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Running down the road

May 5, 2017

Oh wow, it’s a good thing “Regular blogging” was no new years resolution for 2017. Can you believe we are already five months into it. Just WOW! I guess it’s definitely time for an update. On the personal health front, all things are looking good so far. I’ve started biking to work regularly around March. The counter is now on 1488km, meaning an average of 10.55km per day. That’s about 6km per day less than what I should be doing to get to the 6000km though.

The road ahead for 2017

Jan 1, 2017

Ah yes, it’s that time of the year again. Everyone makes some promises for the year to come. Some make it until the end of the year. Others, well… To make sure my promises do make it until the end of 2017, I’ll try to make them SMART: Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, Time-bound. First things first, my personal health. Back in 2015, I tried to change my diet by removing all sugar.

Varivoor: scared of failure.

Nov 11, 2016

Here ‘s the thing about my side-project, varivoor.be: it’s live for everyone to see, I’m talking about on twitter, and I received some nice feedback. But I’m barely making any progress. I have two high-value TODO items that have been on my list since mid-summer (contact a lawyer to verify that it would be legally ok and contact an online grocery shop to collaborate with). And I just can’t get myself to do execute them.

Clapping for funding

Sep 9, 2016

Have you ever seen a marathon race? At the halfway point, a band is playing and they’re handing out drinks to thirsty athletes. The sides of the road are packed with supporters who are cheering the athletes towards the finish line. Should they be cheering and clapping because an athlete was able to reach the halfway point? Should they be cheering because he was able to grab a cup of water that allows him to keep going?

Running WordPress on Amazon AWS – For Free!

Mar 3, 2016

As some of you may have noticed, I have updated my blog a while ago. The previous version ran on some custom Go code on top of Google AppEngine. It ran fine, it was free, but because it was some custom piece of code, it was very basic. For instance, there was no way to upload images yet and I didn’t feel like implementing it. So what platform to run on?

The 7 Day Startup and the quest for an idea

Jul 7, 2015

No, no, I have not started a startup in 7 days (yet!). It’s the title of a book by Dan Norris on his failures to create a profitable, scalable business and how he finally managed to launch his current startup WPCurve in just 7 days. Now, 7 days is a really short time and it’s deliberate by design. By having only 7 days, and forcing yourself to adhere strictly to those 7 days, you force yourself to focus on the task at hand and only on those task.

Three months in – shipping sugar

Mar 3, 2015

Oh, wow, another month passed. Three months into 2015, I guess it’s time to give you guys another update. First the good news: I’m still not eating sugar, or at least less sugar than I used to eat. No croissants or “koffiekoeken”. No biscuits, no candy, no cookies, no chocolate milk and above all, no soda. When i started it, I only had a couple of expectations: I would lose some weight and I would be more energetic.

Introducing 1Mailer

Mar 3, 2015

As a developer, I’m able to create a solution for the tiny annoyances that I encounter while using my android phone. One of those annoyances is the “read it later” functionality. Sometimes a smartphone is not enough to read a long article or watch an interesting video while commuting. There are a couple of dedicated apps out there to read thing later, like Pocket. They allow you to save a web page or video to an external system and you can read it on your phone using the app or on their website.

No sugar 2015, One month in.

Feb 2, 2015

We’re one month in, I guess it’s time for an update: it’s not easy. There are way more things that contain sugar than you would expect. You wanted a wiener schnitzel? Sorry, there’s sugar in the bread-coating. Kroepoek? Sorry, sugar. Ham? Sorry, sugar. Sometimes you’re lucky and you can find a brand that doesn’t contain come kind of sugar, but you have to search and be careful. The good news is, I completely quit soda and energy drinks.

Stop Talking, Start Doing And Don’t Sugarcoat It.

Dec 12, 2014

I’m one of those people who makes resolutions for the new year. I’m also one of those people who rarely makes it past the end of January. And yet, I’m giving it another shot in 2015. I’m even going for a double this year: one ‘professional’, one personal. Let’s talk about the ‘professional’ resolution first. I have a couple of active pet projects at any given time. Unfortunately, that’s all they ever are, pet projects.

Running WordPress on Amazon AWS – For Free!

Thomas Meire

Running down the road

The road ahead for 2017

Varivoor: scared of failure.

Clapping for funding

Running WordPress on Amazon AWS – For Free!

The 7 Day Startup and the quest for an idea

Three months in – shipping sugar

Introducing 1Mailer

No sugar 2015, One month in.

Stop Talking, Start Doing And Don&#8217;t Sugarcoat It.

Stop Talking, Start Doing And Don’t Sugarcoat It.