Writing on data science, computer science, tinkering, and hacking.

Long and short-form thoughts, equal parts technical and personal, collected in chronological order.

My Pen Plotter Setup

I was unexpectedly gifted a pen plotter for Christmas last year! A few months later, I've got it set up and a workflow ready to go.

Reviewing the Motion Boom Plus - Soundcore by Anker

Anker Innovations got in touch a few weeks ago and said they were big fans of DataCrayon, and if I'd like to review one of their current Soundcore products. Being a big fan of Anker products myself, I was excited to review the Motion Boom Plus.

Creating a static site generator

I had this feeling that something was missing. Of course, I realised that I'd made the mistake of beginning to write without first creating a static site generator.

DIY magnetic VESA mount for iPad

I use the iPad for annotating papers, and sometimes for rough designs early on in projects. Otherwise, it sits on this mount for Sidecar displaying things like Spotify, Notes, Reminders, Calendar, and Mail.

Polyra and me

Before embarking on this new venture, I had to make several important decisions on where I wanted to commit my time. The first of these decisions meant resigning from my posts as Senior Academic at my former university and Head of Data Science at my former company.

MacBook butterfly keyboard problems

Over the last three years, I've occasionally been using a MacBook Pro 13-inch 2018. Unfortunately, it has been the worst laptop experience of my existence!

Docker Toolbox, Windows 7, and Shared Volumes

Docker Toolbox installs a VirtualBox virtual machine running the boot2docker Linux distribution. Because of this, additional steps are needed when sharing volumes between the host operating system and a Docker container.