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  • Reflux patterns don’t reveal themselves overnight

    There’s a gap between what people think is causing their reflux and what’s actually causing it. The obvious suspects — coffee, alcohol, spicy food —…

    April 2, 2026

    Adam Elston

    Health & Nutrition
    diet, gut-health, health, nutrition, wellness
  • The writers group

    We met weekly, in the Tavistock Hotel. Dark, winter evenings after work. Exhausted, always, as I left my workstation and made my way through the…

    March 30, 2026

    Adam Elston

    Writing
  • Velorific: why I built it, what I’ve done so far, and where it’s going

    Velorific started from a simple need: most nutrition tracking tools are either too generic, too fiddly (I always really struggled to log food on the…

    March 29, 2026

    Adam Elston

    Projects
    app development, diet, endurance sport, exercise, fitness, FuelPilot, health, nutrition, personal project, product thinking, quantified self, running, Strava, training, weight-loss
  • Building Reflux Radar

    How I built an iOS app to track acid reflux triggers using AI meal parsing and pH colour-coding — and what I learned along the…

    March 27, 2026

    Adam Elston

    Projects
  • Haunted house

    The house accommodates the man, holds his life. And, in the empty rooms, memories, like dust, lie all around. There is time to be happy,…

    November 3, 2025

    Adam Elston

    Writing
    blog, Personal essay, Writing
  • Nothing happens, but everything changes

    In the stillness there are faint clicks, creaks. The house awakes. Outside, a first bird sings. He makes his breakfast, the usual routine. He could…

    November 3, 2025

    Adam Elston

    Writing
    blog, coffee, life, Writing
  • Things I love #2: Leatherman Wave

    My brother gave this to me. I don’t think he intended to, like it wasn’t planned as a present or anything – he had it…

    June 27, 2025

    Adam Elston

    Notes
    blog, coffee, coffee-machine, espresso, food
  • Things I love #1: Stove top coffee pot

    It’s a coffee pot. Some people call it a moka pot but I find that confusing as I always think of mocha, the drink?  I…

    June 12, 2025

    Adam Elston

    Notes
    blog, coffee, coffee-machine, espresso, food
  • The last time I saw my brother

    A recollection of the last time I saw my brother

    May 14, 2025

    Adam Elston

    Writing
    brothers, death, family, Grief, life, Memory, objects, Personal essay, Writing

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