I have two NFC chip implants. One in each hand. I put the one in my left hand in myself, on a Saturday afternoon in January 2024, after spending two or three minutes holding the needle against my skin and slowly working out the exact spot. The one in my right hand I drove an hour out to Worcester for, paid a guy $150, and held still while he did the install in a tattoo and piercing studio. Same te
I spent a weekend connecting every MCP server that sounded useful. By Sunday night I had 11 running, a claude_desktop_config.json that scrolled off the screen, and an agent that was technically capable of doing almost anything. In practice, it was doing almost nothing useful. What I learned had very little to do with which servers are "good." The MCP ecosystem has exploded. There are directories w
Most agency onboarding fails before the kickoff call happens. Not because the team isn't good. Not because the client is difficult. Because nobody collected the right context upfront, and the kickoff call becomes the place where everyone discovers what they don't know yet. The intake form is the fix. Not a 3-question "tell us about your project" form. A real one. Here's the framework we use — 27 q
Friday I got a new camera to replace the one that broke last year. It's a Canon Rebel with two lenses. The buttons and functions are different from the previous camera so my muscle memory is no good. I have to relearn it all. Spent the weekend at the Renaissance Festival and got some great pics. What are you building this week? What do you want to learn? What events are you attending this week?
Making yogurt at home isn't hard. You can control the sugar, the fat, add any flavour you want. Free from the tyranny of Big Yogurt! Yet somehow, Danone is still doing fine. Same goes for home-brewed beer, homemade bread, 3D printing. All great hobbies. All more accessible than ever. None have actually disrupted their industries. Better tools raise the floor and the ceiling. The hobbyist gets bett
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Cyber attacks are becoming more frequent and more expensive because criminals are still getting paid. Despite growing awareness, the economics of ransomware still favour attackers. Only 17% of UK organisations hit by ransomware chose to pay, but even among those who do pay, outcomes remain unreliable. According to UK‑wide data, oranisations are now three times more likely to recover from backups
What is Azure Storage? Azure storage is Microsoft's cloud storage solution. It allows storage of unstructured data, pdfs, file shares etc. The following steps in this article outlines how I was able to create storage for the department's testing and training. In the Azure portal, search for and select Resource groups Select + Create Give your resource group a name. For example, storagerg