Looking ahead, it seems like there’s some crucial parts of 2017 that I’m looking forward to. Mainly a 4-6week period around March and April. Emma my sister’s wedding on the 12th March. Then flying to Brisbane to help organise and also finish prepping my ZDay speech which will be on the 2nd day of ZDay,… Continue reading Looking Forward to 2017
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SA Power outage Blackstart in relatively plain English
On Wednesday 28 September 2016 at 4:16pm South Australia had a state wide power outage, a black start event. I, like most people were still at work and managed to continue working for a couple of hours thanks to laptop batteries and mobile phone internet. Although riding my bike home would have been crazy given the… Continue reading SA Power outage Blackstart in relatively plain English
Personal Weekly Review – 12 item list
If you don’t learn from your mistakes, you are doomed to repeat them. As such, doing a regular review is important and talked about in plenty of life hacking / self-help books. The thing is, I’ve had a weekly repeating Google Calendar entry about doing a weekly review for years, but it just said “Weekly Review”.… Continue reading Personal Weekly Review – 12 item list
PHP5.6 (or higher) on Ubuntu 14.04
Ubuntu 14.04’s official repo isn’t going to support PHP 5.6 or above. I’m currently on v5.5.9-1 and needed to move to a higher version for a Symfony PHP app I’m working on. Most googling shows you the outdated answer so here’s the commands that worked for me. sudo apt-get install python-software-properties sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php sudo… Continue reading PHP5.6 (or higher) on Ubuntu 14.04
Synology NAS – Start with the smaller drives first
When you are setting up a Synology NAS, such as the 8 bay ( DS1815+ ) system I got, you’ll want to start with your smallest drive first and add larger ones over time. If you start with your biggest drive, you won’t be able to make use of the smaller ones. The reason is best… Continue reading Synology NAS – Start with the smaller drives first
Lets Treat Violence like a Contagious Disease
A number of years ago I watched Gary Slutkin’s TED talk on treating violence like a contagious disease and it has drastically changed the way I think about terrorist attacks, military war, police brutality, world peace and more. If you haven’t watched the presentation already I HIGHLY recommend you do. Actually the rest of the… Continue reading Lets Treat Violence like a Contagious Disease
I’m choosing to do what I love
I’d been feeling down for a few months now. My girlfriend was worried I was depressed, I likely was. My productivity was barely 30% of what it could be. I would work a couple of hours, feel exhausted and go home to play computer games or watch TV shows. There was a whole variety of… Continue reading I’m choosing to do what I love
First self-closing Fridges, eventually self refilling fridges.
Why aren’t self-closing fridge doors the default? At work there’s been a couple of instances of the fridge door being left open overnight. It’s obviously an accident, but the fridge defrosts and there’s a big puddle of water left, one of the smaller bar fridges opens onto a newly carpeted area, not good. The food also… Continue reading First self-closing Fridges, eventually self refilling fridges.
Where’s my Drone delivered burrito?
Here’s an autonomous Drone payload delivery concept, I’ve had in my head for a while, although the printing of the landing pad is something that just hit me even if it’s not new. When will I be able to print out an A4 paper sized QR code code landing pad for drones and have things… Continue reading Where’s my Drone delivered burrito?
Teach with Reach – I’ve started
I feel good. Today I spent my first day properly working on my education startup Teach with Reach. I’ve done bits and pieces before and pretty much this whole year I’ve spent saving up so I could bootstrap myself and be ready, but I haven’t actually started coding anything until today. The web app is… Continue reading Teach with Reach – I’ve started