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Living in the mountains, close to ski fields, means you would expect to have a lot of snow. Well, this season, there hasn’t been a huge amount in Denver, despite the mountains being generally well covered. That changed over the past 36 hours, where it has been absolutely dumping down. It’s beautiful, but it brings…

As my work ramps up, I currently get a day a week off, so today I went skiing with my friend Jason. I mean, with Spring in the air, and the weather warming up, the days to go are dropping. One of the things I have found as I get older is knowing your limits.…

I recently wrote an email for my mum, explaining what my new job entails. It was over 400 words. This is very, very unusual. For the vast bulk of human history, the question “So, what do you do?” was completely unnecessary, as 99% of people you ever met did exactly what you did; farming, hunting…

Today was one of the most anticipated matches of the Premier League season; current champions Manchester City took on top of the table Liverpool, who were ahead by a single point. In most matches, it is natural to pick a team to win. In this instance, I ended up supporting the draw, which is an…

One of my favourite quotes is “we don’t rise to the level of our motivations, but we fall to the level of our systems”. This should be pretty self explanatory, but to expand upon it further, it means that willpower, discipline, and motivation is a fickle and unreliable foundation upon which one builds their ambitions.…

With Ky away for a bit, I realized I needed to set myself some goals to keep me focused. Here they are: – Minimum of 30 minutes of exercise – Call a friend – 20 minutes of learning something new – Cook every meal when not with others – Work on one of my projects…

I went to the movies this evening to watch Dune with some friends. This isn’t the first time we have gone to the cinema today, but it certainly was one of the more memorable times. Last time we went and saw The Flash. Not only was it terrible, it was over three hours. Trash. Dune,…

But only to New Zealand for a work trip. It’s always a bit sad to see her go, I miss her terribly. This time it is for a few weeks for work, and while I know she’ll have a great time and it’ll be a great company event, there is still a sadness to it.…

One of the things I was really looking forward to in America was election season. The intrigue, the gossip, the blood sport. Super Tuesday isn’t the Super Bowl, but it’s a big event. 16 States, two parties, many endings. Or at least it should have been. Unfortunately, it looks like Donald and Joe are locked…

Do you read Substack? I don’t usually, but today I went down a bit of a rabbit hole reading a bunch of different stuff, and was genuinely shocked by how good some of it was. Some was trash, but overall, much better than expected. A common theme that floats around is that technology has vaporised…