2019. Year in review.
A look at my 2019 in review. Running, business, and personal adventures. Including the London Marathon, Comrades, Wicked, parkrun, and lots of tasty food.
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Spotify & Paypal - Tweedledum and Tweedledee
Paypal have a service called Paypal Gifts. In principle it is a fantastic option for that last minute gift. You have forgotten to buy your loved one a present so you opt for an instantly deliverable e-giftcard.
Problem 1. They are not instant. Admittedly Paypal do state that it may
Things that Starling Bank should spend their £75 million investment on..
This is essentially a review of Starling Bank. Spoiler alert - they did not do well.
When I have a poor experience with a company I do like to tell them about it. I'll drop them an email or send them a Tweet. Rarely do I go to the effort
AWS - CONvertible reserved instances - broken
Amazon is a powerhouse of a company. Massive household name. I am a 'Prime' member and oftentimes I buy things on Amazon even though they are more expensive just because it is easier.
Many non-webdev types are unaware that Amazon is also a massive player in the web services space
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’t think I wrote a more general one about Vancouver.
I am on the train now from
The best ice cream in Cornwall
At the beginning of August I headed down to Constantine Bay in Cornwall with a selection of family members (I didn't select them).
I had been invited along such that I could take a break from my work (which had begun to take possession of my soul).
Given that I
SKINS A400 Men's Long Tight - Product review
I had a small issue with my SKINS A400 tights. They had ripped in the crotch area after an unreasonably short period of time. Given the cost of these (~£100) I was pretty miffed.. especially given that I am a SKINS fanboy.
They were sadly unsalvageable (I can not sew)
The curiosities of Facebook's developer offering
In the process of building multiplatform applications which integrate with social platforms I have been required to investigate Facebook's developer tools and processes.
Unfortunately the process has been somewhat painful. I thought I would document the curiosities I encountered such that anyone else encountering them can resolve them with more