Richard Peck

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Incredibly useful! the amount of times I've struggled to get into #PayPal because the #2FA SMS message doesn't come through or I have no mobile signal - having the ability to use #GoogleAuthenticator / #Authy is AMAZING!!!

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CPU & heatsink upgrade - bit better than what I had before, Intel Pentium G3258 -> Intel Core i7 4790K :)

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07/05/2018

Today's job, new CPU & heatsink, unfortunately it means taking everything out including the motherboard! :(

https://plus.google.com/photos/100532543467297454697/albums/6552831970373527409?authkey=CK-45uWm-JufogE

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Windows 10 default user folder locations for Start Menu & Taskbar Icons - #NotObvious :

* C:\Users\<User>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\

* C:\Users\<User>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\TaskBar\

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Which Inflator Hose Do I Need?

Very handy article - "BCD and Drysuit Inflators are pretty simple valves that most divers can figure out but not all valves are the same or universal"

https://www.simplyscuba.com/blogs/blog/which-inflator-hose-do-i-need

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Working with introverts (written by an actual introvert) - Atlassian Blog

This resonates very strongly with me.

Well worth a read by everyone regardless whether you consider yourself introvert or extrovert.

(more of a sliding scale really rather than one or the other)

https://www.atlassian.com/blog/teamwork/working-with-introverts

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Bright | Netflix Official Site

Critics be damned, I really enjoyed #Bright on Netflix​

www.netflix.com/title/80119234?source=android

http://www.netflix.com/title/80119234?source=android

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My first baby steps into #Cryptocurrency, #Blockchain #Ethereum & #IOTA

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Ethereum "Gas" - How it Works — Steemit

Good explanation of Ethereum Gas & Gwai.

Interesting to find the Unit Map scale for Ether:

var unitMap = {

'wei': '1',

'kwei': '1000',

'ada': '1000',

'femtoether': '1000',

'mwei': '1000000',

'babbage': '1000000',

'picoether': '1000000',

'gwei': '1000000000',

'shannon': '1000000000',

'nanoether': '1000000000',

'nano': '1000000000',

'szabo': '1000000000000',

'microether': '1000000000000',

'micro': '1000000000000',

'finney': '1000000000000000',

'milliether': '1000000000000000',

'milli': '1000000000000000',

'ether': '1000000000000000000',

'kether': '1000000000000000000000',

'grand': '1000000000000000000000',

'einstein': '1000000000000000000000',

'mether': '1000000000000000000000000',

'gether': '1000000000000000000000000000',

'tether': '1000000000000000000000000000000'

};

from https://github.com/ethereum/web3.js/blob/0.15.0/lib/utils/utils.js#L40

https://steemit.com/ethereum/@tomshwom/ethereum-gas-how-it-works

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Last July I went to a http://www.MeetUp.com/Agile-North-East event where Clarke Ching (http://www.rolls.rocks/) spoke about applying the Theory of Constraints (TOC) to software development and how it leads to a more naturally agile way of working.

During the talk he promoted his book ‘Rolling Rocks Downhill’ (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25460979-rolling-rocks-downhill) with discount codes and signed physical copies – I ended up getting an #Audible version of the book (https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Non-fiction/Rolling-Rocks-Downhill-Audiobook/B01DYS9V22) and I’ve finally got around to listening to it (I have Audible hooked up to the Amazon #Echo; in the mornings when I’m getting ready for work I just ask “#Alexa, continue reading the book from Audible”).

I’m only 10 chapters in so far (& it’ll take a while to finish it at only 15 minutes or so per day) but already I can heartily recommend it.

For a book about agile development it’s surprisingly engaging. It’s written in the form of a fictional story, rather than a non-fiction reference manual.

The setting is a financial services organisation who are dealing with a huge legacy core platform that touches everything and is difficult to update. They are working on an extremely high profile do-or-die project that will affect the business fundamentally and it’s already running late… which suddenly has to launch on an impossible deadline.

n.b. so far it’s similar in style to “The Goal” - (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/113934.The_Goal) by Dr. Eli Goldratt - which is also well worth reading if you like that sort of thing!

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Adding a NodOn remote controller to SmartThings

#Finally a SmartThings Device Handler from NodOn to get their remote control buttons to work!

Wall Switch - CWS-3-1-0x

OCTAN Remote - CRC-3-1-0x

Soft Remote - CRC-3-6-0x

https://blog.nodon.fr/en/2017/11/adding-a-nodon-remote-controller-to-smartthings/

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Home | Scrum Guides

#Scrum Artifact - Sprint Backlog -

We've been missing the "at least one [...] process improvement":

"The Sprint Backlog makes visible all the work that the Development Team identifies as necessary

to meet the Sprint Goal. To ensure continuous improvement, it includes at least one high

priority process improvement identified in the previous Retrospective meeting."

Retrospectives quickly stopped because they were just forums of unrest and dissatisfaction which repeatedly highlighted areas of frustration that never changed.

http://scrumguides.org/

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Home | Scrum Guides

I found out last night that the co-creators of Scrum have just released an update to the official guide/definition last week (7th November):

http://www.scrumguides.org/

Info about change:

* https://www.scrum.org/resources/blog/scrum-guide-update-november-2017

* https://www.scruminc.com/scrum-guide-revision-webinar/

and as it says in the guide it’s self:

“Scrum’s roles, events, artifacts, and rules are immutable and although implementing only parts of Scrum is possible, the result is not Scrum.”

i.e. if you don’t do it by the book, whatever it is that you are doing, it’s not Scrum!

http://www.scrumguides.org/

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19/10/2017

Great decorations at work today!

https://plus.google.com/photos/100532543467297454697/albums/6478529050384908289?authkey=CNyP6_ySx8KUNw

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The secrets of JQL everyone wished they knew - Atlassian Blog

Handy if you're using #JIRA ...

https://www.atlassian.com/blog/jira-software/jql-secrets-and-shortcuts?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=rss&jobid=102764977&subscriberid=1287852310

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AV Rant Podcast is creating home theater bliss. | Patreon

#AVRant a Fantastic Podcast that deserves a listen if you've not heard them yet & your support if you like what you hear!

https://patreon.com/avrantpodcast?utm_medium=social&utm_source=googleplus&utm_campaign=creatorshare