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PRR First Half Marathon - Race Report

PRR First Half Marathon - Race Report

My race report for the Pacific Road Runner’s First Half Marathon in Vancouver, Canada. I ran a 1:25:23 - a new personal best.

13 Feb 2018
2017. Year in review.

2017. Year in review.

A review of my 2017 - successes and failures, and a look forward to my plans for 2018.

30 Jan 2018
Verifying an Ethereum signature on the server - PHP (2)

Verifying an Ethereum signature on the server - PHP (2)

Following on from my original post, this post details exactly how I went about signing an Ethereym message in Javascript and verifying it in PHP

16 Jan 2018
PSA: Speculation is toxic

PSA: Speculation is toxic

A brief look at why I think that speculation has the potential to irreparably limit the potential of blockchain technology.

06 Jan 2018
Virtual pets. Round circle.

Virtual pets. Round circle.

A blog post reminiscing about my childhood and how playing virtual pet games got me into software and led me to where I am today.

05 Dec 2017
Ethereum Live. Visualising the Ethereum blockchain.

Ethereum Live. Visualising the Ethereum blockchain.

A quick look at the new 'Ethereum Live' functionality on EthTools.com. Tooling for visualising transactions being mined in real time.

25 Nov 2017
Race Report: New York City Marathon 2017

Race Report: New York City Marathon 2017

My race report for the 2017 New York City marathon which I completed in 3:28:58. In the context of my training a total success. Definitely worth the pain.

20 Nov 2017
New York Marathon 2017 - Trip report

New York Marathon 2017 - Trip report

I went to New York City to run the 2017 marathon. Whilst there I had a look around. This is what I saw, did, and ate.. with photos.

20 Nov 2017
How much do British YouTubers earn?

How much do British YouTubers earn?

I had a look at the public company accounts of a number of British YouTubers to see if I could discern how much they are really earning. Quite a bit.

26 Oct 2017
What have we done?!

What have we done?!

It hit me on a recent shopping trip that the Internet is changing more things than I had acknowledged. Is the demise of the high street really a good thing?

20 Sep 2017
Playing with Microsoft Excel

Playing with Microsoft Excel

I am no fan of Microsoft products. Sadly (I find them) to be no good. What happens when a family member needs spreadsheet help?!

18 Sep 2017
Phishing emails - Netflix

Phishing emails - Netflix

I got a phishing email from 'Netflix'. It was awful. Lets spot the tell tale signs.

07 Sep 2017
Severely Deficient Autobiographical Memory

Severely Deficient Autobiographical Memory

I can not really remember much about my life. I seemingly have no episodic memory. It hit me.. Is this normal?

06 Sep 2017
Backing up an email inbox

Backing up an email inbox

A brief look at NoPriv, an open source Python script for quickly downloading a backup of an email account into an easily consumable format.

30 Aug 2017
AWSome? My thoughts on Amazon Web Services

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 (for example running Ethereum nodes).

26 Aug 2017
Creating the input data for an Ethereum contract function call

Creating the input data for an Ethereum contract function call

A look (with examples) at the specification for how one encodes the input data to a transaction when calling a function of an Ethereum smart contract.

19 Aug 2017
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