Bike helmet safety
The helmet paradox: Learn why forcing people to wear a bike helmet may cause a net increase in mortality by discouraging the health benefits of cycling.
Museum für Naturkunde
Dinosaur sighting! Liuba and I explored Berlin’s Museum für Naturkunde, finally seeing the skeletons of T. Rex and Triceratops up close. It was an amazing experience!
An unexpected interruption
My psilocybin journey interrupted by an unexpected moment of chaos, and the profound insights about connection, forgiveness, and what truly matters in life that emerged from processing pain and fear through synesthetic experience.
Responsibility
I’m responsible for what I say, not for what you understand.
Pizza Hut
Thanks to Craig Sailor for the photo.
Danya
This was a disturbing comment to see show up in my YouTube comments feed today. I was talking about Daniel Naroditsky, a chess player who was falsely accused of cheating by ex-world champion Vladamir Kramnik. Daniel sadly died six months after I left this comment, shortly after receiving another attack from Vladamir Kramnik.
Blood moon
The blood moon from Tempelhoferfeld in Berlin.
Being kind is complicated
The kindest thing we can do for each other, is often to provide helpful criticism. And the kindest thing we can do for ourselves, is to accept that criticism. – Ryan Hellyer – during an internal Syde company meeting 2025
Spreewald
I had a fun but tiring trip to Spreewald with Liuba, Mo, Sylvia and Jaylene.
Life is coming from you
You can be the master of your fate, you can be the captain of your soul. But you have to realise that life is coming from you and not at you. And that takes time. – YouTube short
My solution to unhappy feelings until February 2021
Downpour
I’ve always enjoyed a good walk in the rain in the city. It’s the one time when you be sure that nobody will be out and about. You end up mostly having the city to yourself for a short while. So when it started to downpour this afternoon, I donned my trusty raincoat and headed […]
Stereotypes
Some people don’t seem to get that although stereotypes have a kernel of truth to them, they’re just a kernel. Holding that kernel against a random person who happens to be from the broad category the stereotype comes from, is just arse holery of the highest order. – me
Caffeine experiment
After being caffeine free for 4 years, 6 months, and 29 days, I made an exception today at 13:00 for an experiment. I wanted to see what caffeine would do to me after such a long time away from it. I had a very good day, but it was looking quite good from the outset […]
Disney on ice
Liuba and I went to the Disney on ice show in Berlin.
Syde dinner
Huel breakfast from Liuba
Boysenberries
I always assumed boysenberries were available worldwide. For years, I’d been eating what I thought were boysenberries in Germany, just thinking German ones weren’t great quality. Turns out, they were actually blackberries! After digging into it, I discovered boysenberries are primarily popular in New Zealand, with a small following in the USA (where they were […]
Crash site – exactly 40 years later
I drove the route we were meant to complete on February 11th 1985, at the same time, on February 11th 2025. Mission accomplished. I didn’t crash this time.
Fitness 2024
I’ve been tracking my fitness activities this year with a super simple system – red days for total couch potato mode, yellow for when I squeeze in some movement, and green for those proper sweat sessions ?. I kicked things up a gear in July and I’m proud of my progress in the later part […]