2024-08-09 13:45:00

I did a holiday!!

I never announce this until it’s over. But we’re home. So yay for beaches and beach lodges and games and ice creams.

2024-08-08 07:44:54

I'm toying with the idea that, if you have a command palette, you may not need all the menu items. So maybe Turbo Admin should be able to hide menus… ?

(On all of your WP dashboards, of course!)

2024-07-28 07:55:25

Last night I saw Shakespeare! We saw a company called The Handlebards (who cycle from gig to gig) perform a hilarious production of A Midummer Night's Dream.

Four women playing all the parts with rapid-fire costume changes, some modern twists, and all "in the round" in a beautiful local park.

A really fun evening.

2024-07-25 10:25:57

This is the perfect description of bored parent life on The Vergecast:

“You’re in this headspace … where you’re just exhausted and you’re like ‘I want to play a game. I don’t want to use my brain at all. And I’m going to need to play this game for somewhere between 1 minute and 5 hours.’”

I’m have bad news for @imdavidpierce

I can vouch for the fact that this is still true when they’re age 12!!! 😂

pca.st/episode/c1eb95ae-501a-4

2024-07-25 09:30:25

(Someone will likely now tell me all the awful things about Tapo gear. Security and privacy and icky stuff. Right?)

2024-07-25 09:29:31

User experience counts!

I’m generally anti-smart-home. But we bought some smart plugs that we use on a heated airer to make sure it doesn’t stay on too long, and to measure energy use.

I’ve been SO impressed with the ease of use of these things (TP-Link/Tapo) that I made my new home-office a bit smart. Automations let me turn everything on or off and so on. With power monitoring too!

Tapo stuff is really easy to set up and the app is really good. That made me go back for more.