Day 22 of #100DaysOfSwiftUI done.

Went to a pottery painting cafe and made this.

Woke up early so did Day 21 of #100DaysOfSwiftUI. I need to revisit later as the code that makes up the game has gone in one ear and out t'other.

Enjoyed Day 20 of #100DaysOfSwiftUI, we covered using stacks to arrange views, colours, frames and gradients, buttons and images and showing alert messages.

Had a lovely little moment yesterday. My daughter is 11. For background, we have a swearing is fine as long as it's only ever used in jest rule in our household, yet not much happens. We were in a card shop looking for a funny birthday card, saw one with two cats on it, the dialogue was...

Day 19 of #100DaysOfSwiftUI was Challenge Day, we had to build an app to do unit conversions and I've managed to cobble something together that seems to work.

#100DaysOfSwiftUI day 18 done. Really enjoying it. @twostraws.bsky.social

Day 17 of #100DaysOfSwiftUI done. For anyone else just starting out on this course, the introduction becomes a bit of a slog, I think I learn best when there's a practical application and I started to lose enthusiasm, but all comes good at Day 16 when you start actually making stuff.

I've just finished Day 16 of #100DaysOfSwiftUI.

I just finished "Consolidation" at Day 15 of #100DaysOfSwiftUI, so that's the Introduction done, next up is "Starting SwiftUI". Brilliant tutorials by @twostraws.bsky.social. Thank you!

Just finished Day 14 of #100DaysOfSwiftUI, I think that's the first chapter, next stop the consolidating review.

New t-shirt idea. “Middle-aged with zero tolerance for incompetence” prompted by a frustrating online purchase.

Day 13 has beeb completed. Feeling slightly jaded after going out in Bristol on Thursday night so might well need a recap. #100DaysOfSwiftUI

Just went for a kebab and ending up chatting to Midlake and the drummer from The Sundays.

Day 12 of #100DaysOfSwiftUI done. It was all a bit overwhelming and I was beginning to lose confidence but then quickly solved Checkpoint 7, so it's sinking in. @twostraws.bsky.social

I've just finished Day 11 of #100DaysOfSwiftUI and did a pretty good job of Checkpoint 6 at the end I think.

Just finished Day 10 of #100DaysOfSwiftUI though I started it yesterday and ran out of time. Found structs and custom initializers a lot easier than closures. Also loving more of @twostraws.bsky.social's references in the tests, particularly enjoyed; if actor = "Sean Bean" probablyGoingToDie

I’ve written a poem/song about our cat.

Well I just finished Day 9 of the #100DaysOfSwiftUI but it took me 3 days. Closures are hard and I couldn't do the Checkpoint without lots of help. Reckon I need to revisit everything so far and do day 9 again.

Day 8 and Checkpoint 4 of the #100DaysOfSwiftUI done.

Day 7 of #100DaysOfSwiftUI done, big thanks to @twostraws.bsky.social. It's getting a little more challenging but very well taught so I think I'm keeping up.

You refer to eating an entire bag of crisps in one sitting as “mildly concerning”. I refer to it as “seeing things through” and “not being a quitter”. Everything is all about perspective.

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Day 6 of the #100DaysOfSwiftUI complete. Great course so far, well taught by @twostraws.bsky.social

I just got through Day 5 of #100DaysOfSwiftUI at www.hackingwithswift.com/100/swiftui/5 via @twostraws.bsky.social. I've always been a big fan of the ternary operator in PHP, quite pleased to see it in Swift.

🎶To a kid looking up to me 🎶 🎶Life ain't nuthin' but bitches and grids, columns and rows filled with non-repeated digits between 1 and 9🎶

Just chilling with a challenging Sudoko like the urban street chap I am.

Day 4 of #100DaysOfSwiftUI done! www.hackingwithswift.com/100/swiftui/4 via @twostraws.bsky.social

Day 3 was a bit more tricky, got a couple wrong in the tests. #100DaysOfSwiftUI at www.hackingwithswift.com/100/swiftui/3 via @twostraws.bsky.social

Day 2 of #100DaysOfSwiftUI done! www.hackingwithswift.com/100/swiftui/2 via @twostraws.bsky.social

Only 99 to go, just finished Day 1 of the #100DaysOfSwiftUI at www.hackingwithswift.com/100/swiftui/1 via @twostraws.bsky.social

Well, I'm ready for change, 20+ years of HTML/CSS/PHP/SQL, I'm giving Swift a go, courtesy of @twostraws.bsky.social, just did day 0, want to day 1 right now, but must pace myself.

Today's song is Urge Overkill's "View of the Rain" which I first heard as a teenage metalhead in 93. It was on the Red Hot Organization compilation album "No Alternative" and was then titled "Take A Walk". I expected noise from a band called Urge Overkill, but no. music.apple.com/gb/album/vie...

I got into sudoku over Christmas, the metamorphosis is nearly complete, all I need now are a pair of Skechers, some topical creams and a kindle.

Marnin’, the cold/flu thing I had on the run up to Christmas has come back, it was gone and now it is upon me again like a snarling Jack Russell with impetigo and gum disease.

I'm starting today with "Looking For Signs" by Leif Erikson from 2017. Don't really know much about them, pretty sure they're from the UK. This song though. music.apple.com/gb/album/loo... I'm not doing Spotify anymore as they're shit-houses. Where I can I'll post Bandcamp links.

My first post this year and for about two months. I hope everyone is wondrous. Might do a bit of a music thing, track of the day, post a song each day. Pick some good ones n' that.

On my daft piece about crisps someone has just commented “fuck fuck your AI shite” which is interesting. Could AI generate text about Barbara Woodhouse being sponsored by Walkers?

I wrote a carefully researched post about Crisps. Lots of facts and figures that will surprise you: www.reddit.com/r/crisps/com...

Just finished the latest Slow Horses series, Jackson Lamb is my hero.

Looks like I’ve got a project building a shepherds hut. I say shepherds hut but it’s basically going to be a poncey yoga studio on wheels. Still, I’m excited, some proper joinery involved.

I’m doing some web dev from home today and I’ve just knocked up my current favourite lunch. I finely chop 3 or 4 cloves of garlic, stick it in a frying pan on a low heat with olive oil. Leave it for 15 mins. Cook up some spaghetti. Mix it together. That’s it. If I’m being posh, some anchovies go in.

You know when there’s a big flood and people’s homes are underwater, well, it’s easily solved, just throw in a dozen Quorn sausages, they’re so dry and absorbent they’ll soak up millions of litres of water in seconds.

I made these brackets from scratch last week and today I put em’ on the wall and plonked them slabs of Elm on.

I’m in the process of changing direction in my woodworking stuff and I’ve done a daft web page thing: byfen.co.uk

This has cheered me up. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A delightful day in the workshop making no money whatsoever.

Think I just accidentally asked a delivery driver from Sheffield out on a date. He said he was staying in Cornwall tonight to do more deliveries tomorrow, I said “beer later?”. He muttered “erm, not sure where I’m staying yet” and got back in his van very quickly.

Monty Python and the Holy Grail updated for Britain in 2025.