After hours · the office is shut
After hours
The record ends at Contact. When the office shuts, this floor stays lit: things to drive, play and practise, one door for the job search, and a shelf of smaller instruments. All of it runs in your browser, and none of it asks who you are.
The audit trail
A brass car, a ring road, eight districts and a tally. Drive the record until it reconciles, then find the receipts.
The calibration
Five instruments of precision: a duration held, a figure re-keyed, a moved mark returned, a shade remixed, a tone found again. Scored out of 50.
Something for your mind
Six small games in brass on black: judgement by eye, a steady hand, snake, lights out, a stubborn odometer, a timed data entry test against the clock. No prizes.
Something for your career
A CV builder that sets itself as you type, a sixteen point check, an interview drill and an application ledger. What you type never leaves your browser.
The almanac
Today, reconciled: day and week counts, the working days that remain, and the sun and moon over Manchester, computed on the page.
The glossary
Assessment and accounting jargon in plain English. Accurate first, dry second.
G · The tiebreaker
For decisions that do not deserve a meeting. State the two options, flip, obey.
Heads is the monogram. Tails is the number. Assign them before you flip; the coin dislikes retrospective rules.
H · The unaudited accounts
Every figure elsewhere on this site is checked twice before it is published. These are the ones that got away: presented without evidence, contrary to stated policy, and certified by absolutely nobody.
Auditor's opinion: adverse. The subject nevertheless appears to function.