Ross's Micro Blog

I need to sign up with an email address to read this and I have no idea what I should do!!!

https://infosec.exchange/@josephcox/116844628148735096

In retro-tech news… I have a Soda Stream!!

I’ve been drinking a fair bit of Pepsi Max lately.

A combination of:
– someone saying how bad it was that we ship flavoured water around;
– an annoy amount of recycling;
– my daughter’s persistent nagging,

led us to do the maths and – device aside – it works out 5p/l cheaper than bulk-bought cans. And there’s no cans.

I’ll need to make 1000+l of pop to pay off the cost of the machine (buuuuurrppp), but we’re loving it.

And we have all the cordials!

The Zig programming language guy is smart, considered, articulate and humble.

We need more people in tech like this.

I hope he doesn't lose his focus and values.

(My thoughts on a YouTube interview with him.)

https://rosswintle.uk/2026/06/zig-and-the-zig-guy/

Content warning:Rant. Minor spoiler for Connections puzzle.

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NO Connections. I know you’re in the “New York” Times, but you are WRONG!!!

I saw that Mermaid.js is now mermaid.ai today.

It’s a frickin’ diagram tool!! What?!

https://phpc.social/@preinheimer/116816670352881645

I’m wondering if @jessie has seen this? Could be some inspiration for your class!

https://mastodon.social/@potterybyosa/116783307016632018

What’s been super-nice this evening is dropping some emails out to people that reported issues with Turbo Admin. They all get saved and logged and I aim to reply to each one when their issue is fixed.

My customers are so nice and I love interacting with them.

I’ve had a couple of reports of my Turbo Admin browser extension injecting its palette code into places it shouldn’t when using Firefox. Seems I was a bit over-enthusiastic with my iframe handling!

Fix is identified and implemented and will be released very soon.

Apologies if this impacted you.

Please sign my petition to institute a temporary and UK-nationwide standard working day of 6am – 10am and 4pm – 8pm.

Everyone gets a long siesta and doesn’t have to work though the hottest part of the day.

Thanks in advance for your vote!

Realising that this is my tokens == fossil fuels analogy from the other day. It works perfectly!

Since cars became a thing, I’ve had zero urge to walk. Something I’ve done my entire adult life.

Just genuinely depressed. How can you get anywhere while watching money leave your bank account for moving? And how can you get that dopamine hit knowing you wasted time when a can could have got you there faster?

The only people left walking will be those with effectively unlimited fuel budgets. End of an era for regular travellers.

https://circumstances.run/@davidgerard/116784242695515892

Why do I have to do anything here? Seems like their mistake and they need me to make some important legal declaration to fix it?

Anyone know what I should do here? Anyone else been through this? Does it really take 4 years to execute a will? Is this a recognised scam of some sort?

So frickin’ weird…

Four years ago I had a letter addressed to my business about someone leaving a legacy in their will – not to my company, but to a charitable organisation with a similar name.

All seemed pretty suspicious. But I contacted the solicitors and they were going to look into it.

Yesterday (!) I get a follow up from a different legal company telling me I need to disclaim my interest under the will.

Seems like a scam, but also seems very real.

I have a safety recall in my car. The phone for the dealership isn’t working. I’m live chatting with someone. They seem to be following a script and they are very unconcerned about the phone issue. But… responses are not instant or with a predictable delay.

Is it a bot? It’s uncanny-valley territory. Should I ask for the blueberry muffin recipe?

Cross-posting in the Indigo social app is great. Except when you want to write something a little longer.

Idea: I’d love to be able to have a “page break” that splits a longer Mastodon post into a multi-post Bluesky thread when cross-posting!

Vote: https://fider.indigosocial.app/posts/168/page-breaks-for-easier-cross-posting-of-long-posts

I'm sure I've said this before but I think we should view AI "tokens" like fossil fuels. They are single-use and supply is costly and unpredictable.

Most computer programs are more like "solar panels". They cost to build but subsequent use is essentially free.

If you use tokens at all, you should use them to build programs that remove the future need for tokens.

Use what you have now to build "solar panels". Not "engines".