Author: Ross Wintle

@mattgrayyes Hello! I’ve had you fireworks video queued up to watch for ages. I just found it and watched it. It’s a great little piece of film and you and the team clearly put a lot of effort into it. Great job. Thanks for entertaining and educating us!! 😃

For ages I’ve thought I’m someone who’s really very bad at making long term predictions. For example, I thought putting cameras in phones was a stupid idea.

But recent experience suggests that I may be quite the visionary sometimes!

– WordPress command palettes
– My social media choices
– Opinions about JavaScript
– Thoughts on the WordPress block editor

Experience has taught me things. There is wisdom in the years.

Klarna took over the Stocard app in the UK. What’s a good way to store loyalty card barcodes on iOS? Can I just add them to wallet somehow?
https://chaos.social/@leyrer/113667064197803074

I was thinking about generative AI today with all these messed up images and videos going round and I decided it’s like a fruit machine. You pull the handle and you might get something good out of it. Or you might not. But one thing happens every time: a very rich person gets a tiny bit richer!

@sarajw How have you been today? Hope it’s been more positive!

I actually shouted “That’s bovine!!” At my computer yesterday. Though I realise I should actually have shouted “NOT SO!”

Loving the legal streams. @questauthority.bsky.social has such a great way with words.

“Have no doubt: ‘not so’ is a two word variant of something that is much more commonly expressed as a single word. And that single word has certain… umm… bovine implications”

Gosh, it's slow work. And not quite there yet. But gosh I had fun with my little PICO-8 cookie-clicker game this evening!

https://santa-factory.pico.games/

Why are some new App Store apps showing “17+ years old”?

Is this an App Store bug?

I’ve seen two this week.

This is somewhat dramatised, but it's also an accurate explainer of my Sunday evening woes.

Come on a journey with me as I – an experienced developer – dive into old WordPress theme code, find myself in an enormous tangle, and question my competence.

https://rosswintle.uk/2024/12/im-not-sure-i-understand-themes-old-wordpress-code-journey/

Proud of myself for getting back to blood donation today. It’s been 10 years!! My 22nd donation was totally fine. They shove a lot of biscuits and water into you these days! And you have to do weird butt-tensing exercises. But it’s all good.

I’m O- so I’m a special “first responder”. Topping up the stock of magic blood for Christmas.

I discovered this feature of PHP while live coding during a conference talk.

It was quite funny.
https://mastodon.social/@nunomaduro/113622551898494766

My habit of keeping interesting things open in tabs on my mobile is still WAY out of hand. So I'm challenging myself to blog them as I close them down. 10 a day. Yes, I had a LOT of open tabs!

Today: Social media tools, more retro games, web security, and eBooks!

https://rosswintle.uk/2024/12/old-tabs-part-12/

I think I'm just gonna keep doing this until my dinner's ready.

I'm challenging myself to blog my mobile tabs as I close them down. 10 a day. This is part 11.

https://rosswintle.uk/2024/12/old-tabs-part-11/

This one is mostly games. Silly games. Retro games. Word games. And more!