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Danny the capturer of the world.
Many years ago I worked at company that sold widgets. These widgets were very complicated and required lots of customisation. The company had developed a pretty large piece of software to help their...
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Photos from my South Atlantic crossing.
I’ve uploaded a bunch of photos to flickr. You can find the full set here. Real Sailing I like this picture, these are the times I miss the most. There were a million perfect sunsets.
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Brain Insight
A few days ago I needed to get into my parent’s house while they were on holiday. I was driving to my house to fetch their spare keys and fretting about having forgotten their alarm code. As I opened...
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Leaving TrustFabric and joining Praekelt
This news is a few weeks old but I kept on meeting people who hadn’t heard so I figured a blog post was in order. I have officially left TrustFabric and have joined Praekelt. Leaving TrustFabric was a...
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Ten things
Get your priorities straight There is nothing more important than enjoying your life. Making sure that other people are enjoying their lives comes in at a close second. You are not a useful human being...
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How to solve problems…
One of my favourite quotes from Bernard Moitessier’s book “The Long Way“. “Go on deck often, regardless of the weather. Many things are cured by the wind and the sea, if you stay on deck with them long...
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How to cook steak
Here are 20 simple steps to cook a great steak. Buy good steak. It doesn’t have to be expensive, but it must be good. You want to select a piece of meat that has as much marbling as possible. Marbling...
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20 Pieces of Startup Advice I Should Have Posted A Long Time Ago
Disclaimer: I am not a successful tech entrepreneur, so you probably shouldn’t read this. Build what people need and build it in the quickest and easiest (read hackiest) way possible that is barely...
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Seeed Studio GPRS Shield 1.4 and Arduino Mega 2560
Recently I battled to get the Seeed Studio GPRS Shield 1.4 and Arduino Mega 2560 to talk to each other. I eventually discovered that they are not actually compatible when stacked (without some ugly pin...
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RDM630 125KHz RFID reading with the Arduino Mega 2560 R3
This howto is for the RDM630 125Khz RFID module – UART board. Seeedstudio and Spec Sheet. There are a few chunks of code on the internet that will get the RDM630 up and running on an Uno, but those...
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Protected: I should have been more angry.
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Sailing across the South Atlantic, Day 1
Day 1 – V&A Waterfront, Cape Town – South Africa9 September 2013, Monday – Distance Covered: 130nm We departed 4 days late because Magnus (the skipper) got food poisoning. The extra days bought us...
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Transatlanticism, Day 2
Day 2 – 32°30.06S 014°18.24E 10 September 2013 – Total Distance Covered: 349nm View Larger Map Another great day of sailing, we had some challenges with the rudder angle sensor coming off its...
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Transatlanticism, Day 3
Day 3 – 31°22.6S 010°39.1E 11 September 2013 – Total Distance Covered: 557nm View Larger Map Started the engine for the first time at 8am after a few glorious days of sailing. One of the things that...
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Transatlanticism, Day 4
Day 4 – 29°38.3S 007°04.3E 12 September 2013 – Total Distance Covered: 755nm View Larger Map I had been up since the start of my shift at 9pm the previous day, was on watch until 2am, but then...
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Transatlanticism, Day 5
Day 5 – 28°26.3S 003°15.5E 13 September 2013 – Total Distance Covered: 941nm View Larger Map Headwinds at 30 knots, lots of banging as the bow rides up the swell, lifts off and then slams down hard...
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Transatlanticism, Day 6 – Ice Core Chicken
Day 6 – 27°24.23S 000°16.38E 14 September 2013 – Total Distance Covered: 1122nm View Larger Map Spent most of the day with headwinds… We have the donkey (diesel engine) running at low revs but we’re...
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008 – Paardeberg to Rocky Outcrop (7km / 405m Elev)
The Paardeberg packs a lot of opportunity into a tiny mountain range. There’s a thousand different routes and something interesting around every corner. I had done some exploring in the area a few...
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009 – Mont Rochelle to Dutoitskop (8km/ 750m Elev)
Mont Rochelle had been on my list for a few weeks. A friend had suggested one of the lower peaks as a great spot for a radio setup, but since the actual summit (Dutoitskop) was a SOTA summit I decided...
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010 – Table Mountain Fernwood Circuit – (10km / 300m Elev)
Sometimes it is good to go back to basics. It doesn’t always have to be summit conquests or never before explored trails. The trails on the Eastern side of Table Mountain are as diverse as the people...
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