Proudly ruining the web since 2013.
I think if I had my time again, I would have become a software developer. I just so much fun - coming up with ways to solve a problem in an elegant way is very satisfying.
Then people emailing saying they enjoy the tools I'm creating. Very rewarding!
Mind you, would it still be as fun if it was my job? I don't know. 🤔
Yup. Goat-proofing the chicken door really worked a treat. FML. 🤦🏼♂️
Today was spent goat-proofing the automatic chicken door. We recently moved it to ground level and now the goats use it as a scratch post. 🐐
Anyone using Pop!_OS with Cosmic? I tried it when it was first released, but I looks like they've done a lot of dev work to it and it's improving all the time.
Considering installing it again...
A few of us were talking to one of the summer interns at work about age:
Someone: How old do you think Kev is?
Intern: [with all the confidence in the world] 50?
I turn 42 in August. FML. 🤣
I went for an 8km (5 mile) run this evening. I'm working my way up to 10km, but I think this was a little too much, too soon. We'll see how my middle-aged joints are in the morning...
Every time I look at Sven's blog I get jealous. I loved his previous design so much I copied it (with his permission). His new design is so fun and it's making me want to make mine more fun (no copying this time though).
I'm just not sure I have the time at the moment. 🤔
Haven't worn this watch for months, but it's such a fun one to wear in summer. Beautiful dial and a Seiko movement that will probably outlive me.
It's a beautiful morning here in North Wales. My wife has taken our youngest to his cricket match, and our oldest is upstairs playing with his Lego out of the heat.
Me? I'm sitting in the sunroom, listening to the goats and chickens, with a coffee and book.
Perfect Sunday morning.
I have just eaten a GIANT bowl of granola, fresh fruit, Greek yoghurt, and home grown honey (by one of our neighbours). I have zero regrets, but I may skip lunch today. 🤣
Guinea fowl keets are doing great too. All 5 are loving life with their foster mums.
We now have 3 chicks - two white and one black.
First two chicks!
Two of the eggs are starting to hatch and we can hear multiple chicks cheeping away. Exciting! 🐣
Our 2 hens have finished sitting on the Guinea fowl eggs - out of 10, we managed to hatch 5 of them.
The chicken eggs we have in the incubator won't be ready for another week or so. Excited to see how many of them we get.
My first rather large #3DPrinting project. Can anyone work out what they are?
(No they're not abstract Starship Enterprises)
You know what isn't fun? Living in a 200 year old stone house, with no insulation, during a heatwave.
There's collapsed animals (not literally) and fans all over the place. 🥵️
Create one of those Uses pages. Still a work in progress, but there's a good chunk of the stuff I use on there now.
The fox continues to prowl around our chickens. This morning we caught it in the GARDEN a few feet from our favourite chicken. Luckily the magpies warned us and we were able to scare it away.
It's not nice keeping the little cluckers cooped up in this heat, but needs must unfortunately.
