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notifications

Why Be Notified

Our attention is now mobilizable- we should think carefully about where we spend the valuable commodity.

Diy

DIY Ti Engagement Ring

For reasons that are still not entirely clear to me I decided to design and make my now fiancee an engagement ring. This story involves code, 3D printing, polishing, diamonds- buckle up, it could be a long one. Why? When I first starting thinking about a ring I went to

poem

Why

Begin Life happens You meet people You get to know them You spend time together You become close You share life You love Why Be having a reason why rexfuzzle.com

A Good Highland Road

So its coming up to the middle of winter and I'm thinking back to the glorious summer and this amazing road through the Scottish highlands. Yes, I could tell you where it was and where it was going, but that's not the point- there are many roads like this- the

esp32

DIY Starlight

So I decided to build my own stars over my bed. They're great for going to sleep with and they're good at waking you up.

heatmap

Personal Activities Heatmap

How I went about making a personal activities heatmap using mapbox and strava

bridge

Perth, Scotland

As it turns out there is a Perth in Scotland and it can be rather pretty.

coding

Developer Capital

I think there is a thing called developer capital. In its simplest form it is when you help somebody with something, be it a PR review or a bug in a piece of code then you build up a bit of capital, or brownie points if you will. The next

lockdown

This too is Relative

So the world is a different place right now. A large proportion of the world's population is in lock-down of some form or another. Life might look a whole lot different right now. Something that I have to keep on reminding myself of is that this is relative. I have

photo

Dulwich College

Sometimes there is something you go past often but it is never the right time to stop for a photo, well today it was the right time.

positivity

Don't have an Awesome Day

You know when you're saying goodbye to someone or wishing them well you might end up saying something like "Have a nice day" or "Have a great time" or if you're being ambitious "Have an awesome day"- maybe all of those are completely wrong. Taking it a step further,

reflection

Albert Bridge

Sometimes things belong in a different time, for example when colour photos weren't a thing yet. Be Crossing Bridges

interactions

Do Something Exceptional

Sometimes the world is a scary place. The easy option is to sit and watch other people being exceptional. This gives you the satisfaction of watching somebody else being exceptional, but that fades quickly. The problem is that youtube/netflix/modern internet gives us unlimited access to watching other people

Time really does fly

I was reading something the other day that pointed out that time really does fly the older you get because relatively speaking it is less. Let me explain; when you're 4 years old and a year passes, your life just got longer by a quarter or 25%. Now when you're

Lonely Tree

I wonder if trees get lonely

No Game Pain

So the other day I experienced pain so bad that for the first time in my adult life I cried due to physical pain. First things first, it was just my feet that got very cold and then I tried to warm them up in the shower. I can honestly

Golden Porto

On a very hot trip to Porto golden hour was very golden. Also, port comes from Porto, who knew.

Just By Chance

So today my locker at the pool was broken. Turns out there was a coin stuck in it... A South African R5 coin, in a pool locker in London, England, more than 12000km away. What are the chances? Now first things first, it kind of makes sense in a way-

running

Boo Run

So I run a fair amount and on most days nothing out of the ordinary happens, but the other day somebody said boo. Hmm, I might need to explain that better. I was running along, minding my own business, earphones in, doing my own thing, running past people. One of

sunrise

London Rising

On a particularly difficult day I was greeted with this sunrise in what can sometimes feel like the greyest place on earth. Be Rising

travel

My Favourite Travel Story

One day I was walking home from work (You see what I did there- travel happens every day, you just have to think differently) and I heard a bit of a commotion above me. As I looked up, a nut was heading in my direction. I made my attempt at

running

Forest Path

On a run through a Finnish forest there was a very nice piece of single track. The run was actually mostly over a marsh with planks over it to make track (bridge?). Be Running (In Finland)

dating

Single Date

So I was at an event the other day and the subject turned to dating, specifically online dating. There were two definite sides to this- the boys and the girls. The guys (One in particular if I'm honest) were bemoaning the fact that no matter how many messages they sent

sunset

Lesotho Sky

Sunsets happen every day, sometimes they take a bit of a hike to get to. This one was taken at the top of Baboon's pass. It also included a visit from some lovely locals. Be Exploring

home

Home

Sometimes home is what the heart wants, in fact I guess the heart wants what it wants and from my experience it keeps on wanting it till you give it to it. I once had a Cinnabon craving for 6 months and eventually gave in an bought one and was