Notes
Notes are my shorter posts; kinda like my own little microblog. They have their own RSS feed and are automatically syndicated to my social profiles.
I can think of worse places to sit and read. 🤓🍻
Chores are pretty much done for the day. I was gonna go out on one of the motorbikes as it's a beautiful hot Sunday, but that means all the Power Rangers will be out. So instead, I'm gonna pour myself a beer, grab my #Kindle and sit under the apple tree to read.
So today there are 2 anniversaries:
- My 5 year wedding anniversary
- The 0 anniversary of 500 Social :-)
“Hey human, are we gonna get that apple core or what?” 🍎🐶
I've been craving a pint of #Guinness the last few days. I have some in the fridge.
It isn't appropriate to drink a Guinness at 09:05 in the morning, on a Friday, while you're working from home, right? RIGHT?!
That counts, right?
Why is #Apple #Music so fucking shit? I have a "smart" playlist that automatically downloads my playlist to my device, yet it still requires an internet connection to play the songs.
That's not to mention the random times it just decides not to play a song at all.
I just went for my first run in like 2 years. I didn’t die, and my knee seems to have held up well. We’ll see what’s sore tomorrow morning… 😂
My Git commit messages are always descriptive. 🫣
(I apologise for giving all the developers out there a seizure).
I nipped out on one of the bikes earlier for coffee with friends. I just finished mowing one of the fields, and the paths in the other field. Now I'm cleaning my fish tank out and listening to a 90's "smash hits" playlist.
I have zero regrets for listening to such a playlist. This is what Sundays were made for. ❤️
There's me, resizing and reformatting all my images like some kind of caveman, when all it needed was 4 lines of code in a @getkirby blueprint to automate the whole thing. 🤦♂️
create:
width: 1200
crop: false
format: webpTraffic is terrible round here...
As a "senior leader" I make decisions all day, every day. That's my job. But do you know what my hardest daily decision is?
It's whether or not to go for a piss before I go to sleep. Do I get out of my nice warm bed now and do my "final wee", or do I stay comfy and run the gauntlet of potentially needing a piss in the night?
I ran the gauntlet last night, folks, and now I'm tired thanks to -- you guessed it -- needing a piss around 3am. 😂
Getting old is shit.
I've been looking at #analytics providers, and I don't get why they limit on pageview numbers. It's so arbitrary.
Like, it's double the price for the difference between 10k and 100k visits, but we're actually just talking about a couple more MB of data in a database somewhere.
It's bollocks. Why can't there be a provider that's like "yeah, it's $5/m for whatever visits you get. It's all the same to us."
(there may be a such a provider, but I'm not aware of them)
I think this is the first time in the history of my site that I've been truly happy with how it all looks and works. I'm so proud of the design, and Kirby is just glorious to use. It's completely customised to my needs, from the ground up.
Me: Oh, I have a spare half hour, I think I'll put the XBox on and play some COD.
XBox: No, no, no, sunshine. You haven't turned me on for months so you have to do these 3 updates first...
Me: 🤦♂️
New homepage, who dis?
There’s a lot to be said for a 6am walk in the field with the dogs (the cat came too) and a cup of coffee.
Everything is so quiet at that time; just the sounds of various animals doing their thing. Birds, sheep, cows, chickens.
Bliss.
Ooooooooo new #watch day is always fun. This is my new #Spinnaker Spence that I got for an absolute steal from the Spinnaker site. Can't decide if I prefer the bracelet or the blue leather strap though?
Wife: Your 40th birthday is coming up, what do you want for it?
Me: A watch!
Her: Really?! You have loads of them!
Me: So?
There's one I've been saving for her to get me as a gift. To say that I'm now excited is an understatement. Not gonna say what it is yet, but I cannot wait to get it on my wrist.
Also bought another watch last night. I think this means I need to probably sell a couple again...