Monday, August 30, 2021

Decentralised Random Number Generation (DeRNG) for cryptography and blockchain

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I've recently co-authored a paper on DeRNG for blockchain . It explores possible implementations of decentralised pseudorandom number ge...
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Wednesday, November 20, 2019

xcrun: error: invalid active developer path (/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools) after installing macOS Big Sur

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I've installed macOS Big Sur! This means breaking everything my development environment again. If you get this error: xcrun: error: inva...
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Monday, March 18, 2019

Drawing economic models on macOS with GraphSketcher (using free open source software!)

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I didn't think blogging about university assignments from yesteryear would be popular; to use economic parlance, I thought the demand c...
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Saturday, January 19, 2019

The no-nonsense guide to baby accessories

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tl:dr; Many baby accessories are a waste of money. If you want to spend money to make parenthood easier, use Uber Eats. The only thing wort...
Tuesday, January 16, 2018

Paul's opinionated travel tips for Japan - is the JR Pass worth it?

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tl:dr; if you're visiting 2+ cities, yes! This post is for friends who've asked for Japan travel tips. If you want objective trave...
Friday, September 8, 2017

IT architecture and the environment: you, yes, you can make a difference.

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Every cloud and IT architect can make a difference to the environment. We don't need to wait for feel good news about a solar or hydro p...
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Thursday, May 18, 2017

The Journey: Upgrading VMware vCNS to NSX-V with vCloud Director

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VMware vCloud Networking and Security (or vCNS for short) was the SDN layer for VMware vCloud Director prior to VMware NSX-V. vCNS provided ...