This email is AWFUL!
I mean this as more of a case study than a grumble.
But this is a GENUINE invoice from the De Vere hotel I stayed in.
Spam red flags in my brain:
1) I was not expecting it
2) It was sent at a strange time
3) I don’t recognise the name or email domain
4) They messed up my name
5) Other than my surname, there is no personalization at all!
6) There is an attachment with a name that means nothing.
7) It just… looks like spam!
It’s TERRIBLE!!
I have found a map of the severed floor!
Oh no.
Wait.
This is the hotel I stayed at this weekend.
Actually got to solving this one!
Hooray! I solved today's #WordlePress in 11 guesses! 🎉🎉🎉
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Flippin real old-school deep internet magic happened this week.
There was a discussion about an old C64 game that was beloved by a couple of people including me.
Someone saw this and posted that they were in-person with the developer of that game.
The next day the dev joined Mastodon to join in the conversation and we could tell him direct how amazing his work was.
This… THIS is what the internet and social media should be like, and, as far as I remember, was for some time a while back.
A thing I've realised.
Part of why often feel like I'm failing is that I don't get feedback.
When I ask for feedback I genuinely want it (but positive and/or constructive please!!)
If I don't get any feedback I assume I must be doing something wrong, because I know I'm not perfect and I want to be better.
Hmm…
(I also need to get better at giving feedback in some contexts… more hmm…)
The eldest’s “Catering” lessons are the absolute bain of my life right now. It’s 22:17 and I’ve just realised he needs to take a single sprig of thyme and half a vegetable stock cube that we don’t have to school tomorrow.
And if I don’t find them he’ll be punished for my disorganisation.
Gah!!
Oh, big technology sighs.
I recorded a MacOS Voice Memo that I might turn into a piece of published audio. I figured I could just export it.
But no. Well yes. You can. It's deceptively easy in fact. But totally hidden. (Just drag and drop to Finder if you want the m4a file.)
Right then. Editing. Let's try Descript. That used to be really good?
Descript seems to be running super slow and being totally unusable. Just me? Or has it gone very downhill?
I just want to record and edit audio!!!
We went to the aquarium yesterday with the kids. So they were a bit crazy about marine biology.
"What’s your favourite sea creature?” asked my youngest.
“Hmmm. I think it's the camel?”
It's terrible, I know. But see if you took as long as they did.
Rift Notes is a very interesting little notes app for iOS/iPad. Markdown. Chat-like interface. Tags. Search. Sync via iCloud.
https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/rift-notes-retro-style-notes/id6739888423
H/T Installer Newsletter
Makes me want to code up a quick PWA for location getting and conversion. 🤔
The linked post is worth a read. W3W seems so good on the surface, but dig a little and it’s really not.
There are better alternatives:
Open Location Codes (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Location_Code) are implemented by Google as Plus Codes (https://maps.google.com/pluscodes/)
And if you’re in the UK there is a free Ordnance Survey locator app (App Store: https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/os-locate/id810024913)
https://mastodon.green/@Philsturgeon/114360649451117125
Highly inspired by @samwho.dev’s work.
Was reminded of my 161% nerdy and totally over-the-top write up of the static-hosted, “serverless” 2-player scramble game I made.
Binary encodings ahoy!!!
(I, like, literally can’t believe I did so much thinking and wrote so many words about “minimal Scrabble game encodings”. 🤣)
https://rosswintle.uk/2024/04/static-not-scrabble/
Game (Free! No login!!):
After hearing this I’m revisiting the epic email I sent about my care when I had appendicitis.
It’s almost comically funny in hindsight. But actually life-and-death serious.
I KNOW the health system is under great strain. I have utmost respect for everyone on the front line. But really, just understanding patients points of view better would help so much.
If you’ve ever had a bad healthcare experience, and in particular (but not exclusively) if you are neurodivergent, this podcast is worth a listen. It will make you feel validated. And it’s full of tips for how to get good care.
Helen’s not here, but THANK YOU FOR THIS WHOLE SERIES!!!
So the stuff about LLMs hallucinating dependencies is such a prime example of where GenAI’s non-determinism falls horribly flat. A vastly more complicated and resource hungry way of doing it wrong.
I am convinced that there are better ways to speed up coding than this.
Hang on. Hang on. Y’all have TALKING PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS???
What do they normally say???
https://www.theverge.com/news/647830/crosswalk-hack-musk-zuckerberg-voices-california
If anyone is wondering what this is, it's my browser extension that adds a command palette to any WordPress site that you log in to.
And if you're wondering why this might be hard, it's because it's a browser extension and therefore 100% JavaScript, front-end code. No knowledge of the back-end at all.
Have been sat in bed today feeling poorly. So got back to hacking on Turbo Admin.
They said it couldn't be done, but plugin install is now working great and lots of related multisite bugs fixed.
They also said integration with User Switching couldn't be done. But it really wasn't too hard.
No mouses were harmed, or even used, in the recording of this video.
@ivory Ivory on MacOS (v2.3.3) keeps resetting me to a single huge column. I usually have it on 3 columns. Is this a known issue?
Frick. This is amazing! Turns photos – or your webcam – into ASCII.