Fair to say that, based on the last week or so, neither me nor my son are going to make our million on crypo. ETH is down 10% DOGE is down 13% SUI is down 8% What is quite interesting is just how unstable the currency is, which I kind of already knew. A few […]

Two or three years ago I switched my current account over to Starling Bank, and it has revolutionised the way I manage my money. What initially drew me to Starling was the the ethical policies, 0% fees overseas usage (ATMs and paying by card), and – yes – because of the shiny fintech challenger bank […]

I made a few tweaks to my website over the weekend – chief one being to decrease the static page refresh time and update packages, but ran into all sorts of problems trying to build the Docker image. Error: Could not load the “sharp” module using the linuxmusl-arm runtime Possible solutions: – Manually install libvips […]

I am now an investor in cryptocurrency! Ok, so that’s probably putting it a bit strongly. My younger son really wanted to buy some Dogecoin, so we finally relented and let him spend some of his Christmas money on cypto. I decided for fun that I would match him in a different currency so we […]

Back in January 2024 I’d identified some things which we thought were going to change in 2024, and most have come to pass. Bedroom redecorated (which a bonus of fixing squeaky floorboards) Jafar the snake is doing nicely (his “birthday” is the 5th Jan) My car is now fully electric We’ve switched to Zen Internet […]