2024-10-03 18:47:28

I don’t know if it’s brain-age or my gen-X cultural baggage or what, but I really struggle with real-time decision making with online chat. Especially when it’s across multiple work streams.

The young folk just seem to be able to do this whereas I’m all: “chat is for _making_ decisions, docs are for _recording_ them.”

2024-10-03 17:45:16

A PSA:

If you use ACF free or any of the free versions of Delicious Brains/WP Engine plugins then you will want to read about how to get updates to them in future.

https://www.advancedcustomfields.com/blog/

Note that this does not apply to Pro versions. Only the free versions from wordpress.org or installed using the search in WP Admin.

2024-10-03 17:35:42

A PSA:

If you use ACF free or any of the free versions of Delicious Brains/WP Engine plugins then you will want to read about how to get updates to them in future.

Note that this does not apply to Pro versions. Only the free versions from wordpress.org or installed using the search in WP Admin.

2024-09-28 23:05:51

Watched this Hands On with Meta's fancy new prototype glasses.

I'm not a fan of Meta at all. But as a technology prospect this is:
– Way way WAY more appealing than the Vision Pro
– Still not appealing at all – why would I want my computer on my face – it's hard enough to keep my phone in my pocket! Notifications sent to my eyeballs? No thanks!

youtube.com/watch?v=ynLm-QvsW0

2024-09-23 19:59:52

Tra-la-laa. So…. What’s going on in the tech world? Anything fun that I should know about?

Some fun project? Some generous sharing of knowledge?

I might have to build another silly web game. Any requests?

🙈🙉🙊

2024-09-22 22:35:22

ShuffleDuck (little game I built this weekend) is very silly ridiculously competitive. 🤣

I've styled it now too – bit of a TaskMaster theme.

It's pass-and-play. Just hold the red button for power, release your duck, and annoy your friend!

duck.pico.games/

2024-09-22 13:42:02

We have started naming the rest of the Whole Family. It’s not as easy as we thought.

The dad is Douglas Alexander Whole

The mum is Chiara Whole (Chi for short)

The daughter is Philippa Whole

There is a cousin who married into the Black family and double-barreled their name too.

2024-09-21 18:28:22

Made an accidental good joke today while intending to make a bad one.

My wife was sarcastically reading that “This delicious vegetarian recipe is great for the whole family”

Me: Is that Mr and Mrs Whole and their children?

Wife: 🤨

Me: don’t they have a daughter called Philippa?

Wife: 🤨

Me: like “Pip”. “Pip hole”. “Piip hole”… “Peep hole?”

Wife: Oh. I thought you meant “Fill-up-a hole!”

😂😂

2024-09-17 23:15:14

I bought 9 CDs today. Yes. CDs.

Why?

Because in my new office I found a reasonably good speaker with an iPod dock.

And then I remembered I had an old iPod lying around.

And you can still sync music to it.

But only music you own. None of the DRM’d streaming stuff.

So I've bought a bunch of pre-loved CDs that I intend to rip and copy to my iPod.

Living the dream!

Might buy a BluRay player next and update my old DVD collection!