stress, Anxiety

46 stories

Hands holding several bank notes.

Two railway lines and a footbridge, in a sparsely populated area near mountains.

Chaotic squiggly coloured lines.

Alan AJ

Decision Making (Autism / ADHD)

14 stories

Hands holding several bank notes.

Chaotic squiggly coloured lines.

A hand holding wires on a low-voltage bulb

Alan AJ

Autism and ADHD Advocacy

6 stories

Hands holding several bank notes.

Bar chart of productivity vs time, showing rapidly fluctuating productivity

Alan AJ

Amusing

35 stories

A college timetable with ‘PE’ circled in red, with an exclamation mark next to it.

An old screwdriver with an amber-coloured handle.

The front of a 1979 accident-damaged red Fiat 126

Alan AJ

Stories Told by Inanimate Objects

3 stories

A purple steam iron on a blue carpet

The front of a 1979 accident-damaged red Fiat 126

An old screwdriver with an amber-coloured handle.

Alan AJ

Medium and Writing

78 stories

A reel of red thread attached to a small envelope labelled, “Alan’s Medium Account”, with scissors positioned to cut the thread.

A graph of monthly Medium earnings from 2020–2024 shows a slow rise, a high peak, and a fall.

A large loom at a woollen mill.

Alan AJ

2023-2024 Newsletters

70 stories

View of Llandudno from an upstairs hotel room on the seafront in the evening.

Trees and pebbles at the edge of a beach.

A sea view from a field on the coast, on a summer’s day with a blue sky with white clouds.

Alan AJ

Childhood (General Stories)

19 stories

Two railway lines and a footbridge, in a sparsely populated area near mountains.

A child’s homemade library ticket in its holder inside a book. The book title is Jack and Jill, and the word ‘ticket’ is misspelt

Candle

Alan AJ

Weird Workplace Stories (Series)

34 stories

Grey background with text captions, showing the title of the article, ‘1986’ and ‘My first job interview’. There are two clippings of scanned letters: One is the job offer, with the wages £56/week and hours (40/week). The other is my acceptance letter, typed by my mum.

A pair of grey trousers, folded in half with a belt coiled up and placed on them.

Alan AJ

Widowed Young / Grief

31 stories

An ornament dating back to my wedding day. A wooden base with a white ceramic wedding couple mounted on it. The bride is being held by the groom.

Two pale yellow rectangles to represent certificates. One is a certificate of death, the other is a certificate of divorce.

Alan AJ

Relationships

20 stories

A variety of gifts such as snowglobes and glasses in a seaside gift shop.

A table with a cup of tea, flowers, a TV remote, and a book.

Candles, fruit, a piggy bank, coins, and flowers

Alan AJ

Opinions / Rants

39 stories

A variety of gifts such as snowglobes and glasses in a seaside gift shop.

An assortment of medication in the form of coloured tablets

An AI-generated ATM with a sign above that says “ATM Machine”. On the screen, it says “LCD DISPLAY”.

Alan AJ

About Me

15 stories

Two bikes leaning against a wooden fence in the countryside.

Picture from around 1980, of me around 12 years old on a quiet beach, wearing a coat, crouching down near a small mound of sand surrounded by several sand pies. I was wearing a winter coat, so it was probably cold and windy.

A 14-year-old boy and his father in a rowing boat on a lake in 1982

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