I hate XML

05/06/2020

The above screenshot is the difference between an XML product feed that Facebook can't be parsed (top) and one that can (bottom). A default namespace declaration. Why does this matter?

There's a documentary about the McDonalds Monopoly scandal, which was one of my favourite stories (behind a paywall now sorry, but you can find out everything about it by Googling!) in the last few years.

Stories from the last couple of years that I hope also get made into a film/documentary:

The Lunar Hybrid Collection

05/02/2020

All throughout my Animal Crossing: New Horizons playthrough, I've been a victim of my own laissez-faire attitude to planning. I have moved six houses, demolished a bridge, moved the museum and the shop. All because, at the time, the decision of where to put them was in my way.

Street of Rage 4 came out! I didn't even realise it was due. So far it is a brilliant reincarnation of the series and I'm looking forward to playing more of it.

Lockdown cuisine

04/30/2020

I've been enjoying taking photos of some of our more photogenic meals during lockdown. Or, at least, what passes for lockdown in this country.

I tried to make a logomark

04/26/2020

The table flip guy was getting on my nerves so I wanted to try and make a logomark

Socialising in 2020

04/25/2020

Dinner and pre-drinks, followed by a pub quiz.

Tabitha visited my Animal Crossing island today, and she took the bottle recipe from my beach. Didn't ask; just took it. Who is raising this kid?! Unbelievable.

A new backdrop

04/24/2020

I always have a problem taking photos of food in our house. We don't have any clean backdrops. Or at least I thought we didn't, but I was wrong.

Richmond's vegetarian sausages are the best vegetarian sausages I've had in my life. There are some leftovers in the fridge and I'm just lying in bed thinking about how good my breakfast is going to be.

I love GraphQL

04/19/2020

I've been using GraphQL with Craft since I redeveloped this site, which is quite a while now. But running someone else's GraphQL API is like training wheels.

More scones!

04/17/2020

Charlotte requested scones again, but cheese scones this time. I went off piste and used pizza seasoning with tomato puree on top and they were so good

You watched Guy Pearce talking about his most iconic roles I had no idea you liked actors talking about their iconic roles here let me flood your recommendations with actors you either dislike or have never heard of talking about their iconic roles!

—YouTube, demonstrating a problem with algorithmic recommendations.

Scone!

04/14/2020

I haven't done any baking in a shameful amount of time. I am dreadful at parallel tasks, and obviously baking is all parallel tasks.

Need for Speed Heat

04/13/2020

Me: If I can get an RX-7 in this game I'm going to leave it completely stock.

Also me:

"It's hard to find the words to express my debt"

04/13/2020

Tories are great at creating NHS-related debt. Cut to a year after Coronavirus is under control and then we'll see if they're so earnest and committed to supporting the NHS

Sunday

04/12/2020

The ferns at the office don't do well in this heat, so I combined my morning cycle with a plant-watering expedition

I hate going out

04/11/2020

We got ants in the house and it was going to take a week for Amazon to deliver Nippon. Fortunately, our local hardware place stocks it.

Slowing down

04/11/2020

When you pay off your home loan, as in life, you get the chance to enjoy a new pace of living, but the lack of structure can be demotivating.

A sure thing

04/10/2020

Sometimes a studio or publisher will luck into a game so perfect that they have to systematically destroy it in order to prove just how brilliant it is.

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