[Article] My Polyamory is Boring 🔗
A conversation with another openly-polyamorous blogger led us to ask one another why we don't write about our relationship structure more-often. In my [...]
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[Note] Remembering the 90s Web 🔗
This morning I had a lovely meeting with Andreas Marakis, who's researching the sociological impact of the Web of the 1990s on people who experienced [...]
[Reply] Is midnight in the middle of the night? 🔗
Niki wondered whether "midnight" is actually the middle of the night and discovered that it pretty much is. I explain that this is because he's in Ber [...]
[Repost] I want my friends to have blogs too 🔗
Daniel loves blogs and loves blogging, but wishes that more of the people in his 'real life' blogged too. I get it, Daniel! [...]
[Repost] AI is not a person 🔗
And it's important to remember that. Chris Ferdinandi has some direct words, and I expand upon them. [...]
[Article] I Hate (Most) Keyboard ‘Fn’ Keys 🔗
Sometimes keyboards come with a 'Fn' key that allows some of their context-sensitive keys to do particular general-purpose functions. Sometimes these [...]
[Note] F-Day plus 115 🔗
115 days since our house flood, the beginnings of the very first of the remedial works are taking place. Today, builders will drill through and lift p [...]
[Article] So Unbelievable it Sounds Like you Googled It 🔗
DeGoogling is so... 2010s. Let's make the 2020s the decade where we redefine Google as a verb. In the age of AI-first search, "to Google" now ought to [...]
[Note] Yodawg 🔗
"Size matters not. Look at me. Judge me by my size, do you? Hmm? Hmm." [...]
[Article] F-Day plus 113 🔗
It's been 113 days since my house flooded and it's almost time for repair work to start! But first, I've got some repair work of my own to do: to a de [...]
[Note] The improvement to code quality that drops the coverage metric 40%! 🔗
Working with an old codebase today, I moved a method from one file to another. CI was happy. Then I realised the method didn’t have any automated test [...]
[Note] The Amazing Digital Circus: The Last Act [contains spoilers] [RSS Exclusive!] 🔗
This post is secret; you can only find it via my RSS feeds (and places which syndicate them). It's okay to talk about it or link to it, though. Thanks [...]
[Note] Optional AUP 🔗
Got to say, it’s very sporting of AWS to make compliance with their terms of service and acceptable use policy optional. [...]
[Repost] Hackers Simply Asked Meta AI to Give Them Access to High-Profile Instagram Accounts. It Worked 🔗
Meta decided to replace a lot of their tech support with a chatbot. Which meant giving that chatbot the power to manipulate data. Which meant, to the [...]
[Note] Sending a test email from WordPress/ClassicPress using WP-CLI 🔗
Note to self: ignore all the search results that say to install a plugin. The absolute fastest way to send a test email from a WordPress/ClassicPress [...]
[Article] The “ChangeNames.co.uk” Scam 🔗
Today, somebody who's running a scammy personal information collection campaign hidden beneath the veneer of a buggy free deed poll service that compe [...]
[Article] Converting ISO Country Codes to Flag Emojis 🔗
Did you know that there's a simple formula you can use to convert from an ISO two-letter country code to the emoji of the flag of that country. I've m [...]
[Note] Ground White Pepper 🔗
There are many things I don’t like about the kitchen in the Chicory House where we’re living medium-term following our house flood. But I like the fac [...]
[Note] Wikipedia @ 25: Surface plasmon resonance 🔗
I think I'm probably done with my blog (and podcast) series of Wikpedia @ 25 posts. It's been a surprising amount of work. But don't think I've sto [...]
[Repost] Disabling AI in WordPress 7.0 🔗
Nicholas A. Ferrell explains how to tell WordPress 7.0 to keep its AI features disabled, and I share my alternative approach: use a fork - ClassicPres [...]
[Repost] Bringing Three Rings volunteers together: doing remote-first in person, and what to eat in a crisis 🔗
JTA wrote a LinkedIn post about Three Rings, its remote-first culture, doing things in person, and crisis management, and it's brilliant. [...]
[Repost] Is AI Profitable Yet? 🔗
No surprises from this website, but it's interesting/staggering to see quite how LARGE the disparity between spending and profit is for some of these [...]
[Article] Wikipedia @ 25: Carl Person 🔗
As I continue my 25-consecutive-days-of-Wikipedia, today's random article of the day was Carl Person, a lawyer with an interesting history. [...]
[Note] Twenty Inches 🔗
I let the elder kid choose her lunch. She chose a pizza so huge that each slice is larger than her entire face. Needless to say, she needed a little h [...]
[Note] My Biggest Fan 🔗
As both the UK’s heatwave and my up-and-down England road trip continue, I think I’ve finally found a fan big enough to cool me off. [...]
[Note] Pied Wagtail and Coffee 🔗
Drinking a coffee while editing a podcast episode in the beautiful Ullswater valley, and this lovely little pied wagtail came by to say good morning! [...]
[Article] Wikipedia @ 25: Cirrothauma Murrayi 🔗
Today, Wikipedia introduced me to a mysterious deep-dwelling octopus. So cool! [...]
[Note] Self-clear area 🔗
I spent a while failing to interpret this sign. It seemed to be saying that if you didn’t clear your tray… then you’d get ketchup poured on your wrist [...]
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It’s been too damn hot out, so Ruth, the kids, and I took refuge at the snow park of an indoor ski centre! [...]
[Note] Wikipedia @ 25: Milices Patriotiques 🔗
My random Wikipedia article of the day was Milices Patriotiques, who were a 22,000-strong communist group and part of the Belgian resistance in the Se [...]