LeftFooted's Antics

LeftFooted's Antics

Here... I just write about the most random stuff


We get what we get and we don't get upset

25 Jun 2025 5 minute read 0 comments LeftFooted

I got to my second favourite city in Europe at 5.30 in the afternoon. It was colder than I expected, but the sun was out, which is statistically not particularly common around here. I was tired. But it was still just the beginning of my day. I had h...

We're living in crazy times

24 Jun 2025 1 minute read 2 comments LeftFooted

There's a lot to unpack. Everyone has an opinion on Donald Trump, and everyone has an opinion on Joe Biden. But what's truly interesting is I've just seen Trump do something I never saw any other U.S. President do. Actually, I heard him and saw hi...

A €600 discount (maybe)

23 Jun 2025 1 minute read 0 comments LeftFooted

I'm three for three so far. So far, I've had three flights cancelled/delayed on me, and I was compensated all three times. As many people know, you're entitled to compensation if your flight's delayed by more than three or six hours, or if it's can...

Everything is expensive

22 Jun 2025 1 minute read 2 comments LeftFooted

I'm now in one of my favourite cities in the world on business. The flight was paid for, as was the hotel, but I've snuck in an extra four days in the country to go to a different city I like, to catch up with friends, and obviously that's on me. T...

Quality is art, quantity is science

22 Jun 2025 1 minute read 0 comments LeftFooted

My mentor once told me when it comes to content, quality is art, but quantity is science. Translated, it doesn't really matter how good you are, the more content you put out there, the better. I think YouTube is a great example. I follow YouTubers...

Elon Musk wants to turn X into a financial app

21 Jun 2025 1 minute read 0 comments LeftFooted

Elon Musk and X CEO Linda Yaccarino have confirmed their goal of turning X into a superapp with financial services. The idea is to create something that's a lot more than just a social network. Speaking to the Financial Times, Yaccarino said the go...

Pavel Durov is allowed to travel again (sort of)

21 Jun 2025 1 minute read 0 comments LeftFooted

So in the end it went exactly like Pavel Durov told Tucker Carlson. Pavel Durov, who's been on house arrest (technically, sort of, he can freely move about France, more or less) since his controversial arrest in Paris last summer, will be allowed to...

This is where the next tech battle will be fought

13 Jun 2025 1 minute read 0 comments LeftFooted

A lot of people talk about AI, and rightly so, I get it, but there's another tech problem, a tech battle if you will, that's not gonna have to be fought. As I'm writing, I have about 30 tabs open across two browser, and all of these tabs are using u...

Michael Saylor actually owns a yacht named after one of his failures

12 Jun 2025 1 minute read 1 comment LeftFooted

In the mid 1990s, Michael Saylor began buying domains because he thought he might turn them into successful businesses. Which he did. Some of his domains sold years later for tens of millions. However, one of these domains failed. It was Usher.com,...

Telegram's Pavel Durov gives first interview since his arrest

12 Jun 2025 1 minute read 0 comments LeftFooted

Pavel Durov, co-founder of Telegram, gave his first interview since his arrest in Paris last year. On August 24, 2024, Durov was arrested at Le Bourget Airport in Paris on various charges, but the real reason was never made clear. Durov essentially...