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Read Work in 2030

Work in 2030

There are two camps of people where I work; those who want to return to the office and those who want to remain working remotely. The former group tend to be those whose work involves spending most of …

Read Future proofing

Future proofing

It is always tempting when buying or designing things to plan for the future; to add features that make your design or purchase “future proof”.

Read How to fix Sony Bravia/Sonos sound stops working

How to fix Sony Bravia/Sonos sound stops working

We have a Sony Bravia television connected to a Sonos Beam which in turn is linked to a couple of Sonos Ones. They have been working fine for quite a while but suddenly lost sound.

Read Capturing memories

Capturing memories

A PhD student has created a way to capture conversations with hospice patients that their relatives can play back and listen to at any time later.

Read Preparation meets opportunity

Preparation meets opportunity

Another podcast … I was listening to Guy Raz interview General David Petraeus on the “Wisdom from the top” podcast. Towards the end he made the observation that luck is where …

Read Installing a payphone

Installing a payphone

This is quite an amazing article about how someone ended up installing an actual old style payphone in their house.

Read Last House Standing

Last House Standing

We had a guest speaker at church on Sunday, the son-in-law of our pastors. He spoke on the subject of “Last House Standing” - based on Matthew 7:24-27, the wise and foolish builders.

Read Saving lives through design

Saving lives through design

A few years ago I had to do first aid training as part of the mandatory training for the youth football team I coached. This included learning how to use a defibrillator - something you obviously hope …

Read Creativity modes

Creativity modes

I recently discovered the Huberman Lab podcast so I have been working through the back catalogue. I was listening to one on creativity and mentioned that creativity is effectively taking existing …

Read Tiny Projects

Tiny Projects

Like lots of people, especially developers, I have a long list of potential business/app ideas that sit around and gather dust. Some of them are just impractical, some I don’t have the skills to …