Cameron

Dias-Doyle

Hi, I'm Cameron, and I'm a software engineer living in Edinburgh, Scotland.

A Mile An Hour

27 June 2020 - 15 min read

A while back now, I stumbled upon a video online of a guy in Australia who spent twenty-four hours running a mile an hour around his block, in between doing odd jobs and being generally productive. I remember watching it and thinking: “I could do that”. So last weekend, I did.

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Dysplasia

26 January 2020 - 4 min read

A few months ago, we took Charlie to the vets, and after x-rays and blood tests, received the news that he has hip dysplasia in both hips - a diagnosis that will, sadly, heavily curtail all of his favourite activities.

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Canicross

26 January 2020 - 5 min read

Charlie and I started running Canicross competitively about 18 months ago, and racing quickly became one of his favourite things to do. We did our 20th race last weekend, but I don’t know how many more we’ll have left together.

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Avaloq

01 October 2019 - 3 min read

Two and a half years ago, or thereabouts, I left my first professional job at CGI. Recently, a new opportunity presented itself, and last week I once again realigned my career trajectory towards pastures new.

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Injured

15 July 2019 - 4 min read

I briefly mentioned in my last post about breaking my running streak due to contracting sepsis. While that was frustrating for me, the last few months haven’t exactly gone smoothly in getting back into running. I have to admit though, most of that is due to my own impatience.

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Limits

06 June 2019 - 4 min read

My first blog post in over half a year. Not the longest gap between posts, but I definitely feel like I’m moving further and further away from writing regularly, and I think this is because I’ve found my limit of plates I can spin at once.

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