Author: Harry
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Spring Clean
Our house is probably going to get quite messy in a few short weeks. The optimal strategy would be to relax your standards now, after all, why bother polishing the dunny when there’s going to be a turdinator 3000 in the building? Instead, Ky and I cashed in our discount voucher and booked the 3…
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Terrific
Three weeks ago, our dishwasher started making some strange sounds. We called maintenance, and employing an interesting strategy, they decided to take the misbehaving part. Interesting, how so? Well, they didn’t replace it, so we went from a noisy dishwasher to an ineffective one. There is something mildly infuriating about playing Russian Roulette with a…
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Out from the back
When do you give up on an optimal strategy? That’s a great question, and one that I have been thinking about quite a bit about recently, especially since learning a little more about soccer and the tactics that seperate the contenders from the pretenders. I am no expert, but the one thing I have half…
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Anti-vax
First off, I’m of course not anti-vax when it comes to ALL vaccines, but I tell you what, this latest TDAP has me going down the rabbit hole. Ok, you’re probably freaking out now, so let me add some context. To protect our upcoming child, I recently got the TDAP (tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis) vaccine.…
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Pumpkin Patch
Last Saturday, Ky and I went to a pumpkin patch to pick up a decorative gourd. It wasn’t a half bad experience! Many people are fascinated by farms. I’m one of them, as are the millions of people who tune into Clarkson’s Farm. Even David Beckham has decided that the best way to plonk his…
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The College Game
Last night, while I was chilling at home, I was flicking through the channels and found a college football game between Alabama and Georgia. Now, for those who are into college sports, this might be one of the biggest games of the season, but for the uninitiated, like yours truly, it was just a distraction…
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iTalki
After 264 days of studying French on DuoLingo, I realised I wanted to take it up a notch, so today I did my first lesson on iTalki. iTalki is a platform that allows language learners to connect with teachers from across the world, and for $7, I was able to do a 30 minute trial…
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AFL Grand Final
I am not a nostalgic type, but I make an exception for the AFL Grand Final. As I wrtie this, the game has just started, and it looks like a GLORIOUS day in Melbourne. Those early days of Spring are such a special time in the Garden State. To celebrate, Ky and I have got…
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Updates
I write about 80% of my posts on my phone, although 90% of my “effort posts” are typed up on my laptop. No surprises as to why. Today is a rare example of writing a shorter post on my laptop, and when I do this, I often take the time to update the plugins that…
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Out of the park
Today was a great day work wise. No promotion, no pay rise, no massive accomplishment. Today will pass like many others. What was different was I pumped out, what I think, is an awesome PRD for our next feature, and I can’t wait to share it with the team tomorrow. This is the first step…