Oct 30, 20225 Tips for Surviving a Move AbroadThe prospect of moving abroad for a new job can be both exciting and daunting. I, for one, experienced both excitement and fear during my move to the Netherlands. The interview process and the prospect of being able to move overseas were exciting. However, that excitement turned to fear when…Lifestyle6 min readLifestyle6 min read
Oct 7, 2022N-gram Language Model Based Next Word Suggestion — Part 2My previous article outlined N-gram language models and provided a simple approach to performing next-word suggestion. The approach is centred around the use of bigrams. This article outlines the use of a higher-order n-gram model to extract meaningful associations between words and phrases and provide context-appropriate next-word suggestions. Let’s Put This Word Into Context To recap…NLP5 min readNLP5 min read
Sep 19, 2022N-gram Language Model Based Next Word Suggestion — Part 1Have you ever wondered how, when typing a message on your phone, it’s able to suggest the next word? Or even being able to correct your spelling on the fly, turning your angry WhatsApp to your boss into a laughable matter because you end up telling them to go and…NLP5 min readNLP5 min read
Sep 3, 2022Building the BlueBox, an ESP32 Powered Bluetooth SpeakerWhat could possibly be more enjoyable than chilling, listening to your favourite music being played on a well-engineered Bluetooth speaker? Well for most people, spending countless hours, way too much money and pulling out your own hair in frustration just to get to hear some slightly better than sh*t sounding…Esp 328 min readEsp 328 min read
Oct 8, 2021Road Texture UV Remapping in UnityGenerating multiple road variations from a single texture — Introduction I, like most engineers, like figuring out how things work by taking them apart and attempting to put them back together again. My recent dive down the rabbit hole of game development has been no exception. After getting some basic car mechanics working in Unity, I wanted something to drive…Unity8 min readUnity8 min read
Dec 30, 2020Dressing up for lockdown — How a morning routine makes you more productiveIntroduction One thing is for sure, 2020 has provided us with a paradigm shift in the way we go about our daily lives, including how we work. If you weren’t one of the lucky ones who already had the whole working from home thing down, then you were in for a…Self Improvement3 min readSelf Improvement3 min read
Jul 16, 2019How LinkedIn helped kickstart my career abroadIntroduction I grew up in the beautiful country of South Africa and that is where, from a young age, I found my passion for software, electronics and all things tech. While studying I was introduced to the wonderful world of engineering and all it had to offer. It was this keen…Job Hunting6 min readJob Hunting6 min read
Jul 14, 2019My Experience Speeding Up a Wordpress Blog — Part 1Introduction Not too long ago my fiance wanted to start a food and lifestyle blog where she could post her recipes and other lifestyle articles. I thought that a Wordpress site on a shared hosting platform would be quick enough for me to set up and easy enough to use for…Word Press5 min readWord Press5 min read
