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Race report: Manchester Marathon 2021/Liverpool Rock n Roll Marathon 2021

Race report: Manchester Marathon 2021/Liverpool Rock n Roll Marathon 2021

I ran the 2021 editions of both the Manchester Marathon (2:53:06) and the Liverpool Rock n Roll Marathon (2:54:14). This post documents my training and race experience.

08 Nov 2021
Helvellyn Adventures

Helvellyn Adventures

To fill my weekend I drove up to the Lakes to run Helvellyn and stopped to run a parkrun on the way. I lost my care keys and it turned into quite the adventure..

16 Aug 2021
SSRI-ously

SSRI-ously

An in depth discussion of my experiences with my mental health, SSRIs (Sertraline), and therapy in the context of work and relationships (social and romantic).

14 Jul 2021
Garmin's approach to time zones..

Garmin's approach to time zones..

Garmin's Activity API does not return time zone data for returned activities. They do return UTC offsets, but offsets are NOT time zones ! *bangs head*

07 Jun 2021
Amazon Pinpoint for push notifications on Android. Unregistered or expired token.

Amazon Pinpoint for push notifications on Android. Unregistered or expired token.

Google have changed lots of their Android Firebase APIs. This is how I went about getting the correct device token for Firebase messaging with Amazon Pinpoint.

06 Jun 2021
Amazon Pinpoint for push notifications on iOS. OptOut: 'ALL'

Amazon Pinpoint for push notifications on iOS. OptOut: 'ALL'

Receiving an OptOut: 'ALL' response when trying to send notifications to an iOS device using Amazon Pinpoint? This is how I went about fixing the issue.

04 Jun 2021
A week away in Keswick, Cumbria

A week away in Keswick, Cumbria

Alex and I went away for a week in Keswick, Cumbria. The Lakes are sufficiently awesome that it felt rude not to document what we got up too.

01 Jun 2021
Extracting reused components to a Framework on both Android and iOS.

Extracting reused components to a Framework on both Android and iOS.

This post outlines how I extracted reused business logic and assets into a framework on both Android and iOS so as to avoid duplicating functionality.

13 May 2021
More annoying timezones

More annoying timezones

There are many intricacies to consider when working with time zones. This post details some intricacies when using the MaterialDatePicker Android library.

09 May 2021
Cleaning up my bookmarks

Cleaning up my bookmarks

In the process of cleaning up my bookmarks I realised that a persons bookmarks tell you a lot about who they are and how they think XD

06 May 2021
Purchasing items from Japan using DeJapan and ZenMarket

Purchasing items from Japan using DeJapan and ZenMarket

I wanted to buy some trading cards from Japan. I tried out two middleman services - DeJapan and ZenMarket. Here are my in depth reviews of my experiences.

18 Mar 2021

The Beacon Chain, and ETH2 Security/Upgrade paths

A followup post explaining the important parts of the beacon chain spec and looking at security/upgrade paths when running an ETH2 staking setup.

17 Dec 2020
Setting up a NUC for ETH Staking - Ubuntu, Nethermind, Lighthouse, Prometheus, Grafana

Setting up a NUC for ETH Staking - Ubuntu, Nethermind, Lighthouse, Prometheus, Grafana

An in depth, step by step guide to setting up an Intel NUC for staking. Ubuntu, Nethermind (ETH1 Node), and Lighthouse (ETH2 Beacon Node/Validator).

04 Dec 2020
Stylesheet setup - SCSS

Stylesheet setup - SCSS

A succinct explanation of the main features of SCSS and an overview of how I use it, and integrate it with my GULP based build process to optimise development.

30 Oct 2020
Time zones in software

Time zones in software

A deep dive into how we work with time zones and date manipulation across our web and mobile apps to provide an optimal user experience to our users.

22 Sep 2020
Custom App Authentication on Android

Custom App Authentication on Android

An overview of how I implemented Strava authentication on Android using a nested WebView and custom URL schemes.

09 Sep 2020
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