I Built Myself a Race Director
I run a Suunto watch that quietly logs every run as a .fit file, and I plan my training by arguing with an AI in a chat window until we land on something resembling a sensible block.
Projects
The meat of my blog posts deal with the technical projects I take on or get involved with...there is always something. The range of subjects is vast spanning from odd curiosity to full scale societal change. I am apparently the type of person that given £1,000,000 would spin out ten large scale projects and eat ramen noodles in the hope I precipitate change.
Teaching a satire bot to actually be funny
Whoopee is a UK political satire account that posts once a day...and has trouble being funny.
The Bug That Two Graphics Cards Couldn't Fix
Here's a fun assumption to have proven wrong: that a performance problem in a 3D web app is, by definition, a graphics problem.
Why Every Town Centre Looks Empty Now
"How do we bring the town centre back?" I think that's the wrong question.
I Built a Map That Shows Which Countries Are Currently on Fire (Metaphorically Speaking)
I've made a thing. It's a live map of the world that colour-codes every country based on how much the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office thinks you should avoid going there.
One Month Out: A Training Update That's Less "Rocky" and More "Bloke Who Occasionally Runs"
The Fife Pilgrim Way Ultra is in approximately one month. Fifty-six miles from North Queensferry to St Andrews. Fifteen-hour cutoff time.