About this episode

Adam and Peter discuss Adam's trip to the Cook Islands, running training, coffee blogs, and various tech challenges.

In episode 248 of Blurring the Lines, Adam Bell and Peter Nikolaidis discuss Adam’s recent trip to the Cook Islands, the history of Polynesian ocean voyages, and Peter’s training for upcoming races including a trail 10K, a half marathon, and the Athens Marathon. They also cover the launch of Peter’s new running and coffee blogs, troubleshooting HTTPS certificate issues, coffee brewing methods, the complexity of taxes when hobbies become businesses, VPN challenges while traveling, and reflections on Synology NAS storage and the declining cost of data storage. Links: Synology 5-Bay DiskStation DS1525+ (Diskless) - https://amzn.to/4scUaMyGL.iNet GL-BE3600 (Slate 7) Portable Travel Router - https://amzn.to/3Nrz6TxTailscale - https://tailscale.com/Mullvad VPN - https://mullvad.net/enYoutube - https://youtu.be/LXv85-S6Ax0 Learn More About the Hosts: PeterNikolaidis.comhttps://YogaWithPeter.com https://friendswithbrews.com PeterDrinksCoffee.com PeterRuns.com Adam BellRoaming Roan Lavender Farmhttps://rrlavenderfarm.com

People in this episode

Hosts: Adam Bell, Peter Nikolaidis

Topics covered

• Polynesian ocean voyages
• running
• coffee brewing methods
• HTTPS certificate issues
• taxes and hobbies
• VPN challenges
• data storage

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Synology, Tailscale, Mullvad VPN

Products: Synology 5-Bay DiskStation DS1525+, iNet GL-BE3600 (Slate 7) Portable Travel Router

Books & works: YogaWithPeter.com, friendswithbrews.com, PeterDrinksCoffee.com, PeterRuns.com, Roaming Roan Lavender Farm

Places: Cook Islands

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