Liberalism, the foundation of our current political structures, was conceptualised during the Enlightenment period in the 16th century. Philosophical and academic contributions came from many people, different

Bitcoin is not an original concept, as many people would like to think. In fact, Bitcoin is the result of quite a few iterations of similar ideas from the past. Ecash The first idea around electronic currency

Since the last time I posted about our house renovation project, there have been a few things my parents progressed with. We have now floors on all levels! (insert clapping and sounds of cheers here) It's

There seems to be a running theme this week of using what you've got left in the fridge. It's no different in our household, especially now that I am trying to use up everything we've got before travelling.

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People or organisations often think about software security as only defined by the software itself. As long as the software has the right features I'm ok, right? In my opinion, the security of some program

I had some very ripe and brown bananas left, so I decided to make something banana-ish that would be a nice treat. I was considering doing cookies but felt more tempted by muffins, as I also had some dark

I haven't had the mental capacity this week to think of my own topic for a blog post. So here's a short list of interesting things and articles I found in the past few days. Brave with MetaMask MetaMask

In a financial bubble... ...people's savings are losing purchase power through negative real interest rates. Simply put, when printing money (inflation) with a rate of 2% and an interest rate of -0.5%

A friend just asked me where to find more information about Bitcoin and blockchain technology. Here are the links I sent to this person. First of all, bitcoin.org is a decent resource and a good place

I recently had a fun conversation with someone about calories, in food specifically. It's pretty common to count calories, or at least to acknowledge those numbers that grocery stores now put on the front

Inspiration is such an important thing to me. That, together with love and passion is what gets me up in the morning and what makes me try to achieve what I want to achieve. Where do you go to find

Criticising Bitcoin's energy consumption is easy, because it's obvious. It's the easy way out of a complicated topic that has much wider implications than initially obvious. This blog post is a long-form

I've been fancying that new cookie Prêt A Manger has been doing but for some reason you can't get it anywhere these days. My local one is always out and the other day when I passed by a staff person said

I recently bought a disposable camera cause I wanted to have a little play around and see what would come out of it without seeing and editing the photos instantly. I know it is becoming a bit of a trend

Back in May I went on my first run with my new Garmin vívoactive 3 watch. I’ve had a very old Garmin Forerunner 15 in the past. But after selling my bike I decided to treat myself with a newer watch. What

I spontaneously decided to fly to the south of France for a couple of weeks before our big travels. It wasn't necessarily to work on our house and continue with the renovations, but more a mix of helping

This weekend has been a family packed weekend. Both our parents have been/are here passing through our home from a roadtrip through the UK or about to head to one respectively. Usually there isn't enough

With this lovely weather, I am now embracing the spring and summer of fresh and filling salads. I received some fennel in my weekly vegetable box and had some other bits and bobs left that I thought would

Last week we continued our adventure of renovating our house in the south of France. Not to worry, there hasn’t been a standstill since last time we were there - my parents have done A LOT! As we’re going