Category: travel
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The Marble Quarries of Carrara
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThere is a rock quarry where we can climb not too far away. The rock is different so easier to climb. I don’t think climbing on marble would be a good climbing experience. What is interesting about this image is the scale of the quarry. This is Luna Marble. The huge…
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Just a Quick Embed test
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe pandemic situation in Switzerland. The pandemic is not over, but all safety measures are.
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On Whether I Prefer Vanilla JavaScript or Frameworks?
Reading Time: 2 minutesToday someone on twitter asked this question, and rather than be reply: 320 of 10,000, I chose to write a blog post about it. The TLDR answer is Vanilla JS because if you learn how it works without the help of a framework you understand the language. This doesn’t mean that I…
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Learning About Service Workers
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI am currently learning about Working With Service Workers. Service workers allow you to make a website faster, for those who visit a website more often, or offline, in situations where connectivity may be unreliable. Some of the code used can be found on my github page. MDN Web Docs also…
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Smart Watches – Dumb Habits
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhen I wore Casio digital watches, Suunto Dive computers, Suunto GPS watches and other wrist wathces I was happy. You wore it and it tracked what you wanted it to track, from walks, to dives, to altitude changes, weather and more. With the Apple watch a new age emerged. The age of…
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A Home Made Valor Hot Chocolate
Reading Time: 2 minutesThere is a high probability that I will regret putting paprika into the hot chocolate that I prepared for myself. It says to use four squares per 200ml but I used just six for 500ml. I let it warm up and melt the chocolate for the most part before adding some paprika,…
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Become A JavaScript Developer Completed and GeoJSON
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWe’re in a pandemic, and it makes sense to invest time in learning. I completed the Become a JavaScript Developer course last night and today I played around with some code to see if it worked for what I wanted. It didn’t. I also listened to a live stream which discussed…
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The Day Switzerland and Denmark Decided to Ignore the Pandemic. This Isn’t Freedom, This is Exposure.
Reading Time: 3 minutesToday is the day that Switzerland and Denmark decided to ignore the pandemic. They and other European countries have decided to lift quarantines, remove the need to work remotely and other such safety measures. Health indicators shows that there is a consistent rise in new cases in Switzerland and Denmark. They say…
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The Pandemic Groundhog Day – Sisyphean Life
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis week we have the pandemic Groundhog Day and this is the time when we will see if the Sisyphean life continues. Most of Europe is reopening, and although for those who have not read broadly about the pandemic rejoice, others do not. By deciding to reopen now, it is almost certain…