Squid Game is a good series on Netflix. Squid Game is also a cryptocurrency token, a big fat scam, and the driver behind a dramatic whipsawing of my (very virtual) net worth. I first became aware of Squid Game the token late last week whilst hanging around on the internet…

I found myself reminiscing about my schoolboy wheeling and dealing. The aim of the game was to get rich when that meant having £1k in the bank (an unfathomable amount of money). It didn’t really work, but I’m pretty sure I accidentally learned some things. Here are a few of…

Newfangled Macbooks From 2012 to 2019 I had my first macbook pro. It weighed nearly 2kg, was built like a house brick and the battery lasted 30 minutes. Its fans quivered with fear every time I hovered over the Chrome icon. It was perfect. It had a real keyboard, a symmetrical screen…

I spent the weekend touching grass. I went in the sea. I walked on some sand. I looked through some binoculars at things that were far away. I breathed some particulate-free air. As a result, I haven’t done much writing about things on the internet. …

I’ve been enjoying meeting some excellent people for some of our open roles. It’s energising to hear that they’re interested in what we’re working on and I’m looking forward to (hopefully!) having some of them on our growing team. The transformation of carbon credits (through reforestation, sequestration, or otherwise) into…

Altroleum is picking up steam and things are getting busy. I’ve written a slightly longer piece on a single topic both to cover a bit more ground on one issue and because I have loads of actual work to do. I’ve been kept fairly busy thinking about how carbon certificates…

I’m starting this week with an ask. Altroleum is on a mission to create markets in hydrogen and we’re searching for excellent people to join us in software engineering and business roles. As part of the process, you’ll be able to meet some of our investors who can tell you…

Last week, my startup moved into a new office in Soho (not SoHo). It’s such a dramatic and welcome change from working on a small desk in a dark corner of my bedroom. I sit next to a massive window and usually leave it open to soak up some energy…

(Electric) Cars Suck Electric cars suck because cars suck. I’m not making an argument that electric cars are somehow worse for the environment than ICE cars because I don’t need to. I’m making an argument that even if electric cars had zero lifecycle fuel emissions, they’d still suck. Electric cars suck because they…