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Learning as an adult

May 9, 2020 Carl 1 Comment

It seems as one gets older, the less free time you have. This time (for me) is normally used for personal progress (cultural, mental gains) and downtime (games, TV, books, gym).

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Posted in: Learning, Life Filed under: books, learning, maths, pomodoro

Ethernaut Part 2 – Fallout and CoinFlip

November 18, 2018 Carl Leave a comment

Level 2 – Fallout

All you are given is a contract, and a hint about the Remix IDE. I didn’t end up using Remix for this level, but the contract is as follows:

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Posted in: Tech, Tutorial Filed under: dapps, ethereum, ethernaut, remix ide, smart contracts

Ethernaut – Part 1

October 31, 2018 Carl 1 Comment

I recently came across Ethernaut, a game about finding issues with Ethereum smart contracts and breaking them. I do enjoy…

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Posted in: Tech, Tutorial Filed under: dapps, ethereum, ethernaut, smart contracts

35 under 35 – One to Watch

June 8, 2018 Carl Leave a comment

(This is also posted on the company blog here) I was delighted to find out that have been declared “one…

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Posted in: Business Filed under: 35u35, businesscloud, heinventions

The PhD and Industry

August 18, 2015 Carl Leave a comment

Back in April I was invited to give a talk at the  Lancaster University Postgraduate Research Conference held at the university. The…

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Posted in: Academia, Business, Life Filed under: business, phd, research, skills

Projected DnD

November 23, 2014 Carl 2 Comments

So I wanted to build some interactive play maps for when running DnD games, so that I could hide rooms automatically…

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Posted in: DnD, Tech, Tutorial Filed under: dnd, javascript, projection

DnD: First Encounter at Lyst

August 8, 2014 Carl Leave a comment

It was everyone’s first time playing DnD, including mine so there will likely be rookie DM and player mistakes. We…

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Posted in: DnD, Life Filed under: dnd, javascript, lyst, projection

Stripe CTF 3.0

January 30, 2014 Carl Leave a comment

Sadly, level 3 would not run for me, even with Stripe’s patch, so I could not continue with the competition.…

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Posted in: Article, Python, ruby, Tutorial Filed under: cryptocoin, node, proxy, python, ruby, scala, stripe

Fashion Hackathon – London Startup Weekend

December 17, 2013 Carl Leave a comment

The weekend of the 14th December I attended the London Startup Weekend Fashion Hackathon. This was a much larger event…

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Posted in: Life, Python, Tech Filed under: flask, graphicsmagick, hackathon, london startup week, opencv, python

Data Science London Hackathon

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On the weekend of October 5th, I participated in the Data Science London Hackathon for Smart Cities. This involved having…

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Posted in: Life, Python, Tech Filed under: asbo, data science london, hackathon, pygame, python

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