This is the latest iteration of my main web site, and probably what you are using right now. It is a major revision of the initial version of my main site, "Owen2". It contains about 13,000 records in the databases which feed the site, where each record ranges from a few sentences to many pages.

The site content is sourced from multiple MySQL databases. The main site logic is contained in about 60,000 lines of PHP code, and there is significant Javascript, HTML, CSS, and MySQL code as well.

As well as presenting my interests to the world (astronomy, aircraft, Apple computers, wine and beer, photography, cars, politics, skepticism, etc) it also serves as a place to try out different web programming ideas, which are then often useful in other projects.

The site is primarily adaptive: there are two sets of "templates" the pages are composed through, one for desktop and one for mobile, with reactive elements doing the "fine tuning".

My site recently (1 May 2026) recorded its one billionth page view! I suspect 90% of that is from bots and other junk traffic (a view supported when I look through the logs), but I'm still happy if 10% is genuine!

I usually write a blog post about once a week. The latest post can be viewed here: Think for Yourself: In the end, everything is just an opinion. Be skeptical, and think for yourself! (posted 2026-04-25 at 21:12:02). Or go to the Home Page of My Blog to choose a post to view.

I do podcasts too! You can listen to my latest podcast, here: OJB's Podcast 2026-04-25 Think For Yourself: In the end, everything is just an opinion. Be skeptical, and think for yourself! Or subscribe to my podcast RSS feed, on my RSS Feeds page.

If you're not sure what to view from the thousands of pages on my site, here are some suggestions: My Latest Airshow Report (photos and movies from Warbirds Over Wanaka, 2026), My Favourite Wines and Beers (tasting notes for some of my favourites), An Interesting Astronomical Observation (learn a bit about astronomy from these observing notes), See Some Photos (A short rail journey through the Taieri Gorge), Read Some Mac Tips (Learn about how to use your Mac, and fix some problems).

Latest Site News and Notifications (Desktop): You are currently viewing OJB's web site, version 2.4 which has some major changes, and possibly errors! Please report any problems to ojb@mac.com.