The Mad Ed

I’m Ed and this is the stuff I get up to.

  • Not Good Enough

    Mate, You’ve played this card more times than I can count. “Not good enough.”Not smart enough. Not strong enough. Not fast enough. Not worthy enough. You say it so often you make it sound like truth. Here’s the thing: I’m done buying it. Every time you whisper “not good enough,” I want you to remember…

  • Letter 0 – Heads Up

    Mate, Consider this fair warning.You’ve been at it long enough — talking over me, dragging me into spirals, second-guessing every move. Sometimes you’re useful (I’ll give you that), but mostly you’ve been a loud monkey at the wheel of my ship. That ends here. From now on, the terms change. You don’t get to captain.…

  • Singaporean Drivers… smh

    The Certificate of Entitlement (COE), a piece of paper costing $100k-ish (as of current writing), entitling the bearer to buy and use a car in Singapore for 10 years. For many Singaporeans, car pricing is a multiple of their annual income. A car owner has to afford that kind of money to get the certificate…

  • The One Mind Problem

    In the Netflix series 3 Body Problem, Will Downing undergoes a procedure to remove his brain from his cancer stricken body, put into a spacecraft, and launched into space. The idea was that it would remain cryogenically frozen until it made contact with the oncoming alien space fleet halfway on their journey to invade Earth…

  • How to lose weight and get fit. Slowly

    I wrote this sometime in 2015 and published it on HubPages. Checked again recently and it’s not there anymore, so here is a repost. Since writing this, I’ve done 2 more marathons, 2 more half marathons, 3 Half Ironman distance triathlons, gone on multi-day multi state rides and last year, climbed Mount Kinabalu. I hope…

  • Goodbye 2023, Hello 2024

    As I wind down on 2023, a question popped into my mind: what am I grateful for and what do I want for the future? So as I take stock of my wins and intentions, one of this is to start writing and perhaps even speaking. I’ve been quiet on here for 8 years. Most…

  • Merry Christmas 2015

    Made a bunch of these mini and micro PCB & LED Christmas trees for friends and family. These are the PCB designs. You can get them from here… (Full disclosure: I get paid a dollar if you purchase) Mini Tree, Micro Tree (Green) & Micro Tree (White) 10mm slow blinking LED’s from eBay. The Mini…

  • The Noise Machine

    Our new doorbell. Made from scrap.

  • Jenga Block Phone Holder

    Picked up a Jenga block, and thought about what I could do with it.

  • Watch Winder Mk5

    I’ve always had a fascination with automatic watch winders. Not automatic watches. The winders.

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