The #ffconf FOMO is real. Hope everyones having a great time down there anf fingers crossed I can make it next year!

I snapped and bought one of those overpriced over the shoulder tote bags. And its THE BEST thing. Should've done it ages ago.

Set phasers to stun 😍 jaysbrickblog.com/news/lego-10...

Honestly, most of my rhythms of yearly life are synchronised to Hard Lines' seasonal coffees.

Ok I'm not a politics guy. But what I do care a lot about is fonts and design. So what sticks out to me about Zohran is just look at that typesetting and design. It feels friendly. It feels homely. It is the complete opposite of the bland clean political branding we're used to.

Obscenely excited for this www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/productions/...

Our latest weekly #FFConf newsletter is out, our archive section celebrates (and recommends) @joehart.bsky.social's talk where he ends with the utterly timeless and Extremely Important line of "To our villain, the giant dickbutt!" ffconf.org/articles/202...

When life gives you LLMs make LLMonade

Come on, let’s sell out @ffconf.org again this year! We’re really lucky that the foremost front end conference is here in the UK. Get yourself a ticket!

I worked on the Torment Nexus for five years. Here’s why the project has lost its way. | New York Times (Gift Link)

Bandcamp has sent me down a rabbit hole of 80s gay disco/Hi-NRG music. And it's fucking great. daily.bandcamp.com/album-of-the...

Halo on a PS5 What a time to be alive

Such a shame there were never any official Led Zeppelin Guitar Hero or Rock Band tracks

1,000 songs in your pocket. 🎶 24 years ago today, Apple launched the iPod.

This font has any% glitchless speed ran itself from "Oh thats cool" to "If I see this font one more time...." Giving Bebas Neue early 2010s energy.

I really think when my personal Macbook Pro M1 eventually packs it in. I'm gonna switch to a mac mini. I kinda like the idea of my home computer being in one static place.

I gotta say, getting back into music libraries with FLACs and MP3s and meta tagging, I really see why we gave all this malarkey up and switched to streaming services.

I did say that if boox added a SIM card to their Palms id buy it immediately. So the Palma 2 Pro is on pre order and I'm excited to try using eink as a daily driver. Plus navigating using android as an Apple person. euroshop.boox.com/products/pal...

this is fine

How have I avoided reading Hellboy all these years. It's fucking great.

Really enjoying using my iPod again, but it's making me earn for a headphone jack on my phone and/or boox palma. So I could super easily switch headphones between devices. Rather than fumbling for a USB-C to 3.55mm jack connector that I've definitely lost.

Finally got round to installing my flash quad in this old iPod 680GB left to fill!

Happy New Pokémon Day to those who celebrate. As one of the probably 3 fans of Pokémon X and Y I am so excited for Legends Z/A today.

apple tv and apple carplay are magick talismans that can be used to take over an independent host body (car or television) and possess them for indefinite durations of time

inherit() is going to be absolutely huge for working with CSS custom properties. Two big things it'll enable: Nested indentation: --indent: calc(inherit(--indent, 0) + 1); Overridable design token defaults: --primary-color: inherit(--primary-color, blue);

*tomorrow*

In today’s brand new episode of #SystemsOfHarm I chat to accessibility specialist @tink.uk about how design systems can help us create more accessible UX, how to advocate for our disabled product users, and whether AI will help or hinder us in the process Apple: apple.co/4nAMX6K RSS: bit.ly/43gtLkB

Me cancelling game pass just because I finished Avowed and didn't read any of the news:

Last week I wrote my first post for @piccalil.li 💛 In this article I explain how you can use container style queries to work around the limitation in media queries that hinders you to use custom properties. piccalil.li/blog/a-worka...

Me: I'll start using fountain pens, because then I won't waste as much by buying too many pens Also me:

Re organised under the sink before work today. Absolute zen.

This has stuck in my mind from re-reading Asimov's Complete Robot recently: "Technology’s gone robot-happy. Any job has to have a robot, or the engineer in charge feels cheated. You want a doorstop; buy a robot with a thick foot."

Me sipping from my whiskey. Western music plays. A shadow casts as he enters. "You thought you'd never see me again" he says. I move my hand to my holster. "Custom DatePicker, this town ain't big enough for the both of us"

Hrm maybe this is the right time to finally go down that rabbit hole of self hosting my own sites on a raspberry pi in my cupboard.

There are too many games coming out I wanna play: 👾🥷 Ghosts of Yotei - Oct 2nd 👾🔫 Battlefield 6 - Oct 10th 👾🏙️ Pokemon Z-A - Oct 16th 👾🌕 Outer Worlds 2 - Oct 29th 👾🐉 Dragon Quest 1/2 HD - Oct 30th 👾🗺️ Europa Universalis 5 - Nov 4th

We are pleased to launch the Older LGBTQ+ Londoner's Guide 2025 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 A printed resource created through a pilot project with older LGBTQ+ people and organisations across London. Find it in LGBTQ+ spaces and feel free to copy and share it! 1/2

This post by @samwho.dev explaining Big-O notation in human terms with concise code samples and simple illustrative demos is a joy to read. samwho.dev/big-o/

Re-reading a bunch of Asimov stuff and I am just enchanted by the 90s ere cover art. Especially Chris Moore.

Really wish there was a british/european equivalent of the Toyo Toolbox. It's gorgeous and perfect for what I need, but would be nice to buy *slightly* more local.

Yesssss Die is getting a sequel this November imagecomics.com/comics/relea...

Unsure if this is real or just perception, but since AI tools really boomed I get *SO* much more spam email. Particularly well structured, but still evidently spam, emails. Each day I wish to retreat further towards the hand written letter for communication.

Rumoured LEGO Star Trek Set is the enterprise D: 🎉 Rumoured Leget Star Trek Set cost is £650 🥲

The best part of any iOS launch week is getting to see and hear about all these lovely small niche boutique iOS apps that have updated

Happy long clock day to all those who celebrate

Me: Uses 7 page online form to book MOT for car including all details about the service it needs so i don't have to call them. Renault: We're calling just to confirm those details and talk before book that in. 🤦‍♂️

Not a surprise, but Monzo seems to have had the best "tell us a loved one has died" process of anything else so far.

It's been two weeks since my Dad passed away after living with Brain Cancer for 18 months. In general I'm a pretty private person, but I want to try and raise as much money as possible for Brain Tumour research. www.justgiving.com/page/peter-h...

AI will officially have gone too far if we get a drag queen called Anne Thropic

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My blog is a markdown eleventy shindig but I often don't have my laptop with me when I want to write. Moving Decap CMS seems to be perfect, got it up and running pretty quick and let me configure all the custom fields and handles images so much easier. Now I can blog from my iPad easily 🎉