Author: Ross Wintle

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!

My habit of keeping open tabs on my mobile is still WAY out of hand. So I'm blogging them as I close them down. 10 a day. This is part 10. You can call it part 1 of season 2 if you like.

Company comms, new newsletters, WordPress plugins, and legal-ish documents.

https://rosswintle.uk/2024/12/old-tabs-part-10/

@quicheindustries Thank you for your browser. An amazing product. Don’t know how I didn’t come across it before.

I have two requests:

1) I would love a button that turns one search engine search into a different one. Like “Do this search, but in Google”. I often search with DDG as default. But it’s not good enough and I want to use Google instead.

2) A big ask, but iCloud sync/backup would just make it perfect.

Also: I would pay way more for this product.

💙

What the heck? Trying out the Quiche browser for iOS from @quicheindustries

https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/quiche-internet-web-browser/id1668363952

Frickin amazing.

What’s the catch?

A superb product. Almost set it to default browser and paid for the “plus” immediately. Gonna give it a day or two. But wow.

This is what Arc should have done in mobile.

My gym is shut for refurbishment. And I never thought I’d say this but: I miss swimming!

I’m a terrible swimmer. And I had several formative experiences that put me off swimming. (Nothing dangerous.)

But I’ve been developing some technique and finding it less difficult and very “mindful”.

And I miss it.

Inspired by this… Thanks (again) Rhys!
https://toot.wales/@rhyswynne/113595624347385344

Yesterday I had never coded in Lua or built anything on the PICO-8 "fantasy console” (a little emulated retro computer).

Today I have a very basic cookie-clicker game!

Yes, the visuals are terrible. (I'm just experimenting with sprites and drawing right now). And there's no music/sound.

How many presents can you make for Santa before Christmas arrives?!

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