The Unicode standard yesterday release version 10 which now includes two dinosaurs, the Bitcoin symbol, and the long-awaited Colbert Emoji according to Emojipedia. I see FontAwesome has already included the Bitcoin symbol: 0.01 Here…
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Is playing the drums a good workout?
Playing the drums while wearing a fitness tracker Jam-ercise Recently I had to play the drums and thought it might be a good idea to track the activity using a…
Comrades Marathon 2017 – My BHAG
“The first 42 kilometres of the up run equate to the hardest standard marathon most runners will ever run.” Bruce Fordyce The ultimate human race The Comrades Marathon is an…
Send your legacy to the stars. Literally.
Ashes to ashes and dust to space! What do you get if you combine ex-NASA space experts and those who are experts at mortal remains? Well that is apparently what…
The Speed Trap And The Art Of Slowing Down
Walking the line A study found in 2007 that people are walking 10% faster than a decade before. A secret analysis1 of pedestrians in more than 30 cities around the world,…
Next level Strava Art – Star Wars’ Millennium Falcon mapped out by cyclist
Cyclist Andrew Collins from Canberra, Australia, celebrated May the Fourth by sketching out the Millennium Falcon from Star Wars with the Strava app.
5 Running Lessons That Will Actually Make You Win At Life
“Mental toughness is many things and rather difficult to explain. Its qualities are sacrifice and self-denial. Also, most importantly, it is combined with a perfectly disciplined will that refuses…
The phenomenon known as Strava Art – sketchbook of a GPS artist
Some might argue that people have too much time on their hands. Others will say that great art takes time and effort. Australian cyclist Jen Bonez spent eight hours with…
How to fix MAMP when MySQL is not starting
If you use MAMP like me for local PHP development on OS X it’s great most of the time. Except when it decides to run with this annoying bug on startup up again after…
What you need to renew your South African drivers licence
I recently had to pay the Road Traffic Inspectorate the dreaded visit to renew my drivers licence and this is an (un)necessary evil that most South Africans have to endure…