life Ask Hacker News - Insights for life. I received an interesting link in my inbox this morning to a HN post entitled 'What was the best decision you made in your career?' It contained so many pearls of wisdom
running Did Not Start. Chicago 2018. I did not start the 2018 Chicago marathon. Instead I deferred my entry. This blog explains why and outlines my running plans going forward.
software Google Tag Manager (GTM) is good On a few occasions now whilst logged into the various Google product control panels I have noted the option to use Google Tag Manager (GTM) to complete the task at hand. Until now
running Building an e-commerce platform from scratch TL;DR My company has built an ecommerce website for runners/cyclists/people who want to buy energy gels - EnergyGels.com. This blog post outlines why as well as some of the
running Race Report: Boston Marathon 2018 On 16th April 2018 I ran the 122nd Boston Marathon in 2:58:18. Not a personal best but definitely, secretly, really a personal best given the race conditions/my condition. Training I
travels AirBnb nearly put me on the street For my part, there are a few simple lessons here: Plan further in advance. Plan for the unexpected. Acknowledge that big companies are often incompetent. I am currently in Victoria, BC. I intended
mental health Position of weakness I stumbled upon an extremely interesting post by Kevin Love who is (apparently) a professional NBA Basketball player. It is a fantastic post about mental health issues, the title of which neatly sums
travelling Vancouver vs Seattle tl;dr Whilst writing this I changed my mind. You should read it. I wrote a review post about my 2017 and one about running a half marathon in Vancouver, Canada. I don’
running PRR First Half Marathon - Race Report On 11th February 2018 I ran the Pacific Road Runner’s First Half in Vancouver, Canada. I ran a 1:25:23 - a Personal Best. Since being in Vancouver I have been
travels 2017. Year in review. At some non-specific point in the past few years I acknowledged that my greatest enjoyments and biggest successes come from trusting my gut. I spent a lot of 2017 thinking about things and
ethereum Verifying an Ethereum signature on the server - PHP (2) I was asked on Twitter for more details on my solution for verifying the authenticity of a message signed with an Ethereum private key. This was discussed in this blog post which provides
ethereum PSA: Speculation is toxic I have been fairly vocal on my personal Twitter account about how speculation in cryptocurrency markets is getting out of hand. I wrote a post in August entitled Why/How I built EthTools.
life Virtual pets. Round circle. This is a blog post that wrote itself. School When I was 11 my parents sent me to boarding school. This is to this day the most contentious issue in my relationship with
ethtools Ethereum Live. Visualising the Ethereum blockchain. One of Double Negative's products is EthTools.com, a website which provides a number of tools for interacting with the Ethereum blockchain. I have recently been playing around with D3.js a visualisation
race report Race Report: New York City Marathon 2017 I wrote a separate post about my trip to New York (more generally). Race details The New York City Marathon was held on the 9th November 2017 in New York, New York. It
new york New York Marathon 2017 - Trip report I was having a look through my photos of this trip and decided that I would upload the best photos and then write around them. Here goes. I wrote a separate race report.
youtube How much do British YouTubers earn? Having been procrastinating on YouTube I have stumbled upon a number of videos from popular YouTubers. A lot of these videos involve young and successful vloggers who have (I assume) made lots of
society What have we done?! Last week I went to the Trafford Centre. I was wanting to get a pair of good quality jeans. My jeans always fall apart so I figured that investing in a 'quality' brand
microsoft Playing with Microsoft Excel Five or so years ago I exclusively used my custom built Windows PC. It was great. It was also yellow. Then I used a Macbook. Things changed. Since then, whilst I do regularly
email Phishing emails - Netflix Every so often my father will forward me an email with a message like "Is this for you". He broadly assumes that any email relating to something he does not understand
psychology Severely Deficient Autobiographical Memory I was just reading through a diary I wrote about a decade ago when I went travelling. Whilst I remember one or two explicit events, the majority of the content was seemingly completely
software Backing up an email inbox Recently I had to cancel an Internet connection for a family member. The ISP informed me that once cancelled we would understandably no longer be able to access email or cloud services associated
ethtools AWSome? My thoughts on Amazon Web Services An overview of Amazon Web Services (AWS). Why it is great, but not cost effective for many use cases.
ethereum Creating the input data for an Ethereum contract function call In todays blog post I will show you how to create the input data of a complex function call. This example is based on the example contained within the Ethereum Wiki. I am
domains Namecheap FINALLY have secure 2FA I have a bit of a love hate relationship with Namecheap. I have used them for years and years because they offer the best interface for traditional domain name management. They are not