Complexity and Simplicity in Design

By | June 12, 2015

“To achieve complexity one must master simplicity”. In any system, the building blocks are so important and this is reflected in nature all around us. Amino acids are the building blocks of protein. DNA the building blocks of cells and all living things. Elements of the periodic table the building blocks of the matter that… Read More »

Meeting Mr Thomas Power

By | June 6, 2015

I had the privilege to meet a social media expert yesterday by the name of Thomas Power. I wasn’t really into social media but Thomas turned that concept on it’s head. It seems like nowadays you cannot ignore social media. Thomas then laid down the challenge. 70 is not going to be easy. Many of… Read More »

Random Linux commands that I have used

By | June 1, 2015

find libblkmaker | wc -l This counts the number of files and folders in a directory. wc stands for word count. -l prints the number of lines. | pipes the results to the wc command. find libblkmaker -type f | wc -l If you want to count just the files, add the criteria -type f.… Read More »

What is speed of internet in New Zealand

By | May 7, 2015

I just got fibre internet this morning. The installation took from 8.30am to about 2pm. The speed is rated at 100/20 which is 100Mbps download and 20Mbps upload. What are actual speeds? Here is a before and after. Before: After: Now this is on a WiFi connection with a standard modem provided by the ISP… Read More »