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Should ‘stupid’ people be allowed access to their own money?
The World’s Biggest Blockchain Hackaton I went to a very interesting meeting of the London Ethereum Meet-up yesterday. It was a presentation by Odyssey the world’s biggest blockchain hackathon. Odyssey is remarkable because teams work alongside a commercial sponsor who may (and often does) choose to continue to fund their work after the event. The…
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Why I only need 1000 True Fans
Regular readers of this blog might know that I am interested in cryptocurrencies. I have finished a four year contract as CIO at Dulwich College and after 25 years I have my own start-up again. Cryptostar.money will be the #1 Business Directory for UK Crypto I am a huge fan of the Business Model Generation…
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A great upbeat article on the state of crypto
Yesterday when I announced Cryptostar.money and my offer of a free listing for crypto businesses I commented that the current situation is bleak in the UK. This morning I read a much more upbeat article that highlights the positive developments in crypto. The title is meant to be ironic. https://medium.com/@joshromportl/why-bitcoin-and-crypto-have-no-future-4f95980bb774 View at Medium.com
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Free speech in Universities
If you would like to see how strongly your alma mater is supporting free speech then here is a great resource. http://www.spiked-online.com/free-speech-university-rankings
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[Fixed] Error Using Veeam Agent for Windows Free with a NAS
I have previously blogged about how to back-up home systems to commercial standards. A useful tool for the home user is Veeam Agent for Windows Free. It allows you to make a recovery disk and system image and has a very reliable restore feature. In the small office/home (SoHo) environment the back-up target will typically…
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WinDirStat is dead – long live TreeSize Free
For many years WinDirStat has been my first port of call when I want to analyse disk use. However I have found that it runs very slowly and looks awful on my 4k monitor. A faster, prettier solution is TreeSize Free. This does most of what WinDirStat does and premium versions are available for commercial…
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Fixed: DFPlayer Mini MP3 player does not work
(keywords: bad sound, noisy sound, power supply, squawking) I spend several hours trying to make the DFPlayer Mini MP3 player work in the simplest configuration on the a breadboard (no Arduino). How To Set Up And Use The DFPlayer Mini MP3 Player I got erratic behaviour and sometimes the chip just looked dead. Fix: Use…
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Off-topic DIY hacks
This learned journal usually confines its commentary to IT and project management but sometimes something crops up that is off-topic but so cool it needs to be shared for the greater good. https://youtu.be/yxviTLVjvDQ My favourite hack is the one for removing screws that have damaged heads. What’s yours?
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node.js, WordPress and Google App Engine
node.js Google App Engine is very cool. It hides all the complexity of creating a highly available, load-balanced and scalable application. It is a very natural fit for node.js applications. You can quickly and easily achieve “Google Scale”. This is explained in this great video, https://youtu.be/yiOtZDICUfI There is a synergy between node.js and Google App…
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Cool – Smartclient and node.js
My favourite Javascript library for widgets is Smartclient because of its wonderful showcase. Following on from my investigation into node.js I found this link, Announcing SmartClient Server for Node.js: free and open source! This is amazing because it allows you to build beautiful data-rich sites without having to worry about configuring front-end web servers. It support…
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