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Recovering an old bitcoin wallet from 2013

I recently found an old bitcoin wallet circa 2013 on an old hard-drive and decided to dig into it to see if I'd hopefully left any coins inside.

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Reflecting on my thirties: The path ahead and looking to the future.

What's next? No one knows what the future my hold, but I've got a number of plans that I want to work on during my forties, some big, some small, everyone of them worthwhile.

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Home studio project: Putting together a great WFH office.

This post discusses the recent project I took on of converting the work shed at our house to a studio / office.

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Reflecting on my thirties: My huge career change

The last ten years has seen a massive change in my career. From starting at the age of 30 as a marketing coordinator in my hometown of Newcastle Australia to joining Google as a senior engineer in the Silicon Valley just before I turned 40, this post details the journey I've taken.

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Reflecting on my thirties: Many great experiences!

The last ten years have seen me gain some amazing experiences and this post is a quick reflection of some of the highlights

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Using NoMachine NX for a remote desktop on Ubuntu 20.04 from MacOS

Even in 2020, the concept of setting up a remote desktop between different operating systems is perilous. NoMachine (also known as NX) is a popular tool which works well and has many fans. Here's how to remote into your Ubuntu 20.04 desktop from MacOS.

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An (almost) fully automated exporting of HealthKit data

Obtaining your own personal HealthKit data in a automated fashion from Apple is a difficult challenge with very little options. This post details how I built a 'single click' system to update an external database with my own HealthKit data.

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Tracking real time household power usage in Grafana

There are a number of products available on the market allowing you to track your power usage, but it turns out that it might be a lot cheaper and easier than you think to get real time data.

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