@ross@fosstodon.org
@ross@fosstodon.org avatar

ross

@ross@fosstodon.org

Curious and creative software developer.
:wordpress: #WordPress
:laravel: #Laravel
:php: #PHP
#EV owner
#Parenting #Cycling #BikeTooting

Apparently I bring "energy and questions".

This profile is from a federated server and may be incomplete. Browse more on the original instance.

ross, to random
@ross@fosstodon.org avatar

Product idea for UK primary school parents: A re-usable dressing-up costume for special school dress-up days. Hear me out…

Take a toga-style dress and sew on a bunch of Velcro patches.

Then sell kits of stick-on adornments. Fur (for cavemen day), a sash and gold bits (for Romans Day), red dots (for Comic Relief), coloured dots (for Children in Need) and various attachments for world book day!

Win!!

sarajw, to gardening
@sarajw@front-end.social avatar

Gardening has just sort of happened to me.

I never understood how it could be interesting. My mother and both her parents were avid gardeners, I couldn't have cared less.

Now I realise it has to do with having your own space in which to garden. It's a privilege. Allotments are so important to those who otherwise have no land around their homes in which to potter and plant.

It's a joy isn't it? Pruning, planting, tending and weeding. Not a chore. A slow, gentle, growing joy.

#gardening

ross,
@ross@fosstodon.org avatar

@sarajw that doesn’t work great in my experience. Beer traps though! (Cleaning up can be unpleasant) 🍺 ☠️

ross,
@ross@fosstodon.org avatar

@sarajw oh yes. It’s a process!!

ross, to random
@ross@fosstodon.org avatar

Back from holiday! Yay! So what was the story with the hire car?

Well. We had some credit with a hire car company from a booking we cancelled years ago. We needed something bigger than our EV for this trip as we were taking an extra passenger. So we used our credit to hire a Peugeot 3008 “crossover”-style car. Petrol. Automatic.

What did I hate about it, apart from being really noisy at low speed and the jolts of gear changes that we weren’t used to?

ross, to random
@ross@fosstodon.org avatar

Oh! Wow! I clicked a Facebook Ad and I’m not even sorry because it took me to the Randall Munroe UK your site!

https://www.fane.co.uk/randall-munroe

ross, to random
@ross@fosstodon.org avatar

This is EMF camp. I really want to go one day. Nerds are awesome!
https://chaos.social/@jonty/112576808689409141

ross, to random
@ross@fosstodon.org avatar

I, like, NEVER share pictures of myself. But this new T-shirt is PERFECT!!

ross, to random
@ross@fosstodon.org avatar

Been waiting for weeks to get my hands on this.

My family are completely baffled.

I’m in heaven!! 😍

ross, to random
@ross@fosstodon.org avatar

This week was a riot at work. We laughed a LOT! I love this team. 💙

chris, to random
@chris@mastodon.chriswiegman.com avatar

deleted_by_author

    •
    ross,
    @ross@fosstodon.org avatar

    @chris I’m sorry WHAT?!

    ross, to random
    @ross@fosstodon.org avatar

    Oh gosh SO many good things happened today. What a whirlwind! 😃

    ross, to random
    @ross@fosstodon.org avatar

    Garden office news.

    The people that lived here before us didn’t do many things right when they renovated the place.

    BUT…

    They did think to run a tough pipe with electrical and CAT-5 cable down the 30m garden.

    The electrics checked out a few weeks ago.

    Today I crimped a couple of RJ45s on to see what will happen. Turns out I have a working cable already running to the site! 🙌

    image/jpeg

    dvk, to random Dutch
    @dvk@toot.re avatar

    Our car got stolen tonight. In a mild shock right now. 😰

    ross,
    @ross@fosstodon.org avatar

    @dvk Ugh. That hurts. I’m sorry.

    samir, to random
    @samir@functional.computer avatar

    So, are there any alternative iOS app stores yet?

    Any worth checking out?

    ross,
    @ross@fosstodon.org avatar

    @samir AltStore : https://altstore.io/

    SetApp: https://setapp.com/join-waitlist

    ross,
    @ross@fosstodon.org avatar

    @samir I’m not in the EU so 🤷

    I know AltStore has the Delta Emulator (also on regular App Store now) and a popular clipboard manager.

    ross, to random
    @ross@fosstodon.org avatar

    Why is everything about me so in-betweeny?

    I'm a late Gen-Xer, but an early/borderline Xennial.

    I was born and live in Swindon which is kinda on the border of West, Midlands, South and South West England.

    I rarely hold extreme opinions.

    I'm destined to be middle-of-everything.

    ross,
    @ross@fosstodon.org avatar

    @dvk Hah. You and me both!

    kboyd, to random
    @kboyd@phpc.social avatar

    I'm just so exhausted with everything getting worse all the time. (Companies sabotaging their own products, mainly, because they serve the investors & not the users.)

    Tell me about some stuff that is improving in a way that actually helps people.

    ross,
    @ross@fosstodon.org avatar

    @kboyd Local coffee roasters who buy direct from growers? (https://ravecoffee.co.uk/ are mine)

    Refillable household products that save plastic? (https://splosh.com/)

    Puzzmo? (https://www.puzzmo.com/subscribe)

    Feedbin? (https://feedbin.com/)

    1Password perhaps?

    SetApp? CleanshotX? AlfredApp? The Delta Emulator? @ivory

    https://merrysky.net/ ?

    ross,
    @ross@fosstodon.org avatar

    This post appeared under a post from @chriscoyier so I have to say “CodePen" as well.

    And @statamic

    That will do for now.

    I note that a lot of these are indie creators/businesses, or those that charge a reasonable price for their services. It's not pump-and-dump growth. It's products with a story.

    And we need more of that!

    alifeee, to random
    @alifeee@mastodon.social avatar

    what's the best DNS registrar these days?

    I'm using 123reg (a UK one) currently

    I'd like to be able to change my DNS without opening a massive React Web client. maybe remotely via a terminal...

    ross,
    @ross@fosstodon.org avatar

    @alifeee Ugh. Always hated 123reg.

    I use Cloudflare. They sell at-cost. The registration UI is clunky and kinda hard to find. But it works OK once you're in.

    serialdeviant, to random
    @serialdeviant@kopiti.am avatar

    In a nutshell.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rp1n7tzFCCE

    ross,
    @ross@fosstodon.org avatar

    @serialdeviant He should have done the debate!

    jackmcconnell, to random
    @jackmcconnell@mstdn.social avatar

    https://jackmac87.com/blog/building-a-solo-business-is-a-lonely-job/

    ross,
    @ross@fosstodon.org avatar

    @jackmcconnell Do you know why the Mastermind didn’t work out? I’ve had groups like that and they’ve been great.

    Why don’t you start something? Invite some people to chat?

    I find big Slack groups pretty soulless. I like a small messaging group. Feel free to count me in!

    ross,
    @ross@fosstodon.org avatar

    @jackmcconnell Ah. Hmm. Sounds more formal than my arrangement.

    ross, (edited ) to random
    @ross@fosstodon.org avatar

    Site for the garden office is so very nearly clear! An exciting transformation about to happen!!

    ross, to random
    @ross@fosstodon.org avatar

    @nathanwrigley Did you shut down the WP Builds instance?

  • All
  • Subscribed
  • Moderated
  • Favorites
  • •
  • JUstTest
  • mdbf
  • ngwrru68w68
  • modclub
  • magazineikmin
  • thenastyranch
  • rosin
  • khanakhh
  • InstantRegret
  • Youngstown
  • slotface
  • Durango
  • kavyap
  • DreamBathrooms
  • megavids
  • GTA5RPClips
  • tacticalgear
  • normalnudes
  • tester
  • osvaldo12
  • everett
  • cubers
  • ethstaker
  • anitta
  • provamag3
  • Leos
  • cisconetworking
  • lostlight
  • All magazines
    •