Paragliding from Beinn y Phott to Poortown Quarry πͺ
The full flight on youtube …π 1. The windy launch and looking back at Snaefell 2. Over Injebreck, Colden Plantation and Kings Forest, Greeba 3. Over Tynwald and Landing The…
Is a full stack accounting dapp using blockchain even possible? π – part 2
TLDR Yes, probably, but it will be very difficult to build. Just like buses, none for ages and then two in short succession Yesterday, I got very excited about this…
Is a full stack accounting dapp using blockchain even possible? π
Hi. It’s been a little while since my last post… I guess I’ve been spending too much time on x. Here’s a quick post about something I’ve been thinking about…
C40 cities – 2030 targets
Because I know most people, including me, can’t be bothered reading and everyone needs an executive summary, here, I suspect is what is behind Starmer setting out the UK’s new…
Bankers! βοΈ
Earlier this year I wanted to setup a corporate bank account with @barclays who I had (past tense) been banking with for 40 years or so. To keep it simple…
Licence to shill π°π€£
Title shamelessly stolen from @x This post is an elaboration of a tweet I posted recently whilst walking the dogs earlier this week. Some might call it shilling. By way…
My first dex swapπ°
Hi I’m home from the pyrenees #transnomad enduro mtb race; i think it’s worthy of a proper write-up in my own inimitable style later. It was harder than I expected…
My Mum ππ€
OK So, I volunteered to say a few words about my Mum, not an easy thing for any of us to do, but worthwhile I think, and so here we…
Trusting your instincts πͺ
SIV I got back from an SIV paragliding course last month (that’s me in the cover photo π). SIV stands for βSimulation dβIncidents en Volβ, which is French for βSimulation…
Miracle drugs βοΈ
This is a post about #health. I’d love a fast motorbike. I live on the #isleofman. The “unrestricted” speed limit is just that. Not 70 mph. But I’m not allowed…
How many good summers have you got left?
Does @BillGates ever consider his own mortality in terms of the number of good summers that he has left? If he doesn’t have religion, then maybe he should start. You…
Be sceptical, it may extend your life
Morning all. Those of us who no longer believe a word of what any establishment or mainstream media outlet tells us, for whatever reason, find ourselves having to assemble our…
Creating this year’s future π€ͺ
Just a quick “witter” to the world to let you all know what’s going on … It’s going to be a busy 2024… New family members Fingers crossed i’m going…
More hospital tales π₯
I broke three ribs at the weekend going over the bars (again!) due to incompetence and a lackadaisical approach (quite literally). I have the episode on video. I haven’t watched…
A tale of two founders π°
This may be a tiny bit mean but here are my thoughts on two crypto founders Dom and Dan.. @DomSchiener of #iota and @fuserleer of #radix (#xrd). Iota I’ve had…
It’s simple really ..
Why do we have to package everything up? Put labels on things? To then take sides based on the package or label? To me, killing Israelis is just as heinous…
Mitochondria β‘
I said I’d write a post about mitochondria, so here we are. Evolution of the cell Back in the day when life was much simpler (before multicellular was a thing),…
Who has the biggest atrocity β οΈ?
Bob Moran’s cartoon – pictured above – has kicked up quite a storm and caused people to fight over whose atrocity is worse that whose, like some ghoulish competition. The…
The weaponisation of fear β°οΈ
Elon’s Rocket On Tuesday this week we did a night ride in Colden Plantation in the Isle of Man. The recent storms have felled a tree across a particluarly knarly…
An ethereum killer? πΈ
Hopefully just a quick post today. My crypto journey I have only ever traded in btc, eth, iota and xrd. I don’t use leverage and I think defi is just…