2nd week of isolation started today so please forgive my bad language...

New acronym incoming...

tfu=totally fucking useless.

Covid-19 is no excuse for laziness unless you have it (and a bad … more

Hi All

OK - this is an old subject and one which was probably responsible for me starting blogging in the first place.

But I think it's probably more relevant now than when it was produced as a … more

Shocking video of the tragic port explosion in Beirut yesterday highlights the very tenuous existence of the State of Lebanon.

The political system there is tribally split and dominated by the … more

This subject is on my mind recently; I have a lot of stuff bubbling around the aether in my head.....

The gulf between gates/bezos/musk and the seriously lazily unemployed is huge.

And if the meat … more

This is more of an informative post (hopefully) rather than a rant or my trying to make a point!

If you have read this blog you may have picked up that in the past I have been excited about crypto$ … more

DISCLAIMER - MAYBE I'M A PARANOID WHO HAS WATCHED "I AM LEGEND", THINKS TOO MUCH AND HAS NOT FLOWN HIS PARAGLIDER FOR TOOOOOOOO LONG!

Riots today in Minneapolis and Hong Kong.

People are … more

Yesterday I kept turning the TV on (voyeuristically) and off (angrily) watching Dominic Cummings deal live with one angry journalist after another, purporting to represent the whipped up frenzied " … more

Please try not to be offended ....

The meaning of some acronyms that I may use in my blog from time to time.

a cardboard = functional but everyday boring (used as an adjective to describe … more

As you might imagine this rant is centred on covid-19.

It's a pretty hard post as I don't want to come across as some right wing fascist bastard.

Or as too simplistic - there are some huge … more

foldingathome.org is an initiative to use distributed programming power to nail some of the world's diseases including covid-19.

I have a linux desktop - my supercomputer, a windows gaming laptop … more

the more you have to take care of/worry about.....

Said the Buddha.

Jeez. What was I thinking? more

Well I'm back from my trip to Brazil.. What a mind opener that was.

In October, three Brazilians set a new paragliding world record of 582km there, so we knew that there was potential for personal … more

This is just a quick entry for all my imaginary friends here (ie., me) of some observations and possible insights that have crystalised in my head mainly when I am out walking the dog.This process … more

I thought I'd update my blog with where I'm at regarding my machine learning and neural networks project.

A close academic friend of mine, "CAF", has got me excited about machine learning and neural … more

I haven't had a rant for a while about the parlous state of the world economy or central banking monetary policy and quantitative easing ("QE") etc., etc.,

This is because of a thought I keep having … more

I've wanted to run a full node on the iota tangle for about 20 months now but have been put off by the hurdles (I completely failed the KYC of one german ISP obviously being a dodgy IOM customer) and … more

A good friend died recently. I'm going to send him off shortly.

He lived knowing that tomorrow is full of possibilities and yesterday is spent.

Still, as pointed out to me, ten more years would … more

Catch up  ....

I missed my planned October 2018 vol-biv trip in India due to breaking my collar bone the weekend before I was due to travel by falling off a new mountain bike....... doh!

What an … more

I have been attempting to learn more about Qubic and (on the basis that only I read this blog) what follows is really just an aide-memoire pour moi.

So ... iota qubic protocol, oracles, assemblies, … more

Hi

I've been away for a while.

In the interim, I've NOT become a paragliding instructor.

But, I did get close to investing in a chalet in St Andre Les Alpes to build a centre of flying excellence. … more

OK. Here’s the rub.

On the basis that only humans and ants (for all the wrong reasons) are capable of altruism, for the last 2 years or so, I have been endeavouring to bootstrap start-up businesses, … more

I went for a job interview recently. Not, at first blush an unusual event. But unusual for me as I haven't had a "proper job" for the last 18 years.

Nevertheless, it was a job that I wanted rather … more

Hi

I'm pretty sure that no one reads this blog so, although I try to keep it professional and to the point, it's tempting to use it more as a personal journal or diary so please excuse any … more

Hi. It’s been a little while since I posted here and a lot has gone on in the world of crypto$.

Also, there have been a lot of things going around in my head which I wanted to try to put together in … more

It's been a crazy week for bitcoin and personally I'm waiting for a significant price correction as I believe it's hugely overvalued.

It's also not serving the purposes it was established for, as … more

My twin brother is a banking analyst in the City working for a well known US asset management company.

As you can imagine from the nature of this blog... we have some lively debates....

I wanted to … more

Straight from www.dummies.com we have the following two excellent definitions of money:

<quote>A fiat system is based on a government’s mandate that the paper currency it prints is legal tender for … more

Cryptocurrencies Don't Belong in Central Banks

A great article from Bloomberg. more

I've been asked this question a few times by various people and as it's becoming a more frequent occurrence I thought I'd just post the process here on my blog.

The first thing you have to do is … more

Google to Enforce HSTS on TLDs it Operates

OK. So what does that mean exactly?

In a nutshell, Google is going to get stricter with websites that don't secure themselves with an encrypted … more

Hello again

I'm still on my crypto$ soapbox I'm afraid!

In my opinion, one of the hurdles to general acceptance of crypto$ by the public at large is their seeming inability to be spent on … more

Bitcoin Crashes After Chinese Exchange Says It Will Halt Trading

OK. So I have egg on my face if you read my previous post....!

But as my eldest son likes to say "the monkey's out of the bottle" … more