The height of a pandemic really is the time for the monitor you use for work to start to play up π at least I've got the laptop screen
So some refactoring I did in my Micropub endpoint resulted in me breaking it π looks like I have a gap in my testing of how Jackson serialises data
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We've got a great talk on Thursday about all the cool things you can do with PHP 7.4 (and a sneak preview of PHP 8) - we hope to see you there virtually. More details on phpminds.orgphp[minds] (@PHPMinds)Mon, 06 Apr 2020 16:16 +0000
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"We will be with our friends again; we will be with our families again; we will meet again." In a deeply moving and personal message, the Queen has called on the country to "remain united and resolute" to overcome the #coronavirus crisis. More on this: trib.al/EqDtjmySky News (@SkyNews)Sun, 05 Apr 2020 19:13 +0000
Week Notes 20#14 (4 mins read).
What happened in the week of 2020-03-30?
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Play Podcast (mp3): Download (Duration: 37:30 β 25.8MB) The impacts of Coronovirus on Linux and open source, KDE Korner, and whether we are seeing the second big split in the FOSS world. Β Linux and β¦
I'm going to say that the paws pressed against my face are there lovingly as we have a little pre-bedtime cuddle
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PSA to folks with washing machines that sit under a counter with a little space on top - next time you're cleaning, pull it out. I've just found a treasure trove of washing up gloves, dishcloths, tubs and a bowl!
I'm really surprised that with all the other amazing stuff Dyson have made, they've not yet made a vacuum cleaner that doesn't scare animals π€·π½ββοΈ
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All humans must keep indoors. All humans will self isolate. By order of the daleks. #COVID19Sandford Police (@Sandford_Police)Fri, 03 Apr 2020 17:21 +0000
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Firefox is working properly. The "unintended behavior" is that the Twitter devs only ever tested whether the cache is kept in Chrome after using a non-standard Chrome-specific way to have the cache wipe itself. Basically the "our page works best! in IE6!" of 2020Post details
Hugs to Twitter engineering who had to deal with their security incident. Frowns at Twitter comms for phrasing this to sound like it was somehow Firefox's fault.Mike Conley @mconley@mastodon.social (@mike_conley)Thu, 02 Apr 2020 19:36 +0000
fenny, the radio wave girl ππππ³οΈββ§οΈπ§π»ββοΈ (@magicalfeyfenny)Fri, 03 Apr 2020 04:30 +0000
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We're hoping that you're all excited as we are to have @derickr coming to speak at #PHPMiNDS about π What's new in PHP 7.4, and coming up in PHP 8 π on Thursday 9th April - more details can be found on phpminds.orgphp[minds] (@PHPMinds)Fri, 03 Apr 2020 07:57 +0000
I will be attending
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so... "the way Firefox stores cached data, which is by caching it normally unless we tell it otherwise, which we did not do" love that the whole web is made by folks using chromeeevee (@eevee)Thu, 02 Apr 2020 21:04 +0000
So turns out that when I said "yes dinner is ready" to Anna Dodson I actually meant "I put it in the oven on the wrong temperature and dinner isn't cooked yet" π³
For those of you that weren't able to make Pauline Narvas's talk at #WiTNotts, it's on her YouTube channel π https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fybQ2oId1I4
And for folks who've rightfully come out of Pauline Narvas's talk at #WiTNotts wanting to start blogging, there's #HomebrewWebsiteClub Nottingham which is every other week (online) and is a great space to put two hours aside to blog / work on your website
Another good point by Pauline Narvas - be careful about oversharing / sharing things that may make hurt you/your company's public image, as well as hurt folks you know #WiTNotts
I'm enjoying how Pauline Narvas has answered lots of questions with "I'll send you a blog post I've written about this", it's nice to see someone other than me doing it π #WiTNotts
YES! Pauline Narvas's comment at #WiTNotts about having blogging influence the quality/length of her Pull Request descriptions resonates massively with me. Since doing more blogging / technical writing I've found that my written communication has improved greatly - or maybe it's just more verbose π
Really lovely to hear how much of an inspiration Pauline Narvas's blog has had on building communities and inspiring folks to do things #WiTNotts
"Blogging is more (to me) than the amount of views per month.. it can be whatever you want it to be" - great point by Pauline Narvas about how when blogging you shouldn't try to fit the niche - it's something I try to practice too by writing for myself under "blogumentation" https://www.jvt.me/posts/2017/06/25/blogumentation/ #WiTNotts
Just pushed a fix for meetup-mf2.jvt.me as it's not handling the Online events very well - it should now respond a bit better
Been a great kickoff from Anna Dodson and @LittleHelli to start #WiTNotts and we're about to have to Pauline Narvas's talk Thoughts to Pixels: the impact of blogging
Hey Terence Eden https://github.com/arkadiyt/zoom-redirector may be of interest to you in relation to https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2020/03/zooms-forced-app-is-irresponsible/ (if you've not already seen it) as a way to auto-redirect to the browser client, not the native client
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Ever wondered how the @zoom_us macOS installer does itβs job without you ever clicking install? Turns out they (ab)use preinstallation scripts, manually unpack the app using a bundled 7zip and install it to /Applications if the current user is in the admin group (no root needed).Felix (@c1truz_)Mon, 30 Mar 2020 21:26 +0000
Reminder that it's #HomebrewWebsiteClub Nottingham tomorrow - we're online only on Zoom, and I'll share the link in the Tech Nottingham Slack for Nottingham folks https://events.indieweb.org/2020/04/online-homebrew-website-club-nottingham-UpVd9JZeVzx6
I'd planned to get my haircut a couple of days before the #coronavirus self isolation, but didn't get a chance. 20 days in we called it, so Anna Dodson cut my hair tonight π± we're both super impressed!
Putting my washing away while pair programming with a colleague - this is peak working from home!
An interesting move - considering recent controversy on the platform and how it was looking to monetise, hopefully for the best?
It'll be of no surprise to any of you who know me as a #PersonalWebsite and #blogging advocate that I would be very much looking forward to Pauline Narvas's talk at #WiTNotts this Thursday! And as it's remote, hopefully more of you can join!
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This week we're running our first remote #WiTNotts and we'd love to see you there! Webcams at the ready, we've got @paulienuh talking to us about #blogging then we're going to have a little birthday celebration as we turn 4! ππποΈππ Full details π nott.tech/wit-aprilWomen In Tech, Nottingham πβ¨ (@WiT_Notts)Mon, 30 Mar 2020 12:16 +0000
#Morph is spoiled rotten - Anna Dodson wanted to make sure earlier he wasn't catching a cold π₯°
Week Notes 20#13 (3 mins read).
What happened in the week of 2020-03-23?
Been a good afternoon with Anna Dodson working through this puzzle from my birthday - hoping to continue picking away at it this coming week
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Seriously, stay at home. Please stop the spread.BBC (@BBC)Fri, 27 Mar 2020 13:01 GMT