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Sleep is critical. I wouldn’t recommend skipping it. This week has been a lot of disruption, and a few late nights due to work. The end result is moving slower, making mistakes, and enjoying the work less. Get those Zs.

I am reading Thomas Keller’s cookbook, based on what he serves at his restaurant: the French Laundry. The interesting parts are not so much the recipes, but the essays in between. I just finished one where he explains why he prefers to serve multiple, small dishes. The idea is simple; diminishing returns apply to many…

You can talk a lot faster than you can write. That’s uncontroversial. The controversial bit is: Would talking, rather than typing make you a more productive person? That’s the thesis that Wispr is trying to answer. Wispr is a voice-to-text tool; just talk and Wispr will be able to turn those words into text on…

There is one week left of the Premier League, and after 22 years, including three consecutive second place finishes, Arsenal have been crowned champions. A month ago, it looked like it wasn’t going to happen. A bad run of form and a loss to perennial favourite Manchester City looked like (another) bottled season. But it…

Two days ago, Ky and I went down to the Apple Store to upgrade our iPhones. After 3+ years of daily use, it was certainly time. I wrote a while ago about how we have well and truly in late-stage iPhone. There is a slightly better camera, a different charging port, and a lot more…

One of the great things about amateur sporting clubs is their propensity to bring out tall stories. In lieu of payments, you get to hear bullshit from guys 10 years past their prime which may or may not be true. On Wednesday night, I heard a great one. It went something like this: During a…

My friend in New Zealand has recently started a coaching business. His focus is bringing clarity to people’s lives, and today, I had my first session with him. It’s not life coaching, and it’s not therapy. It’s really just a chance to talk, and think, aloud about some things that are bothering you. For me,…

Our nanny is on leave, so today was just O and I, roaming the streets. It was great! We did all the usual things; go to the park, go to the library, sing some songs, read some books. But we get to do that all the time, whereas a midweek day out is a rare…

I build a surprisingly high amount of software these days; most are projects for work, some are projects for myself. After starting with zero knowledge, I have over corrected and feel that with a Claude subscription and a coffee, I can build anything. And maybe there is some truth to that, but there is a…

Last week, I challenged my self to gain 1000xp per day on DuoLingo. I probably average around 100. A few things I learned: The result of my seven day DuoLingo Blitz? I won the Diamond League, the highest possible result you can get in their current iteration. My prize? A meaningless badge, a mild sense…