Notes – Page 34

Note #20645

Unable to sleep, I found myself wondering whether anybody with a retro-hipster vibe had built a smart pocketwatch. All your smartwatch features, but in pocketwatch format.

Then I realised I was describing a mobile phone on a keychain.

Note #20639

Just when I thought I’d seen every conceivable XML data format with an approved MIME type (!) I discover @mamund‘s Maze+XML, a format for describing orthoganally-connected squares of a maze.

Note #20582

The output of this data anonymisation/scrambling script makes me feel seen. 🏳️‍🌈

Note #20578

Kids: We want porridge for breakfast.
Me: How do you want it?
Kids: Surprise us.

Presenting… oatmeal, honey and sultanas with a toasted marshmallow.

Note #20517

Was a 10th century speaker of Old Saxon a “Saxophone”? 🤔

Note #20304

After talking about impulse control, our “puppy school” OABT half-jokingly issued homework to photograph our dogs waiting patiently next to their initial, written in treats. #holdmybeer

Note #20176

Hey @VOXI_UK! There’s a security #vulnerability in your website. An attacker can (a) exfiltrate mobile numbers and (b) authenticate bypassing OTP.

Not sure who to talk to about ethical disclosure. Let me know?

Y100K

Reassuring to see that @Firefox’s datetime-local implementation is year 100,000 compliant. 😂 #Y100K

Almost nerdsniped myself when I discovered several #WordPress plugins that didn’t quite do what I needed. Considered writing an overarching one to “solve” the problem. Then I remembered @xkcd comic 927…

Note #20096

Time is an illusion. School drop-off time doubly so. #towelday

“Walking” the dog

Brought Demmy out on the school run for her first “walk”, this morning.

Note #19862

I know what it means, but my inner child still sniggers every time I see Animista‘s effect “kenburns-bottom“.

Note #19832

Every time I log in to HackerOne my brain pronounces it to rhyme with “pepperoni”. That’s normal, right?

Note #19786

@robertalanwatts thanks for your Gandi Catch-All Email Forwarding Workaround (https://robsblog.robertwatts.com/2020/02/25/gandi-catchall-email-address-work-around/); very helpful!

Note #19777

The comprehensive @id3 v2 system for #MP3 metadata doesn’t seem to have an “explicit content” flag. I’m using an experimental XRAT frame (with a ‘1’ or ‘0’) for now, but I wonder if anyone’s already “solved” this in a better way?

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