Another not sexy but actually cool new feature – AZ failure simulation. What and how and why? AWS’s Fault Injection System has been around a while, allowing you to trigger system issues and failures. This is the sort of thing Netflix made famous with their Chaos Monkeys – we can randomly terminate instances, max out…
This been done before by other people, but I fancy a stab at it. Idea is to use all-serverless tech on AWS to build an email service. Entirely personal, single user and really I don’t care about HA etc. This is just to replace the existing email service I use (and pay for) annually, so…
One massive downside to WFH is that it’s removed the vast majority of my exercise – I used to walk about 15k steps a day in my commute, and following WFH and lockdown this diminished to nearly nothing. My midriff has increased somewhat, and I don’t think my diet has changed sufficiently to take the…
One of the little things that brings me (and perhaps others) pleasure is pulling faces at children on coaches, typically at school parties in London. It’s the amused surprise that works for me, with sometimes a face pulling in return, sometimes a “look at that!” to the other kids. Harmless, I believe, but could this…
Walking to work through London recently I saw a young lady (probably in her twenties), relatively well presented, but the entire effect was spoiled by her t-shirt having “DRESS TO IMPRESS” emblazoned over the front. Really? Is this her idea of dressing to impress? Am I really showing my age here?
One words that’s confused me (or I’ve been confused by, however you wish to look at it) is the name of a shop “Calzedonia”. I’ve seen adverts for this place on the side of double decker buses on my daily walk through London, and I’ve always been put in mind of a Scottish folded pizza…