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  • The Wastefulness of Mobile First Design

    The Wastefulness of Mobile First Design

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesFor a few years now I have noticed a worrying trend, one that sees content become so sparse on a web page that you see one tweet or facebook post per screen height.  Before mobile first design, and the proliferation of React websites you would find pages that had twenty to thirty…

  • Colza, Sheep, Metamorphosis and Mindfulness

    Colza, Sheep, Metamorphosis and Mindfulness

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesYesterday I took a picture of brilliantly yellow Colza with the Jura looking dark due to storm clouds overhead. If you walk at this time of year you will see a lot of cola. At the moment it is brilliantly yellow and at it’s prime. Later on, the colza will be passed…

  • Thirty Seven thousand Kilometres later

    Thirty Seven thousand Kilometres later

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    Reading Time: 3 minutesI have had the same scooter for about 37,000 kilometres and yesterday I finally decided to sell it off, after years of frequent use. I sold it off because whereas the usual service was about 270 CHF the quote for the latest service was 500 CHF.  This wouldn’t be so bad as…

  • The Sound of Bells and the Smell of Colza

    The Sound of Bells and the Smell of Colza

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesWhat do you hear and smell when you go for a walk in Vaud at this time of year? You hear the sound of cowbells and you hear the sound of cows mooing. I like the sound of cow bells A few days ago I could hear mooing from a distance. As…

  • The Curious Step Miscount Due to Walking Sticks

    The Curious Step Miscount Due to Walking Sticks

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesYesterday I walked with hiking sticks and whereas one watch told me that I had 13,000 steps, or so, the other said I had 9000. It is the second time that I notice such a difference in step count.  The first time I noticed this issue was a few days ago, after…

  • The Futility of Blogging

    The Futility of Blogging

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesI have been writing blog posts every single day for one hundred and fourty five days and rather than feel more inspired, and get a big audience, I am writing for an audience of one. Some days I am filled with inspiration and I write the blog post in twenty minutes or…

  • Blogging

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhat job would you do for free? Blogging, of course. 😉

  • Thirty Kilometres Per Day

    Thirty Kilometres Per Day

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    Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Swiss travel an average of 30 kilometres per day in their cars, according to a new survey shared by the Radio Television Suisse. I walk 14 to twenty kilometres per day, and if I go for a bike ride I travel 30 kilometres. I use the car twice a week, for…

  • Nid-De-Poule and Yerba Maté

    Nid-De-Poule and Yerba Maté

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesFrench speakers are familiar with the term “Nid-De-Poule”. It is a term used to describe potholes in French. This is a term I heard regularly but due to modern farm practices you don’t see these when they’re made by chickens. Chickens usually live in chicken coops and they don’t have the time…

  • 80/20 Running into Practice

    80/20 Running into Practice

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesI have been putting the 80/20 running rule into practice. The principal is simple. Instead of running to your max you run at a comfortable pace for most of your running instead. Instead of pushing yourself to be fast, you push yourself to have endurance. You train at a pace that is…