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: AI workflow: A Figma file full of components, not all well named. I said out loud what I saw …

: My purpose in posting about this article on Outcome Orientation as a Cure for Information Overload …

: Reading this blog on a washing machine installation and software estimation, that the unknown of a …

: Cooking dinner, tidying the flat, building duplo with the boy open.spotify.com/album/3i7…

: Fun to see Jack play with the Duplo that I played with 40 years ago

: Reading Dominic Cummings, including this on storytelling and culture making: People who change big …

: Jasmine Sun on oral vs literate culture, LLMs, and politics: We are clearly returning to an …

: Walk home from the station 📸

: Nice to see some familiar faces at GlasgowJS this evening. Kristina did a talk about Feature Sliced …

: You can just do things I didn’t ask my manager, didn’t tell the LA team I was coming — just booked …

: Frupidity: But frugality has a dark twin – a reckless, shortsighted impostor that mistakes …

: Finished The Bell Jar last night, started on Bettering Humanomics over breakfast. 📚

: Interesting twist on empathy from Agnes Callard’s “Open Socrates”: If empathy is …

: Picked up a copy of Agnes Callard’s new book “Open Socrates” 📚

: Sunday reading: Greek Lessons, Han Kang 📚

: Sunday reading: Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe 📚

: Nice morning out at Porty 📸

: TIL: The last person to be transported into chattel slavery in the USA died in 1940. An example of …

: Picked up The Problem of Democracy in Blackwell’s for a tenner.

: Evening out at Scottish Ballet’s Nutcracker, with a wee scattering of snow ❄️

: Morning run over Blackford Hill. It’s chilly out!

: Now reading: On the Edge, Nate Silver 📚

: First book of the year: Medieval Horizons, Ian Mortimer. 📚

: Portobello Beach 📸

: “What I wish to do is to persuade those who are concerned with maintaining democratic institutions …

: Sunday afternoon / end of year / mid-life reading

: Sunday reading: The Dawn of Everything, Graeber & Wengrow

: Good morning from a snowy Edinburgh

: Saturday reading: Rebellion, How anti-liberalism is tearing America apart again, Robert Kagan

: Visited Kailzie Gardens and Cafe for a wee winter walk. Not the best time for the plants, but still …

: Glentress 10km trail race in 1:09. Lots of uphill, pleased with the time!

: Evening stroll around the Meadows. A lovely chill in the air!

: Dusted off the trail running shoes in preparation for next weekend in Peebles. 12km around the …

: Sunday reading: Endure by Alex Hutchinson 📚

: Loch Tummel, Trinafour and NCN7, 68km cycle.

: Cycled from Perth to Pitlochry. Sunshine to mist and rain! Lots of autumn colours though! 🍂

: Sunday morning reading: Exercised by Daniel Lieberman

: Winnie Lim reviews Endure by Alex Hutchinson and talks about the connection between physical and …

: Walk at Dalmeny

: A glorious day! Spent the morning at Crail Harbour (with the beach toy library), beautiful views …

: Misty and windy morning walk at Kingsbarns, lunch and a wander in the bright sunshine at St Andrews, …

: Crail Harbour. In Fife for a few days 📸

: Started reading: Slouching Towards Utopia by J. Bradford DeLong. One chapter in, It’s always …

: Tried out Muna’s Ethiopian Cuisine in Bruntsfield this eve - good food and a friendly …

: Reading through the UK Foundations essay on investing in infrastructure. Over the past two decades, …

: I’ve edited and posted the video from Emmanuel’s talk on NX at EdinburghJS. You can find …

: The boy can now pick up and turn on my GoPro, gifting us a lovely set of videos from a toddler …

: Sunday trip to the national museum with the boy to see the “air balloons” again

: Cooking up a wee Sunday stew. Sausage, peppers, onion, tomato, celery, cayenne, garlic, paprika. 🍽️

: “A person who is looking for beauty is likely to find wonders, while a person looking for …

: Started reading: How To Know a Person by David Brooks 📚 Human beings need recognition as much as …

: Good gym session with Pete. Really helps to have someone to hang out with and motivate you to lift …

: Kirkcudbright harbour with H. 📸

: Brighouse Bay 📸

: Garden in Kirkcudbright 📸

: Thinking about business ecosystem change and growth: So: if you had a child in 1946, at the start …

: Picked up a charity shop bargain - I’ve already read Bourgeois Dignity on Kindle, but nice to …

: 7km run in Hexham on a beautiful fresh morning 📸

: Reading list: Tanner Greer on The Silicon Valley Canon 📚

: Wee wander up at Harlaw and then lunch in the Balerno Inn. 📸

: Started reading: Chip War by Chris Miller 📚

: Finished Harlan Coben’s The Stranger. Enjoyable British mystery with lots of twists and turns. …

: Zoo day 📸

: Wee trip to the sea for Jack to run around: boats, little tractors, planes, kites and toast. Time of …

: First time out with Good Time Running Club along with NCT Dads, 13kn from Beach To Brewery, ending …

: Results are in: passed the OU module “The British Isles and the modern world” - now I …

: Started reading: The Russo-Ukrainian War by Serhii Plokhy 📚

: 3km run before packing

: Reading for the journey back to Edinburgh: Politics on the Edge by Rory Stewart 📚

: Tunisian meal out at Maison Bleue, then I got a bottle of beer for a wee wander. I’m German …

: Lunch at Bloom, Berlin

: Dinner at Oliveto and then a leisurely stroll home along the canal in the evening sun 📸

: Brunch at dots, then headed into the city for a wander. 📸

: Morning 3km run along the canal at Neukölln.

: Dinner at Cafe Pilz

: We visited the Jewish Museum. A really worthwhile experience, very well presented. The building …

: Brunch at Venue Breakfast, Berlin

: Started reading: Status and Culture by W. David Marx 📚

: Banh mi and a sunshine view of the castle

: Getting the most out of our zoo pass with a wee fathers day trip. Highlight was some baby tamarins.

: Currently reading: Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang 📚

: 📸 zoo day, and first bus trip for the boy! We had fun watching the crowds on their way to Taylor …

: Zoo day to see the penguin chicks 📸

: New marathon pb: 4:31:07 - I had far fewer long runs to train this year. I think this helped, as I …

: Zoo day 🐧

: Went to cheer on the EMF 10km runners this morning, including Allan doing his first ever run!

: A lazy afternoon walking at the Botanic Gardens 📸

: A hot and sunny day for ParkRun with the boy

: Was out in Holyrood Park last night to see the Northern Lights. Pinks and patterns to the naked eye, …

: 30km training run on the roads and tracks around Kirkcudbright. Lots of bluebells out.

: Making a habit of ParkRun with the boy. Beautiful sun today. Extended with a jog around the Meadows.

: Tried out the new Mara’s Picklery in Marchmont. Cheese toastie with chili jam, sweet potato …

: A walk at Carstramon Wood 📸

: New journal post: Balcary Bay

: spring flowers 📸

: Enjoyed this post: “Use your potions and scrolls”. Resources, whether in games or in …

: A wee bookshop treat for the boy who knows how to yell “Shark!” when he sees a Shark in …

: Ran up Blackford Hill this morning, beautiful in the early light

: 11km to ParkRun and back. Ran into Joe for the first time in at least five years!

: Just posted a Call for Speakers video for both GlasgowJS and EdinburghJS Community Showcase nights …

: First time trying a slope like this

: Evening at The Climbing Hanger with Daniel.

: Castello on Bruntsfield Links is now Margot. Looks like a good selection of cakes and bites to go …

: Morning 11km to ParkRun and back with the boy.

: The boy just loves a doorway

: Over in Glasgow this evening for a meal out with pals at Lobo on the southside

: Really happy with how EdinburghJS went last night. Two great talks and lots of chatting to other …

: Spring flowers 📸

: Ran around Arthur’s Seat with Jack in the buggy. Stopped to watch pigeons, swans, ducks, …

: Celebrated national book day by attaching feathers to the boy

: zoo day

: We took a wee wander in South Queensferry today. Called in at the community bookshop (no prices, …

: Yesterday I made the mistake of saying “the wee guy seems to be sleeping well recently”

: Back to work after a relaxing weekend. Lunch at The Black Ivy on Saturday, and a walk along the …

: I hosted the EdinburghJS JavaScript meetup last night. Put a few photos up on my dev page at …

: I’ve added a few notes to my website about the GlasgowJS JavaScript meetup I hosted yesterday. …

: We went up to the National Portrait Gallery today, saw some portraits and photographs of Gladstone …

: It’s great how I can be reading a words and pictures book with our boy - “can you see …

: Just pushed up a trailer for the next EdinburghJS JavaScript meetup on Tues 20th. Should be a fun …

: Took the boy to the museum today, saw a Jacquard Loom - one of the earliest punch-card programmable …

: The boy seems to like AC/DC ⚡

: Extending my morning runs to try and hit some of the hills. Up around Blackford this morning.

: Today’s espresso straight off an international flight from NZ ☕

: Our boy sure does love looking at the washing machine - “raaaa raaa”, round and round

: Picked up some books from the £1 shelf at the Amnesty secondhand bookshop

: Wee dinner out at the Educated Flea and then Bluegrass at The Barony

: Since H has previously bought me a lovely blue jumper and has now bought herself a lovely blue …

: FYI: Format Coffee in Newington is converting to a takeaway and is now doing footlong bratwurst. …

: Just added rachsmith.com to my personal website inspiration list. Lovely colours, simple but yet …

: Morning run with beautiful golden sunlight on Edinburgh castle 📸

: Playing “With the Beatles” for the boy. I have strong memories of it being played for me …

: Trying something new - I have made an event trailer for the GlasgowJS JavaScript meetup that …

: First few steps for the boy 🙌

: 6.3km run with Jack, back in Edinburgh

: Happy New Year! Wishing peace and flourishing for you in 2024.

: Last run of the year: 7km near Hexham. That’s around 500km this year, which is roughly half of …

: Day out walking at Craster by Dunstanburgh Castle, fish finger sandwiches for lunch at the Jolly …

: Did the same run as yesterday, but with better weather and 5 minutes faster. Working off some of the …

: Morning run in the rain near Hexham.

: Books, books, books. At Barter Books, Alnwick

: Had a wee lunch out with H at the new Pomelo in Sciennes. Tiny menu, tiny place, good food. We had …

: The ol' kids pick up bugs at nursery thing is a bit relentless eh 😱

: Such a throwback to The West Wing listening to Brothers in Arms. 🎶 …

: Out at Parkrun with Jack in the running buggy for the first time. A good workout on the way up the …

: Just published my roundup of Scottish technology events for this week. Links include NoCode …

: LemonJelly “Nice weather for ducks” providing the bathtime anthem this week …

: Wee wander in the park 📸

: First nursery run today - settling in week for Jack. It’s arrived so fast!

: Sunday morning reading: the industrial history of Birmingham. Kicking off with questions around the …

: 8km run around a similar St Albans route today, this time with a short detour for a self portrait …

: Morning 6km run around St Albans. Jogged through the market, around the cathedral and down to …

: We are off on a road trip down south, Edinburgh to St Alban’s over two days, weekend there for …

: Went to see Will MacAskill speak up at the University on Effective Altrusim and his book What We Owe …

: Jack just did a commando crawl. We have forward motion!

: backdated some posts on my journal this morning: Cromwell from my 40th birthday in April, and …

: First trip to Edinburgh Zoo for Jack 🐧📸

: Lunch out at Saboteur

: Finished reading: Saving Time by Jenny Odell 📚

: Saturday morning Holyrood ParkRun. Sunshine and ~8km - beautiful day for it!

: Trying out Alby’s, the new sandwich shop on Buccleuch St. One choice of each meat, veg and …

: I just published details of the next Edinburgh JavaScript meetup. It’s on Thurs 22nd June, …

: Finished reading: Making Peoples by James Belich 📚 Good read for our NZ trip, finished on the plane …

: Turns out the earthquake I thought I had dreamt last night actually happened!

: Croissants from Lune 👌

: Melbourne Parkville ParkRun, 5km 25:19

: Arrived in Melbourne to spend a week catching up with friends and eating our way through the local …

: Morning 6km run in Wellington. I’m not fit enough for the hills!

: A lovely visit to Zealandia today, well worth a visit if you like birds and find yourself in …

: Good morning from Picton! 👋 Our South Island road trip is over. Sailing to Wellington today, a week …

: Went on a boat at Kaiteriteri 📸

: Morning ~3km run around Grossi Point and Mapua Wharf 📸

: It was a bit of a dull day for photography, but a nice two hour walk on the Pororari River Track 📸

: Just announced the May EdinburghJS meetup. Speakers on Typed DB systems and an intro to Elm for …

: I’ve been a dad for six months now, so I wrote some notes …

: Sunset at Pancake Rocks, Punakaki 📸

: Yesterday: Gillespie’s Beach, Lake Matheson and a sunset view to Mt Tasman

: One thing that I am enjoying with fatherhood is being able to see a super speedy learning process …

: Fantails and beautiful spray at Ship Creek on the West Coast 📸

: Great light at the top of Lake Hawea on our way over to Haast.

: Morning run: 7km Wanaka Lakeside Drive to Beacon Point

: A change of plan, due to weather warnings out west and fatigue from being a wee bit awake at night …

: Good morning from Lake Hawea

: Bought some spicy plum sauce from a roadside market in Athol. 👌

: Thai Anau, Te Anau 📸

: Milford Sound, Fiordland 📸

: Today we walked 6km on the Rakatu Wetlands loop, south of Manapouri on the Waiau River. It’s …

: We went to see the Takahe at Te Anau bird sanctuary today. Fewer than 500 of these birds remain.

: Last day at the Calvert Vineyard in Bannockburn. Driving to Te Anau for a few days.

: Two shots of the Church of the Good Shepherd 📸

: The milky way above our accomodation at Lake Tekapo 📸

: Brunch at Unknown Chapter in Christchurch 🍳

: Kaikoura 📸

: Ohau lookout seal colony 📸

: Black Sand Beach in the afternoon sun 📸

: Selfie in the Blenheim public art - a sculpture depicting the sun, appropriate for the claimed …

: Interislander ferry from Wellington to Picton

: First day in Wellington. Took a stroll at Lyall Bay 📸

: Made it to Wellington. Really pleased to be back in New Zealand.

: Went to see the colony of bats that live in Centennial Park, Sydney 📸

: Loving the Aussie architectural style 📸

: Quick dinner out at [Kukthai] (https://maps.app.goo.gl/7HbvbrxwdkvWdpH37) in Woollahra 🍴

: Our studio window, Paddington, Sydney 📸

: Caffeine and morning roll to chase away the jet lag @ Flat White Cafe

: Made it to Sydney!

: Switched out the newborn seat for the high chair seat. It’s incredible how fast these changes …

: The Age of Average Who or where is doing different? Is this actually true, or just what we are …

: Using ChatGPT to brainstorm an itinerary for our New Zealand trip. It’s useful for scaffolding …

: Added a new testimonial from Lesley at BoCreate to my business website https://www.telaco.com - …

: A nice interview with Pete Wands, Edinburgh Street Photographer on YouTube

: Back at EH3 Milers this evening 🏃

: Finished reading: Red Crosses by Sasha Filipenko 📚 “Ordinary people . . . Papa often …

: 🎶 Radiant Bloom, Astronoid shoegaze metal-ish with a dreamy vigour

: Thinking about Why so many elites feel like losers, Freddie deBoer. What role models of success do I …

: Started reading: Red Crosses by Sasha Filipenko 📚

: Finished reading: Red Plenty by Francis Spufford 📚

: Read: How the Netherlands built a cycling utopia, Distilled

: 🎶 Glorious Sunset, Hundred Reasons Gig last month: www.instagram.com/p/CpECzql…

: A beautiful day in the neighbourhood 📸

: 🎶 Love me Forever, Pinkshift rock pop punk

: Announced the next EdinburghJS meetup: 23rd March. WebGL & text-wrangling/ML.

: Just submitted assessment four of five for my OU course on politics 🎓

: Breakfast browsing: An Everlasting Meal by Tamar Adler 📚

: Started reading: Red Plenty by Francis Spufford 📚

: Ken White When I said the incendiary and provocative thing, intending that you would react, I was …

: Can we still build the world we live in? The Shape of Metal

: Reading The Economist on the decline of car usage by young people. As an economic, and social …

: The Convivial Society - The prompt box I care far less about whether an AI is sentient than I do …

: Finished reading: The Rise and Decline of Nations by Mancur Olson 📚

: Proud of my brother, winning a VES Award for Avatar 2 - WetaFX on Twitter

: Watched Everything Everywhere All at Once 🍿

: Enjoying Premonition by White Lung, thanks to Spotify Discover 🎶 open.spotify.com/album/2GO…

: I was given a second hand iPad, so picked up an Apple Pencil. Giving digital sketching a go. …

: Crossed paths with Gordon, staying in Gatehouse and out marathon training in Kirkcudbright

: Out spotting red squirrels at Barhill Wood today 📸

: Lovely: Zebra finch hatching

: Currently reading: The Rise and Decline of Nations by Mancur Olson 📚

: Finished reading: The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers by Paul Kennedy 📚

: Reading: On the limits of computational photography

: First task of the week: assessment submission for the Open University module I’m taking on …

: Indirect utilitarianism states that not everything is a moral question. You will not maximise …

: Resilience takes slack, and slack looks a lot like waste. from Resilience and Waste in Software …

: Reading: On the blandness of the Netflix aesthetic

: Who is locally influential? Is this a lack of accountability, a lack of power, an atomised society?

: 🏃‍♂️🚴‍♂️ Twelve Weeks of Sprint Interval Training Improves Indices of Cardiometabolic Health Similar …

: Interesting article relating “Five days in class with ChatGPT” via Marginal Revolution. …

: Product recommendation: Karcher OC3 Portable Pressure Washer. Good for cleaning bikes, and muddy …

: One of the delights of having a baby is that every day things are new and fascinating. We’re …

: Went to Indaba Cafe Bar yesterday afternoon. It’s a small Spanish cafe in the middle of …

: We had the first EdinburghJS event of the year last night. It was a great turnout - remembering that …

: The Cab Ride I’ll Never Forget, Kent Nerburn

: 🍿 Watched The Imitation Game

: Reading “Theory building and software development”, with a point on software …

: Stephen Bush in the FT arguing for increased technical literacy: Even in the UK, a country that is …

: 🍿 Watched All Quiet on the Western Front (2022)

: An excellent article on accessibility and inclusion: Why is it about their including or not …

: Started reading: Ideology by Michael Freeden for my Open University course on political institutions …

: Apparently the “36 questions that lead to love” were different to those reported in the …

: Haq Ali by Women’s Sufi Qawwali Ensemble, thanks you YouTube recs 🎶 www.youtube.com/watch

: On the limits of first principle reasoning, using the example of cash flow: …

: I’m a yoga accountability buddy for the next month, but I’m going to dabble a bit too. …

: Just declared Reader amnesty and moved all my read-it-later pages to the archive.

: Coffee from Lady and the Bear in Newington and a walk in the Meadows 📸

: I’m starting to promote the January EdinburghJS Meetup - a talk on WebXR development and …

: Resolutions and aspirations for 2023 Running: 1000km No zero weeks Reading Min 1 fiction per month Rise and Fall of Civilisations …

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: Lovely colours on the hills looking out over Aviemore. A wee bit too misty for good views though. …

: Took the train up to Aviemore today. Wee afternoon walk up a nearby hill in the mist and a nice pub …

: Went up to Threipmuir Reservoir this afternoon. As part of a new year’s resolution to go open …

: At @productforge Health Hackathon for the weekend, with meal hero @newnorm_plantbased cooking up a …

: Spring is springing in Kirkcudbright.

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: Waiting for spring sunshine to arrive. 🌧️

: Lovely couple of days in Glasgow. Such a beautiful fresh winter day - amazing sunlight on the …

: 🤘great night seeing Frank Turner and Jimmy Eat World in Glasgow. Kicking around all tomorrow. Love …

: Yes! ♥️

: Lovely fresh evening walk along Princes Street. Fountain and Castle looking👌in the twilight.

: Beautiful fresh freezing day in Edinburgh. ☀️

: Lovely day away in the North East of England. Wine tasting, great food, Sunday roast, and a wee …

: That’s it for another year New Zealand! 👋 Loved my time here and in Australia. Looking forward …

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: Wee trip out to Wharariki Beach with the family today. Starting the Heaphy Track tomorrow together. …

: Went out for a walk for a few hours on the Inland Pack Track today. Sunshine and lots of birds. My …

: Beautiful morning - woke up at sunrise (easy to do when you are sleeping in a car with no curtains!) …

: Driving north today to somewhere up the West Coast. Not sure where yet! Passing through Queenstown, …

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: Lovely wedding weekend, seeing my wee brother get married. Welcome to the family Kate, the newest …

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: Landed in Christchurch last night. Took a wander in the city today after a wee lunch with Cat. Weird …

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: Went through Hobart today and visited the MOMA Gallery - a surreal experience of art and …

: A grey and misty day today in Eastern Tassie. Changeable like Scotland! Drove down from Coles Bay to …

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: Left Lilydale this morning and drove over to the North East. Stopped at the “Blue Tier Big …

: Fav tree. 🌳💜🇦🇺

: Always a great view. 🇦🇺💯

: Lovely last day in the blue mountains. Visited Katoomba and then took a walk down the tracks at …

: Went for a walk down by the creek yesterday and stumbled across this wee guy - an echidna burrowing …

: We went over to Kanangra National Park yesterday, to the Walls Lookout and Waterfall. We had the …

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: Arrived in Sydney after a full day and night of travel. Headed to Bondi for breakfast and caught the …

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: Learning how to sketch this week. Bought a few books, watched a few videos, but figure I should …

: Love these fresh blue-sky autumn days for running 🍂☀️😀

: Nice wee wander over Blackford Hill and up Braid Hills - wee view back to the Observatory. 🍂

: What a beautiful day for a run! Autumn leaves and sunshine in the Meadows. ☀️🍂🏃

: Trying to shake off the last of a cold with a run. New pair of Brooks Cascadia to help - looking …

: Wee Edinburgh rainbow 🌈

: Wee 3km run along the river - such a beautiful and fresh autumn day! ☀️🍂

: Wee trip over to Prague for a couple of days. Cheap Ryanair and an Airbnb bargain! A lovely fresh …

: Weekend reading. Lots of interesting stuff in here - ways to think about the economy going forward, …

: A wee day at the races, where I had no idea what was going on. 🏇🎠🐎🐴

: This was pretty good. Realised that I didn’t know a lot about Russian history, and given all …

: Walked up to Torrs Point past Kirkcudbright on the bay - fresh and less rain than yesterday!

: Wandered about in a field and a forest for an hour. 🌧️

: At home for the weekend. Picking dinner. 🍴 #homegrownveggies

: Watched the fireworks over the castle tonight from Bruntsfield Links. Lovely!

: 21km run to Cramond and back, in around 1hr 55m. Training for the Glasgow half at the end of …

: Went to an Edinburgh Book Fest event to hear Bruno Maçães speak about his book “Dawn of …

: Wee bit of Mogwai ♥️

: Loved yesterday’s flying visit to the Thyssen museum so much I decided to do it again properly …

: Morning run in El Retiro. Golden sunshine and the moon was still out. 🌑☀️

: Lovely visit to the Thyssen-Bornemisza Gallery. Well worth a trip. A great collection from 13th …

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: Sunrise 3km run around the center of Salamanca. Up and off to Madrid on the train today for an …

: Said goodbye to @laurakane @p and Neil today, then spent a chilled afternoon wandering around the …

: Wee photo from this morning’s run. Having a siesta before this evening kicks off. 👌

: ♥️ Leiden

: alasdair_h made a grasshopper pal.

: Lovely afternoon exploring the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, with a wee lie down in the park too. …

: Lovely 10km run up and over Blackford Hill, with a great view over the Craggs and Arthur’s …

: ♥️ Edinburgh sunshine ☀️. And a chance for @allanclloyds to practice portrait photography with his …

: Lovely to celebrate @claireimogen84 and @chrissimmondsillustration wedding this weekend. Lots of …

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: Beautiful day for a run up Blackford Hill ☀️

: Another beautiful day, another beautiful run. ☀️🙌

: Beautiful blue sky day today - managed to avoid a proper hangover, so wandered around with …

: Stag do took a turn for the different at a random rosé wine and toasted cheese sandwich festival. …

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: Wee walk around Swinsty Reservoir on a beautiful sunny day. ☀️ #yorkshire #shotonmoment

: Lovely day out near Harrogate with @aileen_cameron and @gordon wandering around Brimham Rocks

: 👋 @aileen_cameron

: This was an excellent read. A useful inside look at the functioning of justice in England and Wales. …

: First ever visit to the Tate Modern - what a great building!

: Spent my birthday ticking “run a marathon” off the bucket list. This photo is me at my …

: Added another touch of spring to the flat 🌱🌸🌵

: ♥️ Bruntsfield

: Lovely time of year to be out for a run!

: This was a pretty good book - history of pictures through drawing, painting, photography and cinema. …

: Nice wee bike ride out through Cramond, the Dalmeny Estate to the foot of the Forth bridges. …

: Spring is springing 🌱☀️

: A good read. A narrative on history, geography, competing cultures and models. With Brexit on the …

: 25km out to Musselburgh and along to Portobello, home via Holyrood Park. Sore legs now!

: Faves at @productforge - @lockhartl @mrtomyoull

: Nice catch up with Euan pre-hackathon. Looking forward to seeing the teams and other mentors over …

: Wee day trip to Stirling for some work. Lovely fresh day!☀️

: Spring, trying its best in the Meadows

: 👋@alasdair_h

: Just finished this beast. If you are interested in history, the USA and spending a lot of time …

: 21km rainy run through Morningside, Duddingston, Arthur’s Seat and the Meadows. Phew!

: Not going to lie, I had a great time reliving my youth (adulthood) at Hell is For Heroes. Mind that …

: Sunday run day 🏃

: Trying to read more fiction this year. This was a good story of Koreans in Japan - ethnicity, …

: Beautiful brisk morning cycle out to Cramond. 🚲

: Finished Principles by Ray Dalio (yet again I have a new years resolution to read more). An …

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: That’s my New Zealand trip over - sad to be leaving. It’s been a great two months of …

: Night view out over the bay - nice starry night here in Wellington. Playing with the long exposure …

: Figured I should learn about the place while I’m here. 🇳🇿📙

: Last sun of the day in Wanaka. 🇳🇿 #newzealand

: Got some nice views of some bird colonies around Oban yesterday evening from the boat. Penguins, …

: Went out on a boat last night - managed to see a group of Little Blue Penguins swimming around at …

: This was 99% of my view last night - spent about an hour wandering in the bush by the hut, standing …

: Ran into this wee guy on the evening walk. 👋 🌊

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: Doesn’t seem like much, but this Takahe is one of only 347 left. Watched it being fed with its …

: Doing the tourist thing for a few days with my parents between walks - Took a wee cruise up Doubtful …

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: Just finished The Fatal Shore. Very interesting look at the early history of Australia and of …

: Much needed post-swim, post-sandwich, pre-run coffee.

: First attempt at snorkeling - thanks to Douglas for the loan of the wetsuit! 🌊

: So weird to see Christmas decorations out when it feels like summer! 🇳🇿 #newzealand

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: 🎂 Happy birthday to my wee bro @kindest.of.regards and happy recent engagement to him and Kate! 🎉💍

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: Sunrise at Anzac Hill. A few colourful birds chirping away, and a warm breeze. A long day of driving …

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: Moon over Lochrin Quay #edinburgh #igedinburgh 🌜

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: This was a pretty good read - a useful lens for looking at the historical foundations of current US …

: Last morning coffee in Berlin, flying home today. ✈️ #berlin #cafe #coffee #kreuzberg

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: Possibly the most beautiful sunset/supermarket-sign combo I have ever seen. 😀 #nofilter

: Good day checking out the Zeit Day conference - learned a lot! #javascript #tech #berlin

: Nice morning walk in the sunshine to get some coffee. Kreuzberg and the canalside area seem like a …

: Nice to catch the Berlinjs meet up this evening. Learning new things! #berlin #tech #meetup …

: Me + Banh Mi = 😀

: Nice to have a ten year overdue catch up with @withaplomb84 last night. Thanks for showing me some …

: Cookie and coffee break

: Checking out the East Side Gallery #berlin

: We are shit at pool.

: Saturday hangover cure. First time holding a golf club in about twenty years.

: Sapiens was a pretty fun read. A good sweeping overview of human history, and some interesting …

: Swung by the Wellcome Collection before heading home. Some weird stuff in their Victorian Medical …

: Presenting at New Zealand House in London today. Huge totem in Reception. It is awesome.

: Early awake, fresh morning in Edinburgh. A long day of travel and work ahead! ☀ #edinburgh

: Learning about learning - this book has similar themes to some Tim Ferris “dissection of …

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: Mentors meeting at the Cancer Data Dive.

: At the kick off for the Cancer Innovation Challenge hackathon with Product Forge. Looking forward to …

: It’s a wee bit misty! #edinburgh #igedinburgh #scotland

: I’ve had the French national anthem stuck in my head for a few weeks now. I blame this book. …

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: Time for a bit of civic participation by post #ivoted

: Beautiful painted evening sky going on in Edinburgh.

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: Post-sandwich coffee. Nap now needed. 😴

: Deftones at Alexandra Palace, reliving my youth. 🙌🤘 #gig #music #rock #live

: Just finished Homo Deus. Really interesting read on technology, philosophy, knowledge and the …

: Pretty windy and cold at the top of High Pike today. Think we could see Scotland in the distance! …

: A muddy hike up the bank of a stream to reach Lingy Hut and High Pike. Keswick to near Caldbeck …

: At the top of Stake Pass. Not at all sore. Some summit yoga and down to Rosthwaite. #cumbriaway …

: Morning walk over the Stake Pass to Rosthwaite, heading towards Derwent and Keswick. #cumbria …

: Home for the night at the Great Langdale bunkhouse. #cumbriaway #cumbria #hike #walking …

: Best part of the day was finding a swing. #cumbriaway #hike #wild

: Heading past Howe Tarn #cumbriaway #cumbria #lakedistrict

: Walking down towards Coniston Lake past Beacon Tarn. #lakedistrict #cumbria #cumbriaway

: Monument at the start of the Cumbria Way #cumbriaway #lakedistrict #cumbria

: On our way to Ulverston ready for the walk tomorrow #lakedistrict #cumbria #cumbriaway

: Away in Manchester for a couple of days. Helping Shelter Scotland deliver a Tech for Good project, …

: Happy Spring everyone! ☀

: Flying afternoon visit to the Vancouver Conservatory before the flight home. #birdsofinstagram

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: 28 cm of fresh snow in the last 24 hours. Lots of fun ❄❄ ❄

: Wee bro @kindest.of.regards on Crystal Ridge #whistlerblackcomb #skiing

: Misty times #whistlerblackcomb

: Oh Canada. ♥

: Fresh morning at the top of the mountain ⛷

: Sunset light

: It’s cold!

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: Wee boat taxi trip around Vancouver Harbour this morning. Hello Canada! 🍁 🇨🇦 #vancouver #canada

: 🍻 at the Ventoux

: Desk upgrade! Managed to find someone on etsy to cut the desk to the right dimensions for my home …

: Edinburgh stairs

: Love the retro Art Deco vibe of this building. #artdeco #edinburgh #cinema

: Giving feedback on pitches from the Data Science students at The Data Lab Challenge Competition. …

: At the Whisky Bond today for The Data Lab Challenge Competition with @productforge

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: Beautiful fresh day in Edinburgh ☀

: Laying astroturf is important! @allanclloyds. getting prepped for @productforge Future Health hack, …

: Edinburgh Evening

: Lovely light through the window this morning ☀

: The Moon and Venus in the Edinburgh sky ☽

: Checking out the Caley Picture House on Lothian Road. Pretty impressive building to put a …

: The boats of Kirkcudbright Harbour ⛴ 🎄

: Beautiful view from the top of Blackford Hill today #Edinburgh

: Nice wee visit to see Jac in Armchair Books. Trying to warm up from the cold outside!

: Presentation time at The Data Lab Challenge Competition. First stage of the series of hackathons. …

: A fresh Edinburgh morning #castle

: Cookin' up some fish tacos ♥ 🐠 🌮

: Get eggs as a gift. Bring eggs to bar. Bar staff cook you your eggs on the side. 😀

: Went to see the Harry Benson photography exhibition at The Scottish Parliament. Great photos of US …

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: Light through the trees in Glentrool, Galloway Forest Park #latergram

: Lovely early autumn walk around Loch Trool today. Beautiful weather and amazing Scottish scenery. …

: Lovely clouds and views on today’s ride. 🚲

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: Borrowing Dad’s Longstaff touring bike for this afternoons ride. 🚲

: Afternoon cycle along the bay

: Friday bike ride 🚲

: Deep fried pickles ❤️

: Home office upgrade! Hello new screen! Now I need a bigger desk…

: … and checking out the Product Forge livestreaming rig. Impressive portable setup.

: Getting a tour of the tree of cables at the Product Forge office.

: Watched last night’s fireworks and music at the Castle, nice way to end the festival …

: Run to the top of Blackford Hill

: Being sent home to Edinburgh with a lovely collection of fruit and veg from the McHale family …

: Mini Kelpies in the town centre. 🐴

: Home made dessert with home grown fruit 🎉❤️

: Cream O’Galloway ice cream. ☀

: Walk in the Cairnsmore of Fleet Nature Reserve. Beautiful Scottish summer day.

: Beautiful day for a run down the coast.

: Kirkcudbright sunset

: Heading south on a beautiful day

: Hearing about Shelter and their work to combat homelessness at #shelterscotpf

: Feeding time #birdsofinstagram

: This wee guy is getting his dinner fed to him above my bedroom window. #birdsofinstagram

: Lovely contrasting colours in the garden today. ☀

: Fresh stroll ☀

: Any day that includes some Van Gogh is a good day ☀

: ❤️ Glasgow

: Quick cycle around Arthur’s Seat to burn off the frustrations of the day. We still live in an …

: Fun day helping out at #libminihack for the @productforge Future Libraries hackathon later this year

: Checking out the Penone sculptures in the gardens of the Rijksmuseum. Bronze trees, boulders and …

: Love this style of house. Great city to walk around #amsterdam

: Waiter in the restaurant heard that I liked pickles… came over with a pre-starter gift. The …

: Second best sandwich place in Amsterdam, according to Foursquare. 🍴🎉

: Late night opening at the Van Gogh Museum. Loved it! 🎉

: Hallo Amsterdam 🇳🇱

: Quick cycle out to Crammond to enjoy the sun

: Biggest cake ever! Happy birthday @allanclloyds 🎉🍻

: Nice place to get a bit of work done ☀ #freelancelife

: Choices, choices. 🇬🇧🇪🇺

: Blue skies and boats. Lovely bike ride down the canal. 🚴🌞

: Packing a lunch and sitting outside 🌞

: Beautiful day for a walk through the Meadows

: So I found this wee bub huddling on my front door step in the bright sun. He hopped into the …

: Digging out my Texas cookbook, and making up a wee pinto bean stew with some tortillas. 🍽️☀️

: Beautiful day, so enjoying the sunshine with lime bitters and some work outside ☀ #freelancelife

: Yum Italian Street food 🍕 checking out Civerinos in the old town.

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: Beautiful fresh day in Edinburgh 🌞

: Democratic duty done 🌞 #vote #scotland

: #spring 🌞🌻🌿

: Improving my veggie cooking using random ingredients… So crispy, spicy tofu tacos tonight. 🍴

: Pint and an open fire to end a rainy day of walking. #hiking #dalesway

: Beautiful day walking through the Yorkshire Dales and Sedbergh. 🌞📷🐏

: Lovely to see the Saltire Fellows today, great to catch up. #latergram

: Lovely view from the restaurant at lunch - catching up with Saltire Fellows

: A wee visitor at my window #pigeonsofinstagram 🐦

: Fish tacos and friends at El Cartel ♥

: Back freelancing, so procrastinating by cooking more. And covering everything in chili flakes. 🔥

: Love springtime 🌞

: Trying out Google Cardboard VR. Living in a cheaply made future!

: Beautiful fresh spring day at Portobello beach, with a bike ride along the Innocent Railway. ☀

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: Sandwich Saturday. 😊💯☕

: Beautiful light and scenery for a morning run around Casa de Campo

: Ham, cheese, bread and beer.

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: Hola Madrid 🍻

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: Much needed healthy start to 2016, followed by a reviving afternoon nap. Hope you’ve had a …

: Christmas Cactus! 🌵 🎄

: Nothing like a dreich rainy day to showcase the best of Edinburgh ☔

: Fresh winter day, and fresh winter running kicks.

: Edinburgh Castle looking beautiful in the winter sun

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: Love the beautiful trees and houses around Cambridge

: Pavilion at the JFK Presidential Library

: Golden city skyline on the sunset run

: Crimson leaves underfoot for a run around Harvard. #running #autumn

: Dusk run on Memorial Drive along the Charles River, past MIT and up through Cambridge. #running

: Love fresh days with autumn colours

: Beautiful blue on the morning run. Sun shine and cool air #autumn #running #scotland

: Nice evening run along the road by the shore #running #scotland

: Down in the south of Scotland for the weekend, so many beautiful colours in the garden. #autumn …

: A trip down memory lane at the QM!

: Beers, cocktails and a friends birthday night out

: Beautiful clear sky in Edinburgh, great running conditions. ♥

: First ever team Decidz night out!

: Lovely night out listening to Jim Adkins at Cottiers, a totally amazing venue for an acoustic night. …

: Japanese food and beer to round off the evening

: At the Seven Sisters Park

: Marshmallows by the fire

: Heading out to the countryside!

: In a tent, awake at 7am on a Saturday

: Heading south, through London

: Moved in to our new office today. First thing, bought a rug for naps and conference calls. …

: Country roads on the cycle this morning.

: Harmonium Project - some lovely building lights + a wee beer or two

: A much less grey and rainy view from the top of Blackford Hill on today’s run. Edinburgh is …

: Ran through the rain along the Hermitage of Braid and over Blackford hill for the first time. Grey …

: Augustines at Summerhall - lovely start to the festival season

: Saturday afternoon run, yo.

: Now I’m back working from home I can take my meetings from the floor #hooray #startuplife

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: Crossing the Forth

: Rooftops of Seville

: Shapes of the Metropol Parasol #sevilla #seville #architecture #triptych

: Flowers on the plaza

: All the regions of Spain #sevilla #spain #tiles

: Oh my gawd #food

: Stumbled into a place where locals go.

: Faces of Seville #sevilla #seville

: Sunrise on the streets of Seville #light #sun #sevilla #seville

: #españa #sevilla

: Early morning run through the back streets #runsevilla #seville

: Amazing colours and patterns at the Royal Alcazar today, a beautiful place to visit #seville …

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: Early morning run #runsevilla #seville

: Hola #spain #seville

: Last day at Relaymed today - really glad to have been part of the team and to have built the …

: Spring is springing

: Cambridge King’s

: Headin' south for the day

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: Sunday spring morning

: Good catch up with friends over breakfast. Love the Saltire business network.

: A wee treat in the latest delivery from the American office. A good addition to Cake Friday.

: Stayed another day in Kirkcudbright - spring is arriving in the garden

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: A beautiful frosty morning in the garden. Sunlight streaming through the trees.

: Frosty shells

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: A grey and rainy run, but it feels good to be out. Thinking of what 2015 will bring.

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: Christmas morning run down the road. Fresh and beautiful!

: Back on the running wagon. Beautiful sunlight on the coast this morning.

: Morning run by the shore

: Big tree at The Dome. Getting into the Christmas spirit!

: Big snowflakes in Edinburgh

: Light through the trees on my run #latergram #florida

: Nice place for an evening run

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: Got to try an Oculus Rift today. Awesome!

: Homemade perfect Sunday

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: George Square is pretty busy right now

: Exciting weekend reading, yo.

: Misty run

: Mediterranean

: #bcn beautiful

: The sea

: Bye!

: Sunset over the coast near Arthur’s Seat #latergram

: Freshly picked blueberries from the garden. Heaven.

: Beautiful run around Arthur’s Seat, following the clouds emptying themselves mid-run

: Fresh kicks, fresh air.

: Fresh running kicks. Looking forward to give them a wee go!

: Lovely Edinburgh sunset

: Treat for the day, a new book on Van Gogh drawings

: A wee swallow just chilling on the wall

: It’s BBQ day in the office! Hooray!

: Running up the hill

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: Fridays are Cake Day at Relaymed

: First Minister in the house

: Friday is cake day at the office

: Pretty awesome view from the new office window

: A wee bit muddy

: Night time run!

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: EDI - LGW

: Up above the Botanics

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: My view for the next two weeks

: Reunited

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: Exercise in the square. Last morning in Shanghai, and the Chinese music is floating through the …

: Shanghai bridge

: Morning run along The Bund with Manuelle and Katy.

: View from the 25th floor

: Shanghai at night

: Shanghai bridge

: Arrived in Shanghai!

: Leaving Babson today for the start of a new adventure. Thanks for the learning and memories! An …

: Lobster night!

: Back in Boston

: Rollin' SF

: From the tower at @deyoungmuseum

: Enjoying the sunset

: San Fransisco street

: Learning wall

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: SF giants

: San Francisco Chronicle

: SF sunset

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: San Francisco

: Flying in to Charlotte, North Carolina

: Harvard football

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: Autumn sunrise

: Running the western Greenaway’s trail

: A run through autumn colours

: Sunset rainbow

: Fresh morning sunrise

: Morning leadership session at the Babson chapel

: Crystal lake, leadership outing at Babson

: Sunset over the Exec Ed Center

: Autumn at Babson

: Misty morning light on the highway

: Cape Cod morning

: Mirror mirror

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: Boston skyline

: A misty morning in Waltham

: Beautiful fall colours have started to appear

: Group meal with @saltirefellows

: Classroom learning: pricing and life philosophy with @saltirefellows

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: Beautiful Babson morning

: Fresh morning, working outside

: Getting my chicken teryaki on at the marketplace

: Rainy day

: Morning sunrise over Windsor Village

: Group brainstorming for Sistema Scotland

: Beautiful afternoon bike ride

: I have a Degu in a carton. Cute overload.

: BBQ banana with chocolate. Yum!

: Getting our picnic on in the sunshine

: Blue sky and a cycle. Perfect.

: Cooked up a BBQ style treat!

: Sunny garden day in Kirkcudbright

: Ducklings!

: Liberty holding a palm leaf over Budapest

: The best egg cup.

: Fisherman’s Bastion

: Church on Buda Hill

: Lovely place for a morning run!

: Ego sum via veritas et vita

: Rollin' in Budapest #lovebikes

: Ducks of the Danube

: The Danube overflowing

: Checking out Smoak at the Sanctuary. Ribs and brisket with a side of coriander butter corn.

: Recreating the “dirty fat boy” sandwich from Piece. I own a jar of gerkins now. …

: Beautiful day in Kelvingrove

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: Hello! Coliukas!

: Classic instagram moment

: Long walk through Chicago Airport

: Goodbye Texas! You’ve been great!

: Flying out of Austin

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: Bacon with ice cream, thanks Texas!

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: My ride for the day

: Beautiful day!

: Just Rollin' in Austin

: All Gore talk at Sxsw

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: Pulled pork BBQ tacos. Yum.

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: Lovely day in Edinburgh

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: Freezing winter sun

: Grey sky, blue sky.

: Christmas dinner

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: Beautiful Glasgow

: Just checked out Launchpad at DigitalHub in Dublin

: At the national digital research center

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: Beautiful place for a morning run

: The north is beautiful!

: I’m on a boat!

: Ride!

: Mid-ride mud-slide obstacle scramble #ploblems

: deskunion a day at the home office - nice change of scene! #iworkhere

: Received my “tumbling waters” delivery from @plantedd - new addition to my windowsill

: Ready to run with @girlglasgow

: Recording an interview with Hayley about Seeu.at. audioboo.fm/boos/9159…

: Beautiful day

: On a bike. On a hill.

: Saturday cycle

: Just pitched Seeu.at - ADRENALINE RUSH!

: Saturday cycle to Loch Lomond

: Fresh Sunday cycle

: Sunday morning cycle

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: Clydebank ship

: Athletes.

: Thanks to @plantedd for the first of the @Seeuat cacti collection

: Good morning Brighton!

: Well done to @makethatmove_tv on their app launch

: Beautiful bright day for a run

: Walking along the Kirkcudbright bay

: I challenge anyone to make a better texmex burger

: aaronpatrick and a late entry from @maireadmacleod #hipsterwars

: aaronpatrick28 just chillin' with this hispter, vegan food, etc #hispterwars

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