Some puzzle solutions

Me...

From the perspective of my younger self...

At 5 years old I genuinely believed that I would be an Olympic swimmer (freestyle medalist) because because my swimming coach said so and because I could hold my breath and swim a lap of the (small) pool underwater.

6 year old me was going to be an astronaut of course! I remember sitting cross-legged on the floor with a hundred other primary kids in the main hall at school. Our school had one black-and-white television tilt-propped on top of a 6' tall metal stand with black legs on wheels. We watched and listened in silent awe to the crackly sound and the smudgy image as Neil Armstrong jumped off the lander's steps. The idea of low gravity was so cool.

8 year old me was known as the 'mad scientist' because of explosive chemistry experiments I conducted in the morning before my paper-run, breakfast and school (I still carry the scars).

10 year old me was focusing on the application of his sketchy chemistry knowledge by expanding into rocketry, launching ambitious (mostly failures) multi-stage rockets into the (very low) atmosphere (more scars).

12 year old me had added entomology as one of his hobbies, with a specific interest in lepidoptery (until he started having nightmares where butterflies and moths hunted him!).
The 13 year old me...

And a much older version of me now doing crazy stuff like rowing in the snow...

Learn HCD Toolkit

Learn HCD Toolkit was designed and developed by the nonprofit side of IDEO; IDEO.org.

(image source: Kickstarter)

The cards are described and used in conjunction with the Field Guide to Human-Centered Design, Creative Confidence and Design Research Ethics.

(image source: Kickstarter)

The Kickstarter project is http://kck.st/2iVFocm

My wood storage - A tiny project

The idea

its execution

Steps

For the Healthy UCD Challenge

http://www.ucd.ie/engage/engagement/healthyucdchallenge/

(my team link)

'Steps Tracker', starting Monday 18th September running for 6 weeks.

Activities should be converted to steps and added to the total step count for the day.
Cycling 1km = 300 steps 

(home and back between 8 and 10 km depending on route) between 2,400 - 3,000 steps

(UCD - NDRC one way 7 km) = 2,100 steps

(UCD - Ballsbridge one way 4 km) = 1,200 steps

Swimming 100m = 475 steps.

Swimming 1,000m = 4,750 steps.
Rowing = 147 - 212 steps/minute
Jogging = 181 steps/minute
Walking = 1,320/km


Log of step calculations

15,574 = 15,574 : Sun 29 Oct 2017
8,585 = 3,360 + 4,750 + 475 : Sat 28 Oct 2017 (+ 1.1km swim)
7,808 = 5,408 + 2,400 : Fri 27 Oct 2017 (+ cycle 8km)
10,981 = 8,581 + 2,400 : Thu 26 Oct 2017 (+ cycle 8km)
16,287 = 9,687 + 4,200 + 2,400 : Wed 25 Oct 2017 (+ cycle 14km + cycle 8km)
17,695 = 11,095 + 4,200 + 2,400 : Tue 24 Oct 2017 (+ cycle 14km)
6,346 = 6,346 : Mon 23 Oct 2017
15,948 = 3,948 + 12,000 : Sun 22 Oct 2017 (+ row 8km, 1hr)
2,535 = 2,535 : Sat 21 Oct 2017
9,772 = 7,372 + 2,400 : Fri 20 Oct 2017 (+ cycle 8km)
9,109 = 6,709 + 2,400 : Thu 19 Oct 2017 (+ cycle 8km)

11,458 = 6,658 + 2,400 + 2,400 : Wed 18 Oct 2017 (+ cycle 8km + cycle 8km)

13,666 = 8,416 + 2,400 + 2,850 : Tue 17 Oct 2017 (+ cycle 8km + .6km swim)

5,091 = 5,091 : Mon 16 Oct 2017
19,752 = 4,752 + 15,000 : Sun 15 Oct 2017 (+ row 12km, 1.15hr)
11,807 = 8,507 + 3,300 : Sat 14 Oct 2017 (+11km cycle)
6,477 = 4,077 + 2,400 : Fri 13 Oct 2017 (+ cycle 8km)
10,085 = 7,684 + 2,400 : Thu 12 Oct 2017 (+ cycle 8km)
3,956 = 3,956 + : Wed 11 Oct 2017
13,258 = 8,033 + 4,750 + 475 : Tue 10 Oct 2017 (+ 1.1km swim)
7,439 = 7,439 : Mon 9 Oct 2017
4,130 = 170 + 3,960 : Sun 8 Oct 2017 (+ 3km walk)
24,653 = 9,653 + 15,000 : Sat 7 Oct 2017 (+ row 12km, 1.15hr)
10,238 = 7,838 + 2,400 : Fri 6 Oct 2017 (+ cycle 8km)
16,426 = 8,801 + 4,750 + 475 + 2,400 : Thu 5 Oct 2017 (+ cycle 8km + 1.1km swim)

14,887 = 10,087 + 2,400 + 2,400 : Wed 4 Oct 2017 (+ cycle 8km + cycle 8km)

4,287 = 4,287 : Tue 3 Oct 2017

7,266 = 7,266 : Mon 2 Oct 2017
6,643 = 6,643 : Sun 1 Oct 2017

4,918 = 4,918 : Sat 30 Sep 2017

9,838 = 9,838 : Fri 29 Sep 2017

11,882 = 10,822 + 1,060 : Thu 28 Sep 2017 (+row 5')
14,639 = 8,899 + 2,120 + 3,620 : Wed 27 Sep 2017 (+ run 20' + row 10')

6,234 = 6,234 : Tue 26 Sep 2017

9,127 = : Mon 25 Sep 2017

4,454 = 2,079 + 2,375 : Sun 24 Sep 2017 (+ swim 500m)

20,800 = 8,800 + 12,000 : Sat 23 Sep 2017 (+ row 12km, 60min)
11,745 = 9,345 + 2,400 : Fri 22 Sep 2017 (+ cycle 8km)
10,374 = 7,974 +2,400 : Thu 21 Sep 2017 (+ cycle 8km)
13,357 = 8,557 + 2,400 + 2,400 : Wed 20 Sep 2017 (+ cycle 8km + cycle 8km)
10,413 = 8,013 + 2,400 : Tue 19 Sep 2017 (+ cycle 8km)

7,166 = 7,166 : Mon 18 Sep 2017

18,766 = 6,766 + 12,000 : Sun 17 Sep 2017 (+ row 12km, 60min)

2,805 = 2,805 : Sat 16 Sep 2017

16,446 = 11,646 + 4,800 : Fri 15 Sep 2017
13,169 = 10,769 + 2,400 : Thu 14 Sep 2017
13,902 = 9,102 + 1,200 + 1,200 + 2,400 : Wed 13 Sep 2017
14,146 = 6,996 + 2,400 + 4,750 : Tue 12 Sep 2017
6,659 = 6,659 : Mon 11 Sep 2017
1,685 = 1,685 : Sun 10 Sep 2017
4,429 = 4,429 : Sat 9 Sep 2017
7,366 = 4,966 + 2,400: Fri 8 Sep 2017
7,387 = 4,987 + 2,400 : Thu 7 Sep 2017
15,818 = 9,218 + 4,200 + 2,400 : Wed 6 Sep 2017
17,057 = 10,456 + 4,200 + 2,400  : Tue 5 Sep 2017
14,211 = 7,061 + 2,400 + 4,750 : Mon 4 Sep 2017
2,939 = 2,939 : Sun 3 Sep 2017
11,042 = 11,042 : Sat 2 Sep 2017
16,163 = 11,413 + 4,750 : Fri 1 Sep 2017
10,031 = 7,331 + 2,700 : Thu 31 Aug 2017
16,940 = 10,004 + 4,200 + 2,700 : Wed 30 Aug 2017
17,050 = 9,600 + 2,700 + 4,750 : Tue 29 Aug 2017
8,246 = 5,546 + 2,700 : Mon 28 Aug 2017

Research/References:
https://www.verywell.com/whats-typical-for-average-daily-steps-3435736

An election game

Research links:
UK 2015 general election results
Daily Kos Elections presents the best map ever of United States congressional districts
Maps of the 2016 US presidential election results
The New United States of America (if every US state had the same population what would the map of America look like?)

Some command line stuff

ls -ltTR | awk '{print ""substr($0,index($0,$10))""","$6" "$7" "$8", "$9", "$5}' > folderlist.csv