These are the things I need to nail to have a solid round of golf:

1. A consistent swing with 3 wood or driver, work on the advice provided in this video to be more in to out with a weaker grip
2. A consistent 5-7 iron swing, consistently hit draws again
3. Solid putting, good routine and aim for no 3 putts

If I do this my rounds will be in the 80s. If I don't do this I'll continue to be inconsistent.

State of origin. A repeat of the 1899 Grand Final. Two interstate teams.

This is the Grand Final I was hoping for based on the participants in the Preliminary Finals. Hoping for a cracker next week.

I also got both of my tips right too (even the margin exactly correct for Brisbane).

It was a brilliant win. Cameron Rayner is an absolute tank and can turn games. He sometimes just gets ice cold and is too inconsistent to trust.

DHH has some terrible takes. But there are some nuggets in here.

This is a fascinating security vulnerability and a great write of the debugging steps taken.

This level of security research blows my mind. Some software engineers are very very smart.

Boots turns 2 today. This Tiktok epitomises his life so far.

He really is a wonderful dog though. He's one of the best things in my life.

I was saying to Emma yesterday how far he's come on walks in the last 9 months. He used to be very pully on the leash and had poor recall when he was off leash at the dog park.

Now I can:

• Walk with him loose leash, he's at his best when me and Emma go for our lunch time walks and it's about 500 metres into the walk, he happily walks in the middle of us
• Reliably let him off leash and he'll come back when called especially when his true master Emma is there

Happy birthday Boots.

Two close games last week. Hopefully we get similar quality of football this week:

Sydney vs Port Adelaide

The fascinating part of this is that Sydney lost to Port by 100+ points only a few weeks ago. Sydney have a soft underbelly. If Port come out play hard and put pressure on this will be close. If Sydney's guns play well they win (Heeney, Warner).

Prediction: Sydney by 6

Geelong vs Brisbane

I'm praying Brisbane win this. I'm sick of Geelong being good and winning Grand Finals. Brisbane deserve it based on coming so close last year. Just deserving a flag means nothing though.

Prediction: Brisbane by 10

The leaked Google Doc is absolutely fascinating. I don't really like the style of videos they produce but I have watched a lot of them.

The key characteristic outlined here, if you read between the hustle-culture lines, is learning. Employees who constantly learn are valued. Employees who don’t are not.

I found a bit of success today hitting 3 wood off the tee.

Some thoughts:

• With my more neutral grip I can aim basically at target and the ball should go slightly right to left if hit well
• Tee it pretty low, the main bad shot is hitting it fat
• It doesn't go as far as driver but it's also much more forgiving, there's less chance of being completely out of play
• Still hit driver when you're feeling confident, but maybe the stock club on par 4s and 5s should be the 3 wood