Tutorials Zero configuration NextJS deployment to a self hosted VPS with Kamal. A comprehensive guide. One of the biggest quality of life improvements when it comes to deploying over the past few months has been learning how to use Kamal and have learnt to use it properly without getting lost in the complexities. Kamal is a simple tool for deploying web apps to any server
notes A morning that could have been way different The past week Jiwon and I spent some time exploring Bangkok and Koh Samui. The weather was perfect and every single day was filled with laughter, joy and a sense of connection. There's much more to share about our adventure, but for now I want to reflect on
notes From backing up nostalgia to the butterfly effect. It started with an obsession Unlike many people I know, our family have very little to no official historical records prior the 1900s. Example I was always fascinated when I have classmates who went to school with me and they would tell stories like, "My great, great grandfather came
notes Be the beetle Today was one of those days where it seemed like the world constantly throws messages at me. I'm a touch emotionally heavy, taking into account I yet again changed location a week ago after ±3 months in Seoul, with a stint in Scotland in between and still settling
travel Flights taken since 2024 Complete list of all the flights I have taken since 2024 2024 1. Durban - Johannesburg 2. Johannesburg - Abu Dhabi 3. Abu Dhabi - Dublin 4. Dublin - Madrid 5. Madrid - Palma 6. Palm - Madrid 7. Madrid - Lisbon 8. Lisbon - Amsterdam 9. Amsterdam - London
Asia is a great continent if you shoot film Currently hanging out in Kuala Lumpur, and just yesterday around 4pm, I dropped off two rolls of C41 Kodak film at this local indie film lab. Cost me 17 MYR per roll—that's about 3 Euros each. Got the scans sent to my inbox by 7pm the same
notes 30 Years on Earth: The Waves I've Ridden As I hit the big 3-0 in August (yes 8 months ago at time of writing), I paused to reflect on the epic ride so far—a journey with more ups and downs than a 12 foot day at Pipeline. Here’s what catching life’s waves for three decades
Photography Featured Those Irish cliffs and Guinness 📍Republic of Ireland📸Fujifilm X-E4. Straight out of camera, using Kodak Ultramax 400 and Kodak Tri-X film recipes from Fuji X Weekly
surfing Featured Tropical Winter One morning about a week ago I noticed an offshore westerly wind when I woke up. And a fairly big swell to go with it. It was freezing cold too due to snow falling on nearby mountains the previous night. I grabbed my camera and drove down to the beach
surfing Featured Surf Contest Day Went out last weekend to take some photos of the vibe at the beach during a surf contest. 📍Scottburgh, South Africa📸Fujifilm X-E4 with Pacific Blues film recipe.
Photography Featured Kuala Lumpur in black & white Went out on a Sunday morning with my Fujifilm X-E4 and decided to only shoot JPEG's. I applied one of the stock film simulations, ACROS which is based on Fujifilm's ACROS film, manufactured in the early 2000s. This is what came out.
Address is Approximate I first discovered this video when I was 18 years old, early 2012. I had just gotten my first DSLR, at the time and spent a lot of time on Vimeo for inspiration & to learn about cinematography and photography. What was special about Vimeo? Vimeo is different to YouTube.
Photography Featured Bangkok Cyberpunk Had a quick stop over in Bangkok en-route to Kuala Lumpur late December 2022. Made most of my evening there behind the lens. Great city! 📍Bangkok, Thailand📷Fujifilm X-E4 using Jeff Davenport Night film recipe
notes Reliving the moment Growing up my dad would always film holidays, Christmas, birthdays and when visiting family and friends on his Sony Video 8 Handycam. We'd get back home and then I'd be all excited to have all the footage recorded onto a VHS tape from the camera and
notes What Sixty40 could be like if it relaunched 20 years later. As a passionate software developer, I often find myself going into a nostalgia trip trying to think what it would be like to rebuild and relaunch Sixty40 in 2022. I used to live on Sixty40 and it played a huge role into growing my passion for the sport. After all,
notes Sixty40 nostalgia I've been bodyboarding since around 2008. It's the sport that drove me through much of my teenage years. I made close friends thanks to it and it introduced me to the idea of exploring, travelling and it drove me to combine the passion and combine it
notes I got covid In May I got covid. I managed to avoid it for the greater part of the pandemic. Now I'm a statistic. Symptoms was pretty rough to be honest - I expected it to be borderline a cold. It was worse. I was bed bound for about 4 days
notes The Future of Bodyboarding TLDR - Why is bodyboarding still not thriving? Over the years, we’ve seen multiple bodyboarding body’s, amongst them are Global Organization of Bodyboarding (GOB), International Bodyboarding Association (IBA), the Association of Professional Bodyboarders (APB) and now the International Bodyboarding Corporation - which I didn’t even know exists,
notes The most ironic sport It’s been about 4 months since I started playing golf modestly-serious again. While I played a lot as a kid and during my pre-teen years, it’s something that faded a bit when surfing took priority in High School. I’ve been going to the range now once or
Tutorials How to create smart playlists for Apple Music on your iPhone I’ve been using Apple Music since it’s initial launch in 2015. It launched in South Africa long before Spotify and being a Mac + iPhone owner at the time, it was the obvious answer to my music needs. Recently on my Macbook I started playing with Smart Playlists on
notes Mind Travel It’s been about a year and a half since the Covid-19 pandemic started. I came back home to South Africa at the end of 2019, to spend Christmas with the family and my grandpa who a few months before was diagnosed with stage-4 lung cancer. My plan then was
