Our new addition to the family, Nelly, has arrived and she's causing havoc already. 🤣
Signed up for a Vinted account. My options to "secure my account" were adding a phone number, or to logout.
I fucking hate this side of the internet. Scumbags.
Today is the first of August. Where the hell did the first two thirds of 2026 go??? 😵💫
Linkception
The backbone of the internet is the hyperlink, so go forth and link out to your fellow bloggers with reckless abandon.
Left-Handed People Can’t Use a Fountain Pen
Apparently left-handed people can't use a fountain pen as the left hand smudges the ink as they write. I call bullshit on that.
Toot.community is shutting down
Sadly, toot.community is shutting down in October. This post talks about why Jorijn has made that decision.
Always fun when your bike runs out of electricity on the way to work.
Note to self: connect the trickle charger TONIGHT!
(Wife is on the way with my jump box to save me)
The poor buzzard was still there when I was walking the dogs this morning, so clearly something was wrong. Luckily my wife was able to get hold of a local falconer who was able to catch him and hopefully nurse him back to health. 🦅
Taking the dogs for a walk with our oldest and we came across this beautiful buzzard just sat there. Wasn't bothered by us really. I just hope it doesn't have a bust wing or anything.
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. 🤔
Your RSS Reader Is Robbing You
Antonio opines that by using RSS feeds instead of visiting people's sites, we're robbing ourselves of enjoying the design many site owners have put a lot of work into.
Security versus Privacy
Loren talks about the differences between Security and Privacy, but also how (and why) he prioritises one over the other.
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. 🐐
I've Moved Back to GitHub
I'm sick of pissing about with Codeberg. I've switched back to GitHub.
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.
