Swap memory on low resource servers
A few commands I have in my notes for swap memory on low resource servers, e.g. a cheap VPS.
Writing on data science, computer science, tinkering, and hacking.
Long and short-form thoughts, equal parts technical and personal, collected in chronological order.
How I was almost denied boarding my Japan Airlines flight
I had the misfortune of being almost denied boarding my recent Japan Airlines flight from London Heathrow to Tokyo Haneda when I made an interesting service selection.
Enhancing the lucky dip experience for Stami Studios
Enhancing the lucky-dip purchase experience by taking inspiration from capsule toy machines.
Different adjustments for the same photo
It was interesting to see different adjustments made to the same photo..
Updating content creation date on macOS
I occasionally need to change the content creation date when copying a notebook file as a starting template for a new one.
Colours and patterns whilst travelling Japan
I spent part of my sabbatical on a journey around Japan, during which I noticed and snapped pictures of some interesting colours and patterns.
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.
Purple Please: my theme for Jupyter Lab
A theme I created for Jupyter Lab to make things just the right amount of purple.
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.
Beautiful interactive chord diagrams with Chord Pro
How and why I created my first data visualisation SaaS with D3.js, FastAPI, and WooCommerce.
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.