Notes
Quick notes, thoughts and ramblings.
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I think probably kindness is my number one attribute in a human being. I'll put it before any of the things like courage or bravery or generosity or anything else… Kindness - that simple word. To be kind - it covers everything, to my mind. If you're kind that's it.
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Gulp! I took the plunge and have enrolled in Zell Liew's Learn JavaScript course. There have been so many good reviews for this course and I'm keen (I think!) to take my JS 'chops' to the next level. So here goes…
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I can't tell you how nice it is not to hear his voice anymore. Hopefully the last 5 years of poison can make its way out of our system now.
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Am also considering dipping my toe in the NextJS pond. In particular the SSR side of things and the
getServerSidePropsfacility it provides when needing authenticated areas on an SSG site.But who knows when I'll find time for that!
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I'm having fun playing with SVG animation using GreenSock at the moment. Cassie Evans and Jason Lengstorf's Interactive SVG Animations Using Greensock video provided a welcome spark of inspiration.
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Oh my, here we go again. National lockdown number 3 in England within a year. I guess it makes sense and isn't totally unexpected but it's still a case of processing the fact…
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I have an itch that's needed a good ol' scratch for a long long time. Time to pull my finger out and begin the journey of getting my PPL. Sussex Flying Club looks like a super spot to start.
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You create your own life by how you see the world and your place in it.
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Maybe this is an ‘odd’ question at 47 years of age but it keeps coming up for some reason. “I’ve worked in the web industry for over 15 years and have mostly enjoyed it - and think I’m fairly good at it as well. However, I’m not sure it’s ‘my element’. If not, I wonder what ‘my element’ is?”
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Just watched the docudrama Official Secrets. Brilliant but disturbing. A reminder that courageous honesty is needed more than ever in these crazy times.
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The updates to NPM packages seem to be f'ing endless these days!
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Chernobyl. Gosh! I was completely engrossed. One of the most compelling and unsettling things I've watched in a long time.
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Aargh! Bastian Allgeier says it way better.
In practice, this dependency hell has bitten me so often already that my life expectancy probably sank by 2-3 years. You want to build a JS file? Please update Webpack first. Oh, that new version of Webpack is no longer compatible with your Node version. Oh, your new Node version is no longer compatible with that other dependency. Oh, now you have 233 detected security issues in all your node_modules but you can't fix them because that would break something completely unrelated.
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Christ has existed 'from the beginning', so the Christ cannot be the same as Jesus.
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Dabbling with typography sizing / scaling using the new
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If you're not failing at something then you're not trying hard enough. Failing is part of it. If you're not trying hard enough to even fail, I think you're in trouble. Cause that… you know… teaches you more.
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And here I was thinking the new Dumbo movie would be a good choice to watch with my 11 year daughter…. Nope! Half way in she was asking when it was gonna finish.
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Clearleft, thanks so much for reminding us that; "It's OK."
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Gees I'm missing seeing a mate's actual face. Thanks WhatsApp and Zoom but I could do with some real human interaction now.
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Great software is not built by great programmers. It's built by great teams
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Appropriateness is something I keep coming back to when it comes to evaluating web technologies. I don’t think there are good tools and bad tools; just tools that are appropriate or inapropriate for the task at hand.
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The Apollo 11 documentary movie. How the heck did this go by me!? 😮
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Mark Price takes gorgeous photographs of landscapes.
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I'm looking to get myself back into photography again. Specifically landscape photography. I've missed the space it used to give me. The way it helped me to look up — to really pay attention to my surroundings — to be present in the moment. Things our technology-obsessed age seems to have forgotten about.