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With only three days left until the election, things are getting tight. I’ll write a longer pre and post election piece this week, but today I wanted to capture my thoughts on “podcasting as an electoral strategy”. Or in the common tongue, should you go on Joe Rogan if you want to win? I’m an…

I had the strangest sensation when I woke up, hazily, this morning. It was 7 am ish, and only a few hours since I had been up helping with bub. I wasn’t 100% with it, that’s for sure. I briefly considered watching my fave Premier League team in action, as they had the early kick…

This was my first week back from Pat Leave, and I came out of the blocks swinging. Unfortunately, a few of them didn’t land, and things weren’t heading the way I was hoping. Never a nice feeling. Good news is that today, knocked it out of the park, and set up next week nicely. If…

After 7 or so months, we are back to where we started. Last night the mercury hit sub-zero (Celsius that is, we’re not that bad yet), and only rose above around 8 this morning. One thing I have learned from living here is that temperature is only one part of it; equally important is humidity…

Like most people, I am in a collection of group chats with friends. It’s a nice, low effort, always on way to stay up to date with mates, even if you’re separated by oceans, responsibilities, and time zones. They rise and fall in activity, with short bursts of activity, followed by longer periods of dormancy.…

Paternity leave came to an end on Sunday, and I’m back to work. Some of my non-American readers may be shocked, perhaps even appalled, by the two weeks. I prefer to follow the path of gratitude; at the end of the day, my employer is early stage, lacks funding, and didn’t have to offer me…

My wife got me a large wooden chopping block a few years ago. Some may think that’s a weird present, but I love it. Already it has become a unique reflection of my chopping style, with the slice marks at a very particular angle, focussed on the right hand side of the board, exactly where…

My friend and I are working on a project together, essentially building a safety deposit box that has a timer attached. In our ideal world, you could set the safe for a few days, months, or even years, and when the timer runs out, the safe opens. We have some ideas around it which we…

I’ve been seeing a bit of a lag in computer performance recently, which I simply do not have time for. That isn’t controversial; I know you are exactly the same. The worst thing is that I wasn’t asking the world; all I wanted to do was share my zoom screen while having a few tabs…

Our apartment building is hosting the annual Halloween party, and it has been the best one so far. Not that I really know, we haven’t been to many, and this one we only just popped into, mostly to grab a few free snacks and beers. It would be nice to go down and be social,…