Fat Boy at 40 - Update 02
I just realised that I forgot to give the update for this month's Fat Boy at 40. I'll keep this brief as I don't have much time...
I just realised that I forgot to give the update for this month's Fat Boy at 40. I'll keep this brief as I don't have much time...
📅 16 Nov 2023 | 📝 Blog post
I needed a new headshot for work, as I was pissed in my old one. But instead of getting a photographer, I asked AI to do it for me instead.
📅 15 Nov 2023 | 📝 Blog post
I want to get to know you better. So I've decided to start a new mini-project where we become Pen Pals for a month.
📅 08 Nov 2023 | 📝 Blog post
All the cool kids are doing these lists of their default app for the end of 2023. I'm not a cool kid, but thought I'd jump on the bandwagon regardless.
📅 07 Nov 2023 | 📝 Blog post
Manu talks about some of the subscriptions he has to online services, and in particular streaming services. It's an interesting read, and I thought I'd respond.
📅 04 Nov 2023 | 🔗 Link post
Jack talks about how the enthusiasm of others can influence his decisions about trying new things.
📅 30 Oct 2023 | 🔗 Link post
I've been thinking about a return to wet shaving for a while now, so recently took the plunge and had my first wet shave for 15 years.
📅 29 Oct 2023 | 📝 Blog post
I wanted to make a small change to the CSS on this site, but wasn't sure how to do it, so I asked ChatGPT to write some code for me.
📅 28 Oct 2023 | 📝 Blog post
Matt Birchler recently posted some of his favourite fonts to Mastodon, so I thought I'd share some of my own favourites here.
📅 27 Oct 2023 | 📝 Blog post
I recently found this minisite about using plaintext for your email. While I agree that plaintext should be the default, this site takes things way too far and frankly, misses the mark.
📅 24 Oct 2023 | 📝 Blog post
According to my iPhone Screen Time, I'm way under the average in terms of usage, but I still think I use my phone too much.
📅 23 Oct 2023 | 📝 Blog post
Earthside is the second in Dennis E Taylor's Quantum Earth trilogy. After reading the first book, I couldn't wait to read this.
📅 22 Oct 2023 | 📖 Book post
Bix talks about digital gardens vs the traditional blog. I don't really get the former.
📅 21 Oct 2023 | 🔗 Link post
Today marks the 1st anniversary of us moving into our 2.5 acre smallholding in Wales, but how has the first year gone? Here's a retrospective...
📅 18 Oct 2023 | 📝 Blog post
We don't need blogging niches, or "thought leaders"; we need more people just to blog for the hell of it.
📅 17 Oct 2023 | 🔗 Link post
I've been lucky enough to make a number of friends off the back of this blog (and also their blogs). This is a bit of a feel good post about how social media isn't the only way to meet new people.
📅 13 Oct 2023 | 📝 Blog post
I was recently talking to Jatan Mehta about microblogging vs traditional blogging, and what should go where. I thought it was an interesting conversation, so decided to share my opinions here too.
📅 11 Oct 2023 | 📝 Blog post
I thought this post was really interesting, and telling about the amount of bloat that a lot of CMS's have. I'm very glad I went with Kirby.
📅 09 Oct 2023 | 🔗 Link post
According to Matt, you should absolutely NOT change you blogging platform - I should probably take this advice on board.
📅 08 Oct 2023 | 🔗 Link post
It's been a little over a month since I mentioned the Fat Boy at 40 thing (me wanting to lose some weight), so I thought it was hide time provided an update...
📅 03 Oct 2023 | 📝 Blog post
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