21/04/2019, 20:53

Weekend/holiday hacking: I’ve further developed my Pinboard Sync WordPress plugin. Anyone interested in having this in the WP repo? It:
– Copies Pinboard pins to a WordPress post type
– Includes tags in a custom taxonomy
– Will run through WP Cron and/or a WP-CLI command

05/04/2019, 18:47

Despite being a super tech geek, I think this is the first trip Iā€™ve made where I trust the tech enough to be pretty much working on digital tickets and cashless. Itā€™s weird. My phone now does EVERYTHING!

01/04/2019, 10:37

Loads of people complaining about April Fools day this year. I actually LIKE April Fools Day. I like spotting them. I like being fooled by them…a bit. I LOVE the creativity. And given the state of the world, I think we need a lot more playfulness and fun.

28/03/2019, 15:53

Navigating the streets with my girl on her bike always brings out smiles. This article with lots of girls on bikes made ME smile! Love it.

“Let’s show more girls riding bikes – then perhaps more girls will ride bikes. Here’s a few to start with….”

https://w4e.uk/girlsonbikes

25/03/2019, 21:28

Oh my goodness Iā€™m such a hippy. Iā€™m making sourdough. Iā€™ve just made humous from scratch. And my next move might be yoga. Do I win some kind of prize?

14/03/2019, 22:32

You know, this week has left me really jaded about the web design/development industry. I donā€™t know who can be trusted any more. I darenā€™t interact or discuss. Iā€™m questioning even my own motives. And Iā€™m really sad and confused. šŸ˜•

But we get past it and carry on.

14/03/2019, 22:31

This ā€œLift the Flap – Computers and Codingā€
Book is a bit rubbish. It only has 4 flaps to lift! šŸ˜‰

14/03/2019, 22:29

Been meaning to add a little “Maker Log” to my blog to record some of what I’m up to:

* Add a WordPress post type
* Add a custom widget
* Make a WP-CLI remote command to post to it from the command line

Neat!

All at https://rosswintle.uk

10/03/2019, 18:33

Product idea: a plate with a cover thatā€™s connected to a sensor in a cushion you put on a chair. The cover only opens when it detects the presence of a child sitting fully on the chair. You HAVE to sit on the chair to be able to eat the food!

Now someone please make this. Ta!

04/03/2019, 21:56

I still have a large bunch of content updates to do, but I wanted to get this out. There. It’s done! *phew*

04/03/2019, 21:53

BREAKING! (probably literally): I had this crazy idea for re-making my personal website/blog. I’m still not sure if it’s a great idea, or a terrible one. But go have a play anyway and let me know what you think. Still a work in progress, somewhat.

https://rosswintle.uk/