Home, sweet home. permanenttourist.ch/exploring/fa...

A4 motorway viaduct passing over the floods in France last week permanenttourist.ch/photos/82044/

If you're using Fakerpress to create dummy content for your WordPress website during development phase, here's an MU plugin which adds WP CLI support. github.com/SayHelloGmbH...

I've been unemployed for a few months. I now set myself pretend jobs to prevent the rot setting in. My son thinks this guy is funny, which is a good enough excuse to make something. Any requests?

Once again, proof, if you need it, that the best use for AI tools is to educate yourself and make your own way and your own future. If you put your eggs in someone else’s basket, it’s all-too easy for them to dash it to the ground.

“Do not buy a custom domain for every little idea you have. Save your money, give your project the longevity it deserves, and show off who made the dang thing implicitly.” chriscoyier.net/2023/09/21/u...

I was perusing my own website this week and noticed that, at some point, the blog posts which contain an old ACF field of gallery images were no longer showing the images (because I'd omitted the output from the block theme). So I fixed it: an example is permanenttourist.ch/2009/02/choo....

I have an old iMac at home and a Macbook Air for work, which I dock when I'm in the office. I've just found out that if I have the Macbook connected to the same wifi network at home, I can move my mouse between the two freely. The Bluetooth keyboard works on whichever device has mouse focus. 😮

A new WordPress portfolio piece from my agency this evening: Building a new website for Bern software company Edorex and implementing custom code for striking page animations. sayhello.ch/en/portfolio...

“The billionaires want us to believe AI will 'optimise' society, but there is a massive flaw in that logic. If you automate away the “mundane” jobs that allow people to earn a living and contribute to the economy, the whole system risks a collapse.”

"the great strength of the web is if you don't see what you like, you make your own" ~ @zeldman.bsky.social 🤭

Extending the WordPress Button Block with a custom link URL attribute. sayhello.ch/en/2026/02/c...

Did you know that you can build an entire, attractive WordPress website using just five files and then clicking around in the Block and Site Editors these days? (Although you may well need other stuff to do a professional job.) github.com/sayhellogmbh...

Over 22 years into using WordPress and I still have things to learn. Super-useful geeky post from Rhys.

A new technical blog post at last: how I believe in delivering the simplest and most enduring solutions for #WordPress clients. sayhello.ch/en/2026/02/c...

During our time in the Lake District in 2024, I did a lone hike to the top of the fell which I’ve been driving past ever since first visiting the region in the 1990s. permanenttourist.ch/2026/02/hard...

Back-dating a little, here are a few shots from December 2025, both in Switzerland and from our annual winter drive to England and Scotland. permanenttourist.ch/2026/02/rand...

Very nice work here from Mike.

The beach from the past. South Wales in 2023. A warm memory. permanenttourist.ch/2026/02/the-...

YouTube embeds break more often than most site owners realize. A video gets deleted, set to private, restricted, etc. We help you get in control, though. Our Broken Media monitoring scans your site for all kinds of media, YouTube embeds being one. More: scanfully.com/how-to-find...

Starting up my monthly photographic reviews again. permanenttourist.ch/2026/02/rand...

@elliottrichmond.co.uk Do you mind me asking whether you still use Claude Code? I've taken it for a spin with a Pro account and am very impressed, but I've used up my allowance within 45 minutes' code fixing. For the same price, Copilot + ChatGPT 5 mini does me for a whole month.

Do what he says. Not just because he's a big guy, but also because it shows respect.

Behind the scenes sequences for an advert filmed by Swiss cinematographer Noah Malin. permanenttourist.ch/2026/02/the-...

How to disable the new per-block custom CSS setting in the WordPress Block Editor. (Make sure you test this after WordPress 7.0 has been released!) github.com/markhowellsm...

Taking the cable-car to a traditional mountain restaurant below vast cliffs for a birthday treat. permanenttourist.ch/2026/02/lunc...

Age verification? I built my first websites before CSS and JavaScript existed.

Hey @briancoords.com — I've just been reading your post about plugin scaffolding and I'm curious about your experience with DataViews. When I've tried simple examples, the code is always massive when compared to a self-build process pulling in necessary components. Is that your experience too?

Netflix: yes, I know precisely which one you mean. No, you can’t watch it.

Impressive cloud inversion over the road to Krattigen in January.

A long but beautiful hiking route which we enjoyed in autumn last year. permanenttourist.ch/2026/02/autu...

I was ready for it this year! :D permanenttourist.ch/2011/02/annu...

Today, I am Juan Torture.

Photography at one of the most dramatic valleys on the Isle of Skye in 2024. permanenttourist.ch/2026/02/pass...

Short drone video sequences from the UNESCO World Heritage site near Vevey in Switzerland. permanenttourist.ch/2026/01/riva...

Discovering an alternative band co-formed by Stereophonics singer Kelly Jones. permanenttourist.ch/2026/01/far-...

Getting through some updates to my website today. First up, a new blog post (which has been in draft since autumn) about walking through the woods and vineyards in the town I have called home for 25 years. permanenttourist.ch/2026/01/on-s...

Kilchoan from Ben Hiant #Ardnamurchan #Lochaber #Scotland www.damianshields.com

Rethinking Where I Publish My Content I spent two weeks away recently, travelling, slowing down, taking photos, making notes, thinking. The kind of experiences that stay with you long after you are home. Like most people, I shared parts of it online. A photo here, a clip there, the occasional…

Getting through some updates to my website today. First up, a new blog post (which has been in draft since autumn) about walking through the woods and vineyards in the town I have called home for 25 years. permanenttourist.ch/2026/01/on-s...

A fascinating interview and insight into Tr*mp’s personal history from 2020, and how it’s all about bullying his personal brand to the front of everything. www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontli...

I was present for the birth of the web, the explosion of personal sites, and the blogging revolution, and you know what we never had to do? Beg people to use our shit.

A fascinating interview and insight into Tr*mp’s personal history from 2020, and how it’s all about bullying his personal brand to the front of everything. www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontli...

Improving gradually — 175 of these 227 steps today without stopping.

I realise that the latest entries here have been pretty negative, so here's a nice aerial photo of a snowy landscape near where I live, to make up for it. Heaven knows we need some positivity at the moment.

“I’d like to see a 'prefers-tacky' media query. I volunteer to be an arbiter of taste.” 💯

"AI can quickly get lost in the weeds when trying to solve a problem, because it won’t admit when it doesn’t know the answer...The acceptance of the answer is the goal, not the solution of the problem." sayhello.ch/en/2026/01/t... @permanenttourist.ch

All the very best for your birthday, dear @zeldman.bsky.social. Have a great day!

“The barbed wire to keep you in the model village.” jongibbs.substack.com/p/a-morning-...