Month: February 2024

@rhyswynne Can I blame Bairstowe for this nonsense I’m watching? 😂

As of today I will not have a reseller hosting account.

I started freelancing in 2011 and wanted to help people and small businessss get online.

I was generous with time and help. And I don’t regret it.

But it was very laborious and low value.

I was not about to just say “I’m closing. Deal with it.” I hand-held every migration.

I do t regret it. But I would not do this again. And I would not recommend freelancers and small agencies re-sell hosting.

Get clients their own accounts.

The dad in this video has totally nailed parenting. What an inspiration! (The kid is cool too!)

https://youtu.be/kjwjyRAxGGw?si=z5zkf4EiQ8078qmj

Thanks for the recommendation @davatron5000

A THREE BLOG POST DAY!!!

Let's check in on those habits I was making for a better me in 2024.

(Spoiler: Covid has really messed things up this last week or so! But… doing really well generally!)

https://rosswintle.uk/2024/02/how-are-those-new-habits-going/

I've finished reading, not one, but TWO books in 2024!

Brief thoughts on both of them:

Doughnut Economics: https://rosswintle.uk/2024/02/book-doughnut-economics-by-kate-raworth/

Indie Microblogging: https://rosswintle.uk/2024/02/book-indie-microblogging-by-manton-reece/

– All holes are par 6.
– Fairway boosts your shot
– Sand reduces your shot
– You can always choose to “putt” (move 1 space)

The course algorithm is really interesting and hard to get right.

I plot a single tee, fairway, hole, water and sand tile. And each “grows” according to some rules.

But it’s not perfect. You sometimes get straight-lines and odd shapes. Needs refinement.

The paper people did real good!

I wasn’t going to share this because:
– it’s kinda boring
– it’s a digital rip-off of something that was explicitly anti-digital
– it’s worse than the original

But I made it. So here it is…

A one-page, dice-based golf game:

https://golf.pico.games/

I mostly made this because I thought the random course-generation was an interesting algorithm.

I did an OK job, but others have done better.

Implemented in HTML/CSS/Tailwind/AlpineJS.

Please buy this … it’s much better!

https://gladdendesign.com/products/paper-apps-golf

I _think_ I got my browser-based Markdown notes app working for non-Chrome/Chromium browsers.

https://notes.veryuseful.app/

Without the filesystem write API you need to do a manual save. But notes are persisted in local storage until you do that.

(On Chrome it autosaves every few seconds)

Seems like a good solution for now.

Added some instructions too!

Loving these little tinkerings!

Hang on… @pidgin still exists! What?! 🤯

My kid is learning logic gates in computing at school.

Sent him out the door today with a cheery “Enjoy learning about logic gates today! Or…not?”

🥸

Ugh. This Covid is BAD. I don’t remember being so ill for so long for YEARS. Sure I’ve had lingering colds and viruses. But nothing quite like I’ve felt this week. 😭