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Stunning nature photographs

These nature photos are absolutely stunning. Some people have a gift for photography … and I am not one of them.


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Dancing without sound

My daughter loves dancing - always has done - whether it is street, contemporary or ballet. However she faces none of the challenges the dancers (and musicians) in this video face. I won’t spoil it here … just watch.


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Smart glasses you might actually wear

Intel have just announced a new set of smart glasses that don’t look stupid. Admittedly the functionality is a lot more limited that other offerings however these look a lot more normal than them. It provides very limited functionality to display a small red image in the lower part of the wearers vision. Cleverly it also disappears when the user is not looking down.


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The simple idea of free water refills

This is such a simple idea and could potentially have a huge impact if it takes off - cafes and pubs filling up water bottles for free.


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Extending a wifi network with a TP-Link RE650

I had a very unusual setup for the network for my office. The office is situated a floor above and at the opposite end of the house to where the main router is located. A fully wired connection is not an option at the moment due to concrete floors and limited access to roof voids.


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Ma’agalim - Jane Bordeaux

This is a beautiful music video. Watch it all the way through and carefully watch what happens to some of the characters.


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Professionals do everything necessary - not just the fun bits

This article defines the difference between a professional developer and an amateur as:


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The Kubernetes Book by Nigel Poulton

At the moment I am having to get up to speed on a bunch of technologies relating to “DevOps”. This includes Kubernetes. I borrowed this book from a colleague and read it over the course of two days commuting. It provides a very good high level overview of all the main concepts of the platform.


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When The Game Was Ours by Jackie MacMullan, Larry Bird, and Magic Johnson

On 12th June 1984 I was on a family holiday in the US. We had spent three weeks travelling around Florida and then up the east coast to finally end up in Boston. During the day we had a guided tour of the city and we were told that it was game seven of the NBA finals that night between the Boston Celtics and the Los Angeles Lakers.


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Rewarding the act of volunteering

A new digital coin has been introduced in Hull to reward people who volunteer for things. Due to regulations the receiver can cash in their coin in the form of a discount when purchasing products at certain stores.


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