Leg One — Copenhagen – Aarhus – Klintholm
I’m on a boat! At the moment I’m in Klintholm Havn, a small Danish fishing village on the southern island Møn. In the last week I’ve travelled from Dublin to here via Copenhagen, Aalborg and Aarhus....
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I’m writing this from Klintholm, a small Danish fishing village on the coast of Møn. We’ve sailed 110 miles in the last two days. June was a good month – but for the first time, I failed at a...
View ArticleSailing in July
Just a quick update. I’ve booked my flights to Copenhagen for next month. I’m spending two nights in the city there then making my way up to Strandby on the North tip of Denmark. Once there, I’m...
View ArticleBuilding a Hackintosh
Last week I did something interesting – I built a computer that runs OS X. In theory, the only way you are meant to be able to get a computer that runs OS X is to buy it from Apple; in practice,...
View ArticleFixing the “ducking” problem!
A tweet from Andy McKenzie this morning reminded me of a problem I used to have with Apple’s puritan autocorrect – every time I wanted to say “fuck”, “fucking” or “fucked”, my iPhone decided that I...
View ArticleMay Review
May was a mixed month in terms of a few things. A lot was going on which meant my long term goals took a backseat to dealing with the urgent short term stuff. The flipside of this was that the stress...
View ArticleApril Review
April, like March, was another good month. For the most part I aced my sleep goal! I’ve been averaging three to four extra hours of sleep a week and mostly getting 6.5 to 7 hours a night. I can feel …...
View ArticleMarch Review
March was an interesting month. I managed to get my 20 sets of hill sprints done which kept fitness in check. Financially it was also a great month – to my surprise. I managed to get more work done...
View ArticleFebruary Review
In my review of January, I mentioned that my goals for February were to nail down fitness and finance. Fitness was a bit of a non-start again; I got more jits time but I’m in between weights gyms and...
View ArticleBulk Adding Words to OS X’s Dictionary
I had another tutorial released on computers.tuts+ at the end of last week. This one’s on bulk adding words to OS X’s spell check. Blurb and link below: The OS X built-in spell check is great, but it...
View ArticleTwo New Tutorials Online
I have two new tutorials up with the tuts+ network. The first, on computers.tuts+, is about Finder replacements on OS X. The second, on photography.tuts+, is about dodging and burning. Here are their...
View ArticleMore Wisdom From Seth Godin
I make no secret of my love of Seth Godin and his pithy blog posts. I do my best not to endlessly parrot them here unless they strike a particular chord with me. Todays post, on the difference between...
View ArticleJanurary Review
In my post at the start of this month, Looking Forwards, I described how I was going to be setting challenges and goals for myself for both the year and on a month by month basis. January’s two...
View ArticleSEO Resources
I’ve been doing a lot of research into SEO recently and I’ve found a few good resources. The three most useful so far have been: Travis Jamison’s Supremecy SEO, Sean Ogle’s Location 180 guide, and Glen...
View ArticleFear and Loathing in Las Vegas Review (3/52)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson is ridiculous, insane, and hilariously funny. Although a novel, it is based on the (hopefully exaggerated) events of Thompson and the attorney,...
View ArticleImprove Productivity With Virtual Desktops From TotalSpaces2
I’ve yet another tutorial out with computers.tutsplus.com. This one focuses on improving your productivity using TotalSpaces2. Here’s the blurb: TotalSpaces2 from BinaryAge is the, self-described,...
View ArticleThe Sarantine Mosaic Review (1/52 and 2/52)
The Sarantine Mosaic is a duology, consisting of
View ArticleEnable Windows-Like Features on Your Mac
I’ve another tutorial out with computers.tutsplus.com. This one focuses on getting your Mac to behave more like Windows (Gasp!), which in some circumstances makes sense! Here’s the blurb: For both...
View ArticleGuest Post on Productivityist
A post of mine, Going Beyond Inbox Zero, has been featured on the Productivityist. You can check it out over there. Mike runs an awesome site and if you like some of the productivity content I post...
View ArticleHow to Perform a Password Security Audit
I have a new post out with Tuts+ on performing a password security audit. If you’re still using the same passwords for a load of different services you should probably check it out! Here’s the blurb:...
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