Oh hey, I wrote part of this! I had so much fun delving into the occult, mystical history and mythology of the Olympic Games and the holy site of Olympia. Hopefully that’ll translate to those who use this in play 💕

You can now pick up physical copies of my games in Forbidden Planet Glasgow 💕🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 I spent quite a lot of quality lurking time in Forbidden Planet as a teen so this is huge for me!

A couple of my games are now available on IPR ✨ Which ones? I’ll give you a hint… not Hint. Though I’m sure that’s also very good.

NixOS users - for native-feeling webapps for custom sites, check out this Nix module I made: gist.github.com/stefan-burke... You'll set your web apps at the top, add icons, rebuild, and boom - you'll see a "Mastodon" or "Github" or whatever icon in your applications menu #linux #nixos #nix

How do we fix this mess?

Appreciate you doing this. When I see them I always comment on the Guardian food articles that promote meat, dairy, eggs, & fish, but they need a bigger kick to become plant-based. @theguardian.com #plantbased

The Guardian should incorporate climate science into its "Food" section https://blog.chobble.com/blog/2025-09-08-the-guardian-should-incorporate-climate-science-into-its-food-section/

My Patreon didn't work out and is now free https://blog.chobble.com/blog/24-08-07-making-patreon-free/

I think The Guardian should be honest about the environmental damage of the meat restaurants and recipes they promote through their Food section, so I started a petition to ask for that, here: www.change.org/GuardianFood (I also wrote to them but got no reply) Plz sign if you agree! #vegan #uk

#NixOS users - consider installing `nh` and setting up the `nh.clean.*` options - search.nixos.org/options?chan... github.com/nix-communit... I hadn't realised that the garbage collection doesn't catch everything - running `nh clean all` on my machines has removed dozens of gigs of cruft ...

If you want a site for your organisation / club / cult / gang / musical group / protest movement / art collective / restaurant / whatevs, the Chobble Template has what you need Check it at example.chobble.com (it's free & open source) or drop me a PM and I'll make you a site with it #webdev

Incredible, must-read investigation by @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social into how Tea's founder got women to join the app, how its founding story changed, how it spammed Are We Dating the Same Guy Facebook groups, how it hired an influencer marketing firm to promote it www.404media.co/how-teas-fou...

I've written instructions on hosting your own website using the open source Chobble Template at example.chobble.com/instructions/ You don't need any tech skills or to edit any code - you just need to sign up for Github & Neocities, click buttons, and copy text #webdev #eleventy #selfhosted

My Patreon didn't work out and is now free https://blog.chobble.com/blog/25-08-10-making-patreon-free/

Here's a guide I wrote about "Writing a good product / service / category" page, which I'm pretty proud of - chobble.com/guides/writi... If you've got a website and struggle to know how to describe your products, you may find it useful #webdev #seo #writing

My "online marketing advice club" Patreon didn't succeed as a profit-making venture, so I've made it free and uploaded its videos here: www.youtube.com/@ChobbleDotCom If you want to learn about #SEO, #webdev, #Google, AI, and more, check it out / share this / employ me, thx!

My "Chobble Template" Eleventy starter now has support for Menus - editable via PagesCMS If you've got a cafe or restaurant, check it out at example.chobble.com/menus/ If you want me to build you a site, I have a 50% discount for vegan businesses (or artists, coops, and charities) #webdev #vegan

Play-Test - An open-source app for storing BS 14960 inspections of inflatable play equipment https://blog.chobble.com/blog/24-07-20-play-test-bs-14960/

I recorded a video on how to set up "SerpBear" to track your site's positions in search results. It's hosted on Pikapods - a great resource for easily setting up and hosting open source apps www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ImA... For more like this check my Patreon: www.patreon.com/Chobble #webdev #seo

I've switched my online marketing / website advice Patreon page over to a "Pay what you feel" type structure, with tiers at £5, £10, £20 and £40 - all with full access. If you're marketing a website, hopefully you'll find the posts helpful. The link is www.patreon.com/Chobble #webdev #seo

I made a free website you can use to store PAT (Portable Appliance Test) inspections, create PDF certificates for them, and link to them with QR codes. Site: patlog.co.uk Demo: youtu.be/XXzdQ0XX2v8 #uk #webdev #ruby

Just wrote a new blog post, "Adding base64 placeholder background images to eleventy-img" In which I add placeholder background images to <img> tags on my Eleventy site, automagically, to reduce Layout Shift and make the site feel super snappy blog.chobble.com/blog/25-04-1... #Eleventy #webdev

My newest Patreon post is live - "Why bother?" In which I try and convince you to prioritise working on your own website / wider internet presence over your big tech social media profiles Get this post and all past and future ones for £20 per month! www.patreon.com/posts/why-bo... #selfhosted

Here’s a simple example site using the Chobble Template, for a fictional builders company. It’s AGPL3 licensed and uses #Eleventy with very limited JS - the Formspark contact form which uses it to block bots via Botpoison, and Turbo for instant page changes

blog.chobble.com/blog/25-03-2... I've made an #Eleventy static website template, built with #Nix, and featuring a bunch of common website features like: - News - Products - Galleries - Team members - An RSS feed - A Sitemap - Responsive design - Neocities uploads - Tiered navigation - More!

I just finished a blog post about something very close to my heart. "Baked beans need eight minutes in the microwave" blog.chobble.com/blog/25-02-2... #uk #food #beans

I just wrote a new blog post, "Spamming Works!*" In it, I discuss the fact that you CAN just spam your way to the top of search engine rankings, but that you probably shouldn't do that. blog.chobble.com/blog/25-02-1... #webdev #seo

I made a template for anyone who wants to use the Eleventy static site generator with #Nix / #NixOS - full deets in the link below! blog.chobble.com/blog/25-02-1... #webdev

I’ve started a Patreon for small business owners who want to learn about online marketing and (ethical) search engine optimisation - check it out at patreon.com/Chobble ! Or check out my freelancing website at chobble.com if you want some honest tech advice or web development ❤️

Readers of The Guardian website - you may be interested to learn that "uBlock Origin" can hide elements based on the text they contain. So you can hide Adrian Chiles' posts with one line: `www.theguardian.com##div>div:has-text(/Adrian Chiles/)` blog.chobble.com/blog/24-12-1... #UK

after tonnes of wrangling, today i got a ruby on rails app to build in a #nixos flake with fully reproducible builds and pinned versions of everything, yayy! i expected it to be really fiddly, and it was, but the resulting code is pretty neat, just 69 (nice) lines: git.chobble.com/chobble/libr...

spent a lot of today tidying up my #nixos config with a view to making it public / documented i'm using `sops` to store my secrets (the big thing stopping my config being public atm) - which seemed overwhelming initially, but is actually really straightforward very satisfying. yay nix!

I just wrote a blog post about getting #Thingino firmware cameras to play nicely with #ntfy - blog.chobble.com/blog/24-12-0... #homeautomation #linux #opensource

I wrote a post about updates to my #NixOS server setup, my static site builder flake, and vague ideas about how "maintenance" pricing might work for future #webdev customers: blog.chobble.com/blog/24-12-0... Thoughts welcome! I'm fumbling my way through this at the mo so everything's a bit wiggly

I spent today hardening my #NixOS server by: - Locking SSH down - Only allowing my home IP address to hit port 22 - Setting up Tailscale SSH - Adding NTFY pings when services fail Maybe more! The config is kinda hard to read atm but like everything, it's a WIP. blog.chobble.com/blog/24-11-2...

I wrote my first blog post explaining my plans now that I no longer work for #Bandcamp: blog.chobble.com/blog/24-11-2... In summary: - Build FOSS things - Document everything - ??? - Profit! (People pay me to build FOSS things) #NixOS #Linux #WebDev

I made a static site generator flake for #NixOS that will fetch sites from Git, build them with their default.nix if they have one, and then copy the output to /var/www/example.com and serve them via Caddy, and will check for changes every hour via a systemd service git.chobble.com/chobble/nixo...

this is excellent, Captain Tom would be proud

our dog Elsa was being really fecking needy and annoying last night because she’s in heat (she’s a rescue and needs spaying) and wants constant attention and she was driving me crazy but, I did get this good photo of her looking fabulous

It’s our first bonfire night with a dog so we went online to get her some ear protection. What arrived appears to be a nice soft snood. I’m not sure this is doing much but she looks lovely.

Jude's World is LIVE on Kickstarter and over 10% funded in the first 2 hours! 🔥🔥🔥 Find out more and join the fun: www.kickstarter.com/projects/but...

My wife makes tabletop games and just launched the Kickstarter for her latest, Jude's World, "A solo, tarot-based journaling game in which a plucky preteen protagonist works to reunite their estranged parents" You can get a copy by backing it at the link below! www.kickstarter.com/projects/but...

We have a launch date! Jude's World: a solo TTRPG campaign launching on Kickstarter 6th August 2024 🎉 Follow the campaign here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/but...

With a new game in the works it seems like a fine time to re-introduce myself and my work to you all. Hello, I'm Yvris. I make weird indie TTRPGs 🧵

This summer I'm crowdfunding to complete and print my solo, tarot-based journaling TTRPG in which a plucky preteen protagonist struggles to reunite their warring parents. Follow along on the prelaunch page now to be first to know when the project goes live: www.kickstarter.com/projects/but...

i went vegan 15 years ago today it's really very easy to be vegan nowadays, at least if you live in the UK so, i implore you to give it a bash

ooh, Gost's new album 'Prophecy' is out today. it's pretty much the synthwave equivalent of black / death / industrial metal. good shit for fans of heavy noises! gost1980s.bandcamp.com/album/prophecy

hello bluesky. i have no idea if i will use this thing - i never tweeted and it feels daunting. but i listened to this techdirt podcast with jay graber and learned that the tech behind bluesky is actually pretty rad! www.techdirt.com/2024/03/05/t...