My son has made a book. Well, he’s made several. He wants to publish this one. It’s on a topic that ONLY he is enthusiastic about. What he’s made is INCREDIBLE for a 6 year old, but how to tell him it wouldn’t be published without making it sound like it’s rubbish?
29/09/2018, 21:45
A little write up of my tinkering with Geolocation APIs and seeing how hard it would be to build a “virtual” Beat the Street game:
https://rosswintle.uk/2018/09/beat-the-street-virtual-tinkering/
29/09/2018, 16:48
School homework task: “Write a silly story using 10 of your Year 1 common exception words”
Just 10? This is harder than it seems.
How about:
“They once said ‘come here’. Today my house is full!”
👍
27/09/2018, 13:14
People: Do you like the new MailChimp re-design?
Me: I’m the kind of person that looks for clothes with re-inforced knees, sturdy pocket linings and that are non-iron and machine-washable at 30. It still has lists and campaigns. It still sends emails. So it’s all good. 😉
26/09/2018, 22:04
Yay! I did it!
✅ At least 1 kid all day
✅ Both school runs
✅ Little one napped (eventually)
✅ Swim class at 4pm
✅ Everyone fed evening meals
✅ Solo double bedtime (!!!)
I know this is a normal day for many people. But it’s a personal triumph for me as an individual!
25/09/2018, 15:28
I wonder what happens if two people with Gmail just keep using the suggested responses. Would the conversation actually go anywhere?
21/09/2018, 08:52
Helpful IT Notice: Emails with your password in! 😱
21/09/2018, 08:33
(Not so) Silly product ideas I have bouncing around in my head:
* The “Bottle Brush”
* The Multi-Lock for Bikes
* 2FA for online and card-not-present bank transactions
Free ideas – someone go make them!
21/09/2018, 08:13
Wow. Such a busy week. I’m totally flagging today.
21/09/2018, 08:13
But then I’m the guy that has this crazy idea that congestion is caused by a combination of finite road network capacity and too many vehicles.
🤷♂️
21/09/2018, 08:12
I find it bizarre that the council ask the public what they think of solutions to traffic congestion. We don’t have survey data. We don’t have modelling software. I assume the traffic planners do? Can’t we make expensive decisions based on data rather than guesswork and opinion?
21/09/2018, 08:11
Oooh. Email spam with a valid-but-very-old password quoted in it. Interesting. That’s gonna freak a LOT of people out!
20/09/2018, 06:52
Well this was better. Rice flour really did help my issue of the dough getting stuck to the proving basket. Plus I used a less-dampntabke when shaping. Now need to work on the rise a bit! #sourdough
18/09/2018, 22:02
Late, but here’s my summary of last week in projects, posts & pins.
Featuring useful WordPress plugins & resources, a journal for kids’ wellbeing, a post about job titles 🙄 and useful tips for website owners.
17/09/2018, 11:04
Step 1 of “never getting involved in school communications” complete. You’ll hardly notice. In fact…I desperately hope that no one notices. Because that’s the point. 😃
16/09/2018, 13:27
Further to yesterday’s Tweets, I had fun writing up some basic SEO tips:
Be careful what you write! Basic SEO is easy, important, and really boring.
16/09/2018, 13:27
Yay. My question got featured in Craftivist’s weekly “Activist Whisperer” column. Thank you!!!
She shares some creative and gentle ways to engage with your MP: https://uk.lush.com/article/activist-whisperer-0
16/09/2018, 13:26
Sadly, one of my puncture repairs didn’t QUITE work. Anyone got a patch for this?!
16/09/2018, 13:26
(Yesterday, actually…cross-posting now)
#todayIMade
✅ 90 x Beat the Street points
✅ 2 x repaired inner tubes
✅ 1 x white sourdough loaf (currently proving)
✅ 0.25 x boarded-out and better (?) insulated lofts
*phew*
😃
16/09/2018, 13:25
Amazing to see so many people out playing Beat the Street in Swindon (https://beatthestreet.me/swindon). People are being so friendly and helpful. Special shout out to drivers who are giving families loads of time and space to cross busy roads. 👍👏😃