jonathanmatthews

jonathanmatthews, 18 days ago to random

I just got served an (anti-Labour) UK political ad on YouTube - that's illegal, innit? Genuine question.

jonathanmatthews, 19 days ago to random

Well done, Siri. Top notch "AI"ing.

jonathanmatthews, 19 days ago to email

Current status: cup of tea in the garden. Reading a 2007 book I bought in 2012, about some software first released in 1995 handling a 1981 protocol that I'm going to use as the cornerstone of my teeny tiny SaaS in 2024.

May we all have such a long-term effect on the world!

#Email #SMTP #SaaS #bootstrapping #softwaredevelopment #sysadmin

jonathanmatthews, 21 days ago to startup

I've started actively working on a tiny #SaaS whose user interface is #SFTP. Please do your best to convince me I'm making a silly mistake - I either need to be dissuaded ... or to make it happen 🤔 #Startup #SoftwareDevelopment #bootstrapping

jonathanmatthews, 22 days ago to random

Anyone know if it's possible to get #curl to read a #netrc file and pick up a bearer token? I.e. not to discover a username and password, and munge them into a Basic Auth header, but to use a value verbatim from the file ...

jonathanmatthews, 24 days ago to random

The official #ukpol GE hashtag has got to be #ThingsCanOnlyGetWetter amirite?

jonathanmatthews, 1 month ago to random

I pushed two new (tiny!) #static #websites today ... which is pretty good for me, being 100% not-an-HTML guy!

They both use @amin's #readablecss because I absolutely don't understand that stuff but want to have, well, easily readable pages 😃

The first is a starting point that indexes things I have (and will have) written: https://writing.by.jonathanmatthews.com/

Then there's my company / #FediHire Me site: https://www.jcm-systems.co.uk/

jonathanmatthews, 1 month ago to Cat

I love Charlie the #cat's little arm and tucked paws 😻 #Caturday #Cats #CatsOfMastodon

A ginger and white cat sits on a grey garden chair, eyes closed, facing slightly away from the camera.
A ginger and white cat sits on a grey garden chair, eyes closed, facing mostly towards the camera.
A ginger and white cat sits on a grey garden chair, looking slightly away from the camera.

jonathanmatthews, 2 months ago to AWS

Just a brief reminder that every #AWS VM/container/etc you give a public #IPv4 #IP address to now costs you $3.65/month more than in 2023. AWS charges per IP-address per-hour.

jonathanmatthews, 2 months ago to random

Would anyone care to recommend a CO2 monitor I can prop up next to my desk to remind me when to ventilate?

Bonus marks if it's both powered and portable, so I can occasionally take it to meetings and opt out when things get too muggy. I don't care about recording numbers over time. UK purchase.

Q: it is #CO2 I want to monitor, both for air quality and as a proxy for the fact that #COVIDisAirborne, right?? #AirQuality #AskFedi #lazyweb

jonathanmatthews, 3 months ago to hotsauce

UK #condiment fiends: share your best sources of hot sauces, lime pickles, etc!
I don't know /anything/ about where to get good ones - please enlighten me 😀🥵
#condiments #hotsauce #limepickle #AskFedi #Food #chilli #chillisauce

jonathanmatthews, 3 months ago to animals

Won't SOMEONE turn the sun off, please? #CatsOfMastodon

A close up of a white and ginger cat curled up, covering his eyes with his paw. His mouth and nose are just visible.
A white and ginger cat curled up on an embroidered cushion, covering his eyes with his paw.

jonathanmatthews, 3 months ago to hiking

Today I went #hiking along the #Ridgeway 😀 I managed to go 13 miles, though it was a really hard slog at the end!
I went past Wayland's Smithy, #Uffington Castle, and a LOT of hedgerows ... here's a little thread of photos I took:

1. Wayland's Smithy

Wayland's Smithy: a large green raised patch of earth (a barrow) under blue skies and white clouds. There is much exposed earth in the foreground, and some standing stones at the left edge of the barrow. Trees surround the structure.
Wayland's Smithy: a large green raised patch of earth (a barrow) under blue skies and white clouds, with a bright sun. There are lots of fallen leaves in the foreground. Trees surround the structure.
Wayland's Smithy: a handful of large standing stones at the entrance to a barrow, under blue skies and white clouds.

jonathanmatthews, 4 months ago to running

Took my first non-trivial tumble whilst #running today. Nothing serious - a few scrapes on my forearms and knuckles. Definitely surprised me, though!

jonathanmatthews, 4 months ago to Banking

If you were a (UK) business with more than 85,000 GBP to stick into savings accounts, how would you handle it?
Related but separate: I vaguely recall a service which keeps an eye on different banks' accounts' rates, and does periodic sweeps to make sure that no single account is outside the #FSCS coverage limit (of 85k) ... but I can't remember its name 🙄 #UkBusiness #Banking #FinancialServicesCompensationScheme #Interest #BusinessBanking #UK #AskFedi #Business #Savings

jonathanmatthews, 4 months ago to til

#TIL that a "notary public" in the UK (at least) can only notarise documents for use aboard ... they can't notarise docs for one to use in the UK. If, for instance, you want to make a certified copy of a document then you have to use someone else's services, such as a solicitor. (A notary can /also/ be a solicitor, of course).

jonathanmatthews, 5 months ago to random

Does anyone know if @tailscale has published a schema for their ACL file anywhere? The docs are fine but aren't (really) machine readable, so translating them into #CUE or #JSONSchema will be a manual process that's boring to repeat as the docs evolve and features are added. Got any ideas? #tailscale

jonathanmatthews, 5 months ago to random

THE MINCE PIES WILL CONTINUE UNTIL MORALE IMPROVES.

jonathanmatthews, 6 months ago to Excel

Here's a #spreadsheet question: what #calculation-based "stuff" do you do with spreadsheets, outside the realm of grid-based tasks (eg a multiplication table) or texty lists (eg a todo list) or things producing graphs?

I'm interested in anything with a series of calculations that's /not/ a big grid!

Some of my ideas include calculating:

• salary/tax/take-home pay
• budgets
• expenses

... but I'm being very money-centric! What else can you suggest? #PleaseBoost! #LibreOffice #Excel #Sheets

jonathanmatthews, 7 months ago to random

@grammargirl 👋 Here's a question that came up today in some writing...
(How) Do you capitalise the words at the start of a sentence when the first word is in parentheses, as this one is, as it's asking 2 questions simultaneously? Are both words capitalised? Just one?

jonathanmatthews, 7 months ago to Cat

Charlie the #cat found a sunbeam. #CatsOfMastodon

A ginger and white cat sits on a white cushion on an orange-backed chair, in the winter sunshine. His eyes are closed.

jonathanmatthews, 7 months ago to devops

Today marks the end of another year for JCM Systems - my 1-man-band #DevOps/#Sysadmin/etc company with the best website that money didn't buy: https://www.jcm-systems.co.uk/

After over a decade of independent, getting-shit-done #operations work, I'm /finally/ in a place where I'm comfortable with what I enjoy; why I'm doing this; and with saying no to the "wrong" kind of gigs.

I'm not actively looking for client work right now, but if you want to Make Opsy Things Better for folks, give me a kick 😀

jonathanmatthews, 7 months ago to uk

What useful biz purchases can you think of to soak up some excess end of year profit? I'm already aware of pension-related things and trivial benefits; and the company has enough phones and laptops. #UK #LTD #LimitedCompany #Business #Expense #IT #Sysadmin #DevOps #Expenses

jonathanmatthews, 8 months ago to Korean

What are the most syllable-dense English language words you can think of?
Ignoring single letters ("a"), the word with the highest syllable-count/letter-count score I can think of (without searching online!) is "folio". And "Io", of course; but that feels like cheating :-)
Edit: Let's rule out proper nouns, so no "Io", or "Oreo", etc #words #language

jonathanmatthews, 8 months ago to Cat

Charlie the #cat wishes you a very happy #Caturday, but would also like you to keep an eye for whoever took his legs. #CatsOfMastodon

A ginger and white cat makes eye contact with the camera whilst loafing on a striped chair, his legs still missing presumed stolen.
A ginger and white cat loafs on a striped chair, against a background of greenery, a house, and a bit of blue sky. He is wearing a jaunty purple bell. Please pray for his legs to be returned to him.