Ross's Micro Blog

👷 I’m at the point where I want to just round up all the brilliant people I’ve worked with and start some kind of software agency with them.

THAT would be amazing.

I work with and have worked with some completely brilliant people.

What a joy!!

☕ I’m more and more convinced that people are missing out on good coffee because “dark roast” has been marketed as “strong” and people want “strong” coffee.

I’m just loving lighter roasts gently filtered.

(Such a #coffeeSnob 😂)

⚠️ Testing an integration…

“We should stop using JavaScript. It has so many congenital defects. It really is a smelly language. There’s just a lot of crap in it.”

– Douglas Crockford, inventor of JSON, author of “JavaScript: The Good Parts”

https://youtu.be/lc5Np9OqDHU

Really boring traits that I’m increasingly valuing highly in both myself and others:

– Strong curiosity that doesn’t want mysteries unsolved
– The ability and desire to share knowledge, not hoard it
– The desire to write stuff down because you know you will forget it and others might want to know it
– The ability and patience to write clear and detailed instructions

This is cool. We should make some of our own tools:

https://tommcfarlin.com/remember-to-build-tools/

@jmj Hello! Thanks for making status.log!

I can’t log in with it. I’d this an app issue or a @adam one?

I just get a page with “Redirecting to <long auth url>”

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Putting all of the “late June" end-of-school-year activities in my calendar.

Why is so much of the “fun" stuff at school about public performance and being overly-sociable?

– Residential trips
– Theatrical productions
– "Sports" Day

Where is "Sitting in a quiet room and doing cool nerdy shit on your own day”?

Buying this thing has been a mental sprint. I went from “Oh heck, this old car is on its last legs” about two weeks ago to owning today and I’m exhausted with all the research and decision making. Mostly I’m glad it’s done and I don’t have to think about it any more.

Well. We have an EV. It’s the most expensive thing I’ve ever owned apart from my house (for reference, previous car cost about £7,000 in 2012).

It’s AMAZING!! I’m super happy. We need to do a long drive to properly test it, but I did 50 miles today in a mix of environments (urban, hilly rural and motorway) with A/C on most of the way and it still had 78%.

I’ll forget how to drive (cos of auto + all the whizzy assists) and there are so many gadgets that could go wrong. But we made a good buy. 😃

Eek! Tomorrow I become an electric vehicle owner!!! 😬😃🙌

I’m having real fun looking at EVs. Nearly went for a Renault Zoe. When I pushed a bit harder it turns out the one I was interested in had a failed charging unit. I now don’t believe the story I was told about it’s history. And zero-star NCAP rating + failing charge circuits = NO THANKS RENAULT!!!

Looking at some Hyundais and MGs on Friday. They’re older to fit in our budget but look like much better cars.

Holy moly! Did @briancoords actually say this on his podcast/YouTube?

“… my favourite third party tool for WordPress is Turbo Admin”

I’m…

…speechless! Thank you, Brian. I’m so glad you like it.

https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxG4nlQqhHNeXSgbF9iq4eJF0r1MhrGYeG

https://turbo-admin.com/

I’m back in the #Wordle train. Some tough words these last few days. You have to be a right wordsmith to get this one!

Wordle 716 5/6

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