Hello, my name is William Pickup

I live on Sydneys' Northern Beaches, where I enjoy and running, swimming, and slowly making things in my workshop.

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Recent Posts

How to clean your apps permissions

I found quite a few applications that had permission to my gmail and linkedIn accounts that I couldn’t remember why I granted. Definitely worth the small eff...

Diversify your dreams

Great post from HBR that calls out the danger of simplifying your dreams down to a narrow outcome that can setup a black and white success or failure scenari...

Attack of the wolf mountain chickens

This chook post has it all - video, pictures, domes and self feeders. Also some great insight into the chicken management practises at Milkwood Permaculture....

Sleep apnea and sonomed

This article from the BBC describes a sleeping pattern involving two sleeps of about 4 hours with a period of wakefulness in between, known as segmented slee...

Uncloud local wireless networking

This looks interesting - another useful step towards Internet independence. unCloud — It’s not that kind. (Via creativeapplications) Check out Douglas Rushk...