Notes and scribbles - Awful Woman

Flushing the DNS toilet twice

Mon, 01 Jun 2026 18:38:55 +0200

On MacOS clearing the DNS cache with dscacheutil -flushcache && killall -HUP mDNSResponder is annoying. Very annoying. Because of that fucking sudo that you need to add everytime you want to run it.

Want to get rid of it? Add the commands to your sudoders file. Yup, this exists on MacOS.

Here’s the Ansible I use to make DNS flushing experience just that little bit more delightful:

- name: Allow admin users to run DNS flush commands without password
  become: true
  community.general.sudoers:
    name: flush-dns
    group: admin
    commands:
      - /usr/bin/dscacheutil -flushcache
      - /usr/bin/killall -HUP mDNSResponder
    nopassword: true
    state: present

This resides in my bootstrap-macos-server role.

But that’s not all. Becuase if you’re using Tailscale and have private subdomains tied to Tailscale nodes then you have to go one step extra. Tailscale maintains its own DNS resolver at 100.100.100.100 with an independent cache. The little bastard.

The fix is to cycle Tailscale (tailscale down && tailscale up), which reinitialises everything.

I wrapped all this up in a script which, as always, you can take a gander at.

Github

Sat, 28 Dec 2024 11:06:17 +0100

Just to note that my self-hosting and home automation infra can be found on Github. I keep everything there, nothing hidden. (Secrets obviously encrypted…)

An LLM at home...

Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:28:46 +0100

It fills me with ick, but I just connected OpenAI to my Home Assistant. It’s not doing anything like controlling my home or doing anything “intelligent” (as LLMs are, after all, merely Stochastic Parrots).

No, all it’s there for is to answer questions that we throw at it. My wife really likes asking Siri random stuff, and she’d miss it when it goes, and so she was happy to see the same replicated in the HA Voice.

Tomorrow's World

Sun, 15 Dec 2024 18:18:10 +0100

God I loved this show.

Homeprod, not homelab

Mon, 18 Nov 2024 17:46:08 +0100

If your homelab is being used by others it isn’t a homelab - it’s home production.

Thu, 15 Jul 2021 08:32:46 +0000

Jaysus, how did I miss that we’ve passed the 4 million dead mark for COVID-19? 😔

Thu, 08 Jul 2021 10:40:25 +0000

It’s exactly 6 years today that I moved to Berlin with my partner. Time flies when you’re a) having fun b) in a pandemic.

Wed, 07 Jul 2021 12:32:19 +0000

Hands up all the women who talk about the tech industry in therapy.

Tue, 06 Jul 2021 10:20:08 +0000

DevOps is irritatingly interesting, and very, very hard to combine with a passion for accessibility and slow-tech.

#a11y #devops #slowtech

Thu, 01 Jul 2021 14:14:53 +0000

Are you the developer who never talks, or are you the developer that never stops talking oh god please stop talking

Wed, 02 Jun 2021 14:47:25 +0000

Baby woodpeckers are extremely noisy. I know this because there’s a nest of them 5 metres from where my desk is.

Sat, 22 May 2021 18:57:38 +0000

I have to admit that I probably would watch Eurovision.

But I am partnered to someone who despises it with a passion and if it’s a choice between me and the wifey then the spangly eurotrash don’t have a chance.

Thu, 29 Apr 2021 06:56:38 +0000

Just had to do a firmware update on a lightbulb.

Wed, 28 Apr 2021 14:36:19 +0000

[reporter] Why ARE trans people always so miserable?

[the UK trans community, waiting to hear the outcome of a court case on whether transphobic beliefs are protected at work] sigh

#MayaAppeal

Tue, 27 Apr 2021 12:05:11 +0000

“[Full-Stack Developer] was first used when front-end engineers started doing javascript on the server, with the introduction of node.”

Hmm, funny that, because I remember it being when a load of Silicon Valley cunts invented the concept in order to economise on hiring, but what they really did was economise on frontend quality by hiring backend devs and forcing them to do frontend and that’s what led to the state of the web today but why don’t you go ahead and invent whatever fucking history makes you feel comfortable, fuckmouth.

I do love the true-hearted people of tech. ❤️

Wed, 21 Apr 2021 11:46:44 +0000

Which bitch just got awarded Permanent Residence in Germany? (clue: it’s me)

Mon, 12 Apr 2021 15:56:08 +0000

People in the UK are posting pictures of themselves at the pub. Might go scream for a while.

Mon, 12 Apr 2021 10:21:28 +0000

Having tried to use the Instagram API this weekend I can only conclude that Facebook hates everyone, including its own developers.

There is definitely an abusive relationship going on there.

Fri, 09 Apr 2021 15:36:55 +0000

I’m on a committee for deciding on how our 10000+ company moves forward with internal messaging apps.

I have suggested that we use IRC.

I will happily entertain reasons for why IRC is NOT suitable in a large corporate environment.

Thu, 08 Apr 2021 10:36:23 +0000

I can say with absolute certainty that if I didn’t need a twitter account for my career, I’d delete it forever. It’s mind numbingly addictive and awful.

The problem I have with it is that I can’t use it only a bit, or for a short time. It’s all or nothing. And I’m starting to get the addicts clarity that maybe I need to go cold turkey.

Wed, 07 Apr 2021 19:11:22 +0000

Ive had to deactivate my Twitter account for a bit. It’s hurting my mental health and, frankly, it’s addictive.

Tue, 06 Apr 2021 16:27:26 +0000

“There’s nothing sexier than an older woman’s bedside medicine collection”, she thought, as she refilled her pill box.

Mon, 05 Apr 2021 21:25:04 +0000

Exciting times as my partner and I play the ancient game of “try to sneak past the guinea pig cage without them noticing”. Partner won after managing to crawl all the way across the living room floor without them squealing at her.

Sun, 04 Apr 2021 12:00:33 +0000

Okay, so I started smoking again a few months ago. Fucking awful habit, and this time it made me actually feel ill. But I couldn’t stop. Each lungful felt amazing, but afterwards I felt sick as a dog. Like my body was giving me side eye.

So the other night I smocked a lot during a Friday night pre-curfew bender. The resulting hangover was absolutely awful. Proper 24 hour stuff. But it all felt like the aftermath of the fags.

So my ciggies have been cut up and put in the bin. No more.

“Weren’t you vaping, charlie?” some of the more observant of you might ask. Yeah, I was. But I gave that up in anger after my autoimmune disease kicked in. I have a high chance of having something called Scleroderma, which is something some folk have a tendency for and is activated by… inhaling the products that are often found in vaping kits.

It possibly correlation, but also possibly causation that my autoimmune symptoms started a few days after I started vaping…

But I have the disease now and maybe I can go back on the vapes? Gonna have to try and see.

Sun, 04 Apr 2021 07:16:23 +0000

I am getting anti-menopause products pushed at me and I’d like to know what online surveillance capitalism knows that I don’t

Tue, 30 Mar 2021 14:41:34 +0000

Okay dipshits, I’ve channeled the anger into my website and started actually doing stuff on the frontend instead of fucking around with node.

https://whalecoiner.com/

Sun, 28 Mar 2021 11:58:39 +0000

Berlin has just - JUST - decided that mandatory working from home for office workers during a pandemic MIGHT be a good idea. 🇩🇪➡️🌊

Sat, 27 Mar 2021 20:02:16 +0000

The 12” of Rhythm of the Night is giving me fucking LIFE.

Sat, 27 Mar 2021 14:07:01 +0000

This time last year you couldn’t have paid me enough to post a photo from this angle. The wonders of modern medicine, eh?

Fri, 26 Mar 2021 16:35:17 +0000

Just spent 45 minutes looking at cases for a NAS build and I feel like I’ve had my soul sucked out via my fanny.

Thu, 25 Mar 2021 15:29:34 +0000

Today’s two major work discussions were:

a) about apportioning responsibilities between frontend and backend people, with regard to #a11y, performance, and robustness.

b) which kind of crisp is the best?

Wed, 24 Mar 2021 22:18:05 +0000

About once a day I find myself missing Twitter, so I comfort take a look and nope nope nope it’s just absolute misery and psychodrama.

I feel 10000000x better for not being on there.

Remind me of this next time I succumb to it.

Tue, 23 Mar 2021 21:15:44 +0000

Today we found out that Germany is going into another month of lockdown. I’m gonna be honest pals: even introverted me is starting to lose it a bit.

Mon, 22 Mar 2021 09:52:50 +0000

A huge flare up of the autoimmune nonsense that is plaguing my mortal body. Feel both drunk and like I have the flu at the same time.

Sun, 21 Mar 2021 16:03:44 +0000

Fixed up the code for this website somewhat. Take a look!

It’s now not embarrassing me as much as it was.

Fri, 19 Mar 2021 09:14:51 +0000

Locked out of Twitter for getting reported by trolls. Thank god, to be honest.

Tue, 16 Mar 2021 13:06:55 +0000

Well I was hoping to get a formal diagnosis of what I have today but my specialist still can’t figure it it’s Polymyalgia Rheumatica, Scleroderma, or, Lupus. 😭

Tue, 23 Feb 2021 10:26:27 +0000

Urgh. Feeling mildly better this morning.

Really did not expect this to start progressing so quickly. :(

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 13:28:26 +0000

I would absolutely LOVE not to be in massive pain today.

This specialist autoimmune doctors visit can’t come soon enough. 😭

Sun, 21 Feb 2021 18:05:37 +0000

Both beautiful partner and a guinea pig have fallen asleep on me.

GP has yawned 13 times and done a quadruple leg stretch.

BP has yawned once and muttered twice.

Stay tuned.

Fri, 19 Feb 2021 13:49:14 +0000

Okay #indieweb and web folk. How can I share from a native app (like Firefox or Twitter) to a PWA on iOS Safari?

On Android I’d use the Web Share Target API. What options are there for iOS?

Fri, 19 Feb 2021 10:19:23 +0000

So my diagnosis of plymyalgiawhydomylimbshurtallthetimehgod has been knocked back to a 50% possibility and now I’ve gotta go see rheumatology specialists, pronto, as my antibody count is all wonky.

Thu, 18 Feb 2021 15:19:07 +0000

Sitting here with the iPhone 12 Pro Max kaufen page open and pointer over “buy now”.

I just want a good camera, you know?

🥰 my travel cam but I look 57 using it. Amazing quality but no eye viewfinder: just me holding it at arms length with both hands, squinting at the screen.

Thu, 18 Feb 2021 14:50:01 +0000

No one wants to hear “yeah, the interfaces you build for internal customers have to be accessible too”.

What, you think our 15,000 person company doesn’t employ any people with disabilities? 😂

Thu, 18 Feb 2021 11:45:01 +0000

The weeks of snow and ice have ended!

Thu, 18 Feb 2021 08:34:10 +0000

If you’ve got mad polymyalgia pain then get yourself a partner who will pull you into her daily yoga practise.

It is helping so, so much. 💜

Wed, 17 Feb 2021 15:23:38 +0000

Well bugger me, I’ve been classed as a member of a vulnerable group by the German government. They’ve sent me vouchers for face masks! 😷

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 17:38:57 +0000

Today I am officially “can’t read the writing on the food packet as it’s too small” years old.

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 11:32:43 +0000

Why don’t the shit people ever seem to get burnout?

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 12:58:03 +0000

Absolutely FANTASTIC dream last night where I was dressed as a shotgun-wielding Marie Antoinette and having to defuse bombs in a Crystal Maze type game.

Sat, 13 Feb 2021 18:46:06 +0000

There’s a crowd of people outside my apartment telling me how AMAZING this Shepard’s Pie smells, and NONE of them are socially distanced!

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 15:21:19 +0000

I always love how capitalist tech nerds claim that a post-capitalist economy would never work.

“nobody will perform labour unless they are forced to do so!!” they shriek, while npm installing completely free code written by a volunteer.

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 13:58:18 +0000

Well, it’s looking likely that I have an immune disorder called Polymyalgia Rheumatica. Got a few more tests to get done to rule out anything else, but it’s looking 90% certain.

At least I pretty much know what’s causing the pain now.

Thu, 11 Feb 2021 22:32:03 +0000

Actually a good day today. And weirdly I’m not feeling down about the lockdown extension here in Germany.

I think I’ve forgotten how to socialise, so it’s probably for the best.

Thu, 11 Feb 2021 13:13:01 +0000

Having to remember how to write callbacks in JS and dear god promises/async/await have ruined my little brain.

Rest in Peace, Rose Wong. The family structures that transgender… | by Eilís Ní Fhlannagáin | Feb, 2021 | Medium

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 22:39:03 +0000

An evening of anger and sorrow. Please read @dirtycitybird talking about Rose, the beautiful and talented young trans woman who died far far far too early.

https://medium.com/@dirtycitybird/rest-in-peace-rose-wong-6acffa42c44d

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 15:45:59 +0000

Twitching every time I hear biological sex in a drawling middle class accent.

https://parliamentlive.tv/event/index/fb12feef-6d41-457a-a102-ea59813bb583

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 12:57:00 +0000

Right now every German street contains one or more adults pulling a wooden sledge on top which sits a child only slightly smaller than themselves.

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 10:50:57 +0000

Lads, it’s cold out here.

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 07:39:47 +0000

Having been brought up on a rainy island in the North Atlantic where the temperature is 10C year round, it is disconcerting to realise that in just a few months it will be 40C warmer than it is now.

Sun, 07 Feb 2021 19:54:39 +0000

“Feels like -21C” and “Warnings for snow drifts” are not words I’d expected to see on my weather app in Berlin.

Sun, 07 Feb 2021 11:29:12 +0000

I don’t know what happened yesterday, but I woke up to a blizzard, some really shit watercolours, and two tickets to see the Sleaford Mods in October.

A note from 2021-02-05

Fri, 05 Feb 2021 15:19:45 +0000

*hibernates*

Wed, 03 Feb 2021 21:24:33 +0000

S’up, motherflippers?

Sun, 31 Jan 2021 15:25:52 +0000

Oh god, just had to do a home haircut on Beautiful Partner.

She’s not seen the back yet. When she does I’m done for. She looks like a reverse Dalmatian.

Sat, 30 Jan 2021 16:51:18 +0000

Feeling VERY guilty for putting George the smallest guinea pig outside in the snow and then running inside to see what he’d do.

He just went and hid under a chair and looked sad. 😭

When he came in his tiny feet were frozen with cold. 😭

Wed, 27 Jan 2021 16:35:54 +0000

The Scottish government wants to exempt “criticism of transgender identity” from upcoming hate crime law.

We’re the only group exempted, because you’re allowed to piss on trans people in the UK.

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/scottish-government-wants-exempt-criticism-141259406.html

Wed, 27 Jan 2021 11:55:44 +0000

“Probable post-surgical fibromyalgia” is a great phrase to start the day with.

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 10:53:31 +0000

Three jays are noisily fighting in the tree outside my window, all vying for an old crow’s nest.

Meanwhile a woodpecker is inspecting the nest that they made in the trunk of the same tree last year.

I hope this means spring is coming!

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 07:48:44 +0000

Is it possible not to wake up and feel like absolute mental and physical shit? Each morning I groggily open my eyes and feel like I’ve run a marathon in my sleep. Aching muscles and cramps. 😭

Sat, 23 Jan 2021 16:32:19 +0000

Have you been cancelled from liberal society for your antisemitism? Do you feel cruelty restricted from airing your homophobia publicly?

Then why not try TRANSPHOBIA ™️?

It’s allowed in mainstream newspapers! 📰

No repercussions! 🍾

Apply now! 👍

Fri, 22 Jan 2021 16:54:25 +0000

I think that I just accidentally wrote most of a node-based endpoint discovery, parser, and sender for webmentions.

I think a version already exists in npm, but would it be useful for other #indieweb folk to have this as a package? S’all async and promises.

Thu, 21 Jan 2021 19:38:47 +0000

Can someone please stop me from eating chocolate? I’d kicked the habit in the summer but miserable winter lockdown has broken me. 😭

Wed, 20 Jan 2021 13:31:58 +0000

Off you fuck, you tangerine tosspot.

Tue, 19 Jan 2021 14:49:26 +0000

I’ve just realised that subconsciously I’ve spent the last 4 years waiting for Trump to launch some kind of preemptive nuclear attack.

Its been eating my braincells and chill at a horrible rate. Felt like growing up in 80s UK again. 😩

Tue, 19 Jan 2021 09:20:34 +0000

Can everyone who needs to contact me please NOT use email / twitter / DMs / Signal / Slack [select as appropriate] because whatever method you choose I’m apparently amazing at missing messages and looking like I hate people. 😭 #ADHD

Sat, 16 Jan 2021 13:03:12 +0000

Thank fuck Merz lost in the German CDU leadership race. Proper little fascist, that one.

Sat, 16 Jan 2021 10:22:08 +0000

I cannot tell you how much I despise the phrase “gender identity”. 😠

Fri, 15 Jan 2021 16:54:11 +0000

The fact I’m pondering if this is a coded neo-nazi reference is probably a sign I’ve spent too much of my life online. 😩

A note from 2021-01-15

Fri, 15 Jan 2021 12:23:56 +0000

It has got to the point in my life where I cannot deny being the nerd that I truly am. I am therefore building a media NAS for our apartment.

https://blog.briancmoses.com/2020/12/diy-nas-econonas-2020.html

Fri, 15 Jan 2021 11:07:16 +0000

The CIA have a new logo and will be playing Berghain when it reopens.

https://www.papermag.com/cia-logo-2649738830.html

A note from 2021-01-15

Fri, 15 Jan 2021 10:39:28 +0000

Madrid has had more snow than Berlin.

pinches anthropogenic climate change on the left bollock

A note from 2021-01-12

Tue, 12 Jan 2021 09:50:53 +0000

A young white guy just cornered me in the supermarket and demanded I explain to him how to make a Tiramisu.

His Tiramisu is therefore going to be made with Quark and Tuc biscuits.

Twat.

Sat, 09 Jan 2021 21:49:03 +0000

Day 17654 of lockdown. An evening with a poorly bumgravy guinea pig.

A note from 2021-01-09

Sat, 09 Jan 2021 15:33:47 +0000

What if we just used singular they pronouns for everyone?

Fri, 08 Jan 2021 10:41:50 +0000

After several medical appointments where I’ve had to reveal my trans status and been othered as a result, it was… well, not lovely, but certainly familiar to be back on the “are you pregnant?” and “is it worse when you menstruate?” train.

Thu, 07 Jan 2021 14:54:40 +0000

I just want to vomit with anxiety this week.

Tue, 05 Jan 2021 13:30:34 +0000

This is what at least 5 years of dust and grime behind a washing machine look like. (Hey, it came with our apartment and we’ve never had to move it before).

Mon, 04 Jan 2021 15:38:40 +0000

Poor Bungle is at the vets with a gammy eye. (not the one you can see). Very brave boi on his first vets visit. 😭😭😭

Sun, 03 Jan 2021 21:18:06 +0000

Beautiful wifey has fallen asleep on me again and I am trapped. The Terry’s Chocolate Oranges that I bought while high sit 1.5 arm lengths away, taunting me.

Sun, 03 Jan 2021 15:26:56 +0000

I know this doesn’t look remarkable, but Zippy is normally off his tits on whizz and coke and almost never lies down.

Sun, 03 Jan 2021 09:56:23 +0000

George’s first snow! Look at that chonky thigh!

Sat, 02 Jan 2021 14:02:46 +0000

The pigeons have started strutting and fucking, which means spring is only ${PIGEON_EGG_GESTATION_AND_BROODING_TIME} weeks away!

Sat, 02 Jan 2021 12:48:25 +0000

It’s Saturday? Shit, I’ve lost all track of time.

Fri, 01 Jan 2021 23:34:58 +0000

More things to ignore.

Fri, 01 Jan 2021 23:18:12 +0000

Something else for @polerin to ignore.

A note from 2021-01-01

Fri, 01 Jan 2021 23:12:39 +0000

So sorry. More test things to ignore. Unless you’re @polerin.

Fri, 01 Jan 2021 23:03:42 +0000

Sorry, this is test content coming from my website. Ignore it, I guess?

Fri, 01 Jan 2021 22:58:21 +0000

Good lord that New Year #DoctorWho was bad.

Jodie Whittaker is such a better actor than any of the previous doctors, but she’s wasted on pure awful writing.

Jodie paired with Russell T Davis as a writer - now THAT would be campy amazeballs!

Fri, 01 Jan 2021 16:52:20 +0000

An exciting start to 2021 as the washing machine drum detaches at 1200rpm with a loud and bowel-loosening shriek.

If anyone has any recommendations for front-loading washing machines, now’s a great time. 😂

Fri, 01 Jan 2021 11:41:17 +0000

u ok hon? x

A note from 2020-12-31

Thu, 31 Dec 2020 19:13:09 +0000

If you’re seeing this then Brid.gy is auto-syndicating from my site to Twitter.

Thu, 31 Dec 2020 13:51:39 +0000

I just realised that it’s the last day of 2020. Huh. No New Years Eve parties this year.

Fri, 25 Dec 2020 19:47:41 +0000

Merry Christmas, fucknuts. 💜

Fri, 25 Dec 2020 11:34:30 +0000

Merry Christmas all you beautiful people! 💜💜💜

I am on my 3rd breakfast mimosa. 🍾

A note from 2020-12-24

Thu, 24 Dec 2020 15:43:07 +0000

I’ve been relying on Twitter as an authentication source for my website. Well, I’ve finally got GitHub authentication working and now I’m free to no longer have Twitter logged in on my phone. Thank god - it has been too much temptation.

Wed, 23 Dec 2020 08:45:10 +0000

Guinea pigs genetically enhanced so that they can do forward rolls.

Mon, 21 Dec 2020 21:33:53 +0000

Finally got image uploads working via the web interface of this site. This wee guy helped.

Tue, 15 Dec 2020 07:52:30 +0000

You know when you think you’ve just badly bruised a finger, but a couple of months later when it’s still healing you realise you actually fractured it?

Me, every year.

A note from 2020-12-11

Tue, 15 Dec 2020 07:41:56 +0000

Lugging 45 kilogrammes of food up 5 flights of stairs is punishment for a crime I have not yet committed.

*dies, dramatically*

Sun, 13 Dec 2020 12:49:52 +0000

Hard lockdown in Germany is coming. :(

Sat, 12 Dec 2020 12:29:10 +0000

Off work until January 2021. What bliss. ☺️

Syndication Feeds!

Fri, 11 Dec 2020 08:10:37 +0000

I’ve got syndication feeds available for this site!

Check out global firehose feed in RSS, Atom, and JSON formats. Each section has its own feed (in those 3 formats) as well, so you can just, for example, subscribe to notes via the Notes RSS feed.

Thu, 10 Dec 2020 16:08:37 +0000

Watching the Women and Equalities Committee on the Reform of the Gender Recognition Act. Gotta ❤️ Alex, Ruth, and Stephen.

parliamentlive.tv

Tue, 24 Nov 2020 20:05:01 +0000

People can continue to meet people outside their Christmas bubble outdoors according to the rules in the tier where they live.

What the fuck did I just read?

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-55064962

Tue, 24 Nov 2020 11:54:54 +0000

Seeing someone remove his mask to cough and sneeze sums up a lot about this pandemic.

Tue, 24 Nov 2020 09:00:25 +0000

So this is my first time writing a note on the go from my mobile phone. How exciting!

Fri, 30 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000

One of our gestalt of landlords has moved their daughter into our Haus, just as lockdown has started again.

The stasi spirit is alive and well in Berlin.

Tue, 03 Dec 2019 10:10:17 +0000

Friends at @OtherNatureShop, Berlin’s most fantastic feminist, trans friendly, queer friendly, BPoC friendly sex store, are looking for someone to freelance help with their ecommerce site. Interested?

2019.11.26, 09:05

Tue, 26 Nov 2019 08:05:16 +0000

It’s hard to believe that the @wearewebclerks conference was the first one ever by the organisers. It was slick, welcoming, friendly, and interesting. Thanks for asking me to speak! ♥️ #webclerks

2019.10.12, 21:48

Sat, 12 Oct 2019 19:48:56 +0000

Lost my voice. Amazing.

2019.10.12, 11:27

Sat, 12 Oct 2019 09:27:44 +0000

Have fully broken myself after these last few weeks. Well, last few months. Currently lying on the sofa emitting fluids and sounds from my face pipes. I think both my mind and body need a hard reboot.

2019.10.09, 08:29

Wed, 09 Oct 2019 06:29:35 +0000

Still chuckling at die Endnutzerleistungsentwicklerprioritätenwahnvorstellung.

2019.10.05, 18:46

Sat, 05 Oct 2019 16:46:17 +0000

Thanks @FronteersConf for allowing me to clearly label my refrigerator at last. 👍 #FronteersConf

2019.10.05, 17:21

Sat, 05 Oct 2019 15:21:59 +0000

Just brained an elderly German man with a bag. By way of an apology I managed to say, in the informal case, “all your hairs taste lovely”.

2019.10.05, 10:45

Sat, 05 Oct 2019 08:45:02 +0000

Back with The Germans. Jack Wolfskin levels are nearing critical, and angry claiming of seats with scarves and coats has already begun.

Fri, 04 Oct 2019 20:44:19 +0000

#IndiewebCamp, #Fronteers and #ViewSource week over. I overcame exhaustion and severe asthma to deliver an opening talk at a huge international conference. I wish I could show this BADASS lady to sickly and anxious 15 year old Charlie. ♥️

2019.10.04, 16:48

Fri, 04 Oct 2019 14:48:25 +0000

I feel a spicy talk coming from @slightlylate. #fronteers

2019.10.04, 16:09

Fri, 04 Oct 2019 14:09:21 +0000

@mandy_kerr and her amazing space trousers are making me excited for variable fonts. So many more design possibilities! #fronteers

2019.10.04, 14:45

Fri, 04 Oct 2019 12:45:45 +0000

@anjanavakil reminds me that I have absolutely no knowledge of lamdba calculus or, in fact, any desire to ever learn it, and, even more so, only the desire to flee in terror at the very mention of the name. #fronteers

2019.10.04, 11:33

Fri, 04 Oct 2019 09:33:54 +0000

@rakshesha is genuinely blowing my mind about the links between tripping and machine learning.

2019.10.03, 19:43

Thu, 03 Oct 2019 17:43:17 +0000

It’s #Foxtober. Why aren’t you using Firefox? Seriously, why not? It’s not run by a giant corporation. It’s got a cool community. It promotes browser diversity. [taps foot, irritably]

2019.10.03, 16:50

Thu, 03 Oct 2019 14:50:03 +0000

Genuinely looking forward to this talk by @adactio and @rem so much. #fronteers

2019.10.03, 14:58

Thu, 03 Oct 2019 12:58:44 +0000

@StephenCookDev is committing severe CSS abuse live on stage and I ruddy love it. Super Mario Kart in CSS! 😂😭 #fronteers

2019.10.03, 12:40

Thu, 03 Oct 2019 10:40:15 +0000

Managed to get through a talk while on the verge of collapsing. This evening is some hardcore relaxing and enjoying the rare treat of having access to a bathtub. 🛀

2019.10.03, 12:03

Thu, 03 Oct 2019 10:03:48 +0000

Loving the passion for CSS from @eva_trostlos. CSS rocks, you fuckers! #FronteersConf

2019.10.03, 10:17

Thu, 03 Oct 2019 08:17:41 +0000

Having my tiny mind blown by Professor @hj_chen at #Fronteers.

2019.10.02, 04:38

Wed, 02 Oct 2019 02:38:07 +0000

I keep forgetting that I have adult asthma. Someone pointed out that the venue I’ve been in used smoke machines CONSTANTLY. Dug out my medication and I can breathe. Thank fuck. But now I’ve taken steroids and my resting heart rate is 100+ and it’s 4am and I haven’t slept yet. 😭

2019.10.01, 17:38

Tue, 01 Oct 2019 15:38:48 +0000

Trying to get better, because I want so much to speak at @FronteersConf! I have delightfully angry things to tell you about constraints!

2019.10.01, 17:06

Tue, 01 Oct 2019 15:06:14 +0000

A conference week where I’ve been intermittently ill. Yay. Just missed most of the second day of #ViewSourceConf after having to return to my hotel room to pass out. Could illness happen at work? No, life would obviously veto that. I can only be sick when I’m enjoying myself.

2019.09.30, 16:10

Mon, 30 Sep 2019 14:10:42 +0000

I don’t think I’ve ever been as happy attending an event as being at #ViewSourceConf. A diverse set of speakers, a wonderfully varied crowd, everyone happy, optimistic, and co-operative. Zero competitive energy. ♥️

2019.09.28, 19:35

Sat, 28 Sep 2019 17:35:29 +0000

As always in the Netherlands I am happily amazed at being short for a woman. Have stood in groups of lasses where I’ve had to tip toe to see things.

2019.09.28, 18:47

Sat, 28 Sep 2019 16:47:02 +0000

British people in Amsterdam: You really are obnoxious cunts.

Europeans: I’m so fucking sorry.

2019.09.28, 10:01

Sat, 28 Sep 2019 08:01:25 +0000

Yesterday I got on the train to Amsterdam. Immediately felt ill. Turned into huge fever and delirious awfulness. 6 hours on that train, then a fever journey getting to hotel. Passed out at 5pm last night and woke at 8am this morning. But my god I feel better. Death to 24h bugs!

2019.09.26, 18:32

Thu, 26 Sep 2019 16:32:57 +0000

Jesus fucking christ, which idiot decided to try and rewrite a talk the day before heading off to a conf? This tit, obvs.

2019.09.20, 12:03

Fri, 20 Sep 2019 10:03:17 +0000

All my love to every single bloody person - especially kids and teens - on the #climatestrike today. ♥️

2019.09.17, 09:41

Tue, 17 Sep 2019 07:41:32 +0000

I see all the shaven-headed and goatee-inflicted tech boys are out defending the noted paedophile Richard Stallman.

2019.09.16, 19:01

Mon, 16 Sep 2019 17:01:04 +0000

I’ve really gotta stop threatening to hurt people during my talks.

2019.09.15, 20:52

Sun, 15 Sep 2019 18:52:23 +0000

Maybe I’ll finally get some stability in my life. Those of you who have it, pleae appreciate it.

2019.09.15, 20:33

Sun, 15 Sep 2019 18:33:20 +0000

Despite all the shit going on with Brexit it’s actually starting to feel like I’ll get to stay here. The overwhelming fear of loss of my residency rights has largely disappeared, especially now the Bundestag want to enact laws to protect us.

2019.09.15, 20:13

Sun, 15 Sep 2019 18:13:00 +0000

Walking the streets home from a hangover-curing meal I feel such an overwhelming visceral LOVE for Berlin, this town that has somehow become my home. I never thought I’d last more than a couple of years, and yet now I’m thinking of making a life here.

2019.09.12, 18:25

Thu, 12 Sep 2019 16:25:24 +0000

Got out of Poland and back to Berlin. There’s undercuts everywhere and queers holding hands and and and I love this town. ♥️🏳️‍🌈👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩

2019.09.11, 21:01

Wed, 11 Sep 2019 19:01:52 +0000

After 48 hours in Poland I am VERY FUCKING BORED of not being able to be gay.

2019.09.11, 11:38

Wed, 11 Sep 2019 09:38:26 +0000

BTW, if there are any PoC or other under represented groups out there who want to speak at #Webclerks, their CFP is still open and they would love to hear from you!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdMlydittpPpWLcd0tiDqadmAoaQv2nD8F8w4esqwdyKQt1aw/viewform

Tue, 10 Sep 2019 08:33:06 +0000

Trying to match Poland’s homophobia with the giant cock drawn on my coffee by an agressively heterosexual barista.

2019.08.28, 23:04

Wed, 28 Aug 2019 21:04:47 +0000

It’s amazing what you see the famous guys in tech favouriting, and retweeting. It’s also amazing to see what the same ones are not interacting with and not talking about in any way whatsoever. Pure amazing, it is lads. Pure amazing. Makes us down the heap feel proper safe.

2019.08.28, 17:29

Wed, 28 Aug 2019 15:29:27 +0000

“Here at [awful-sounding Berlin startup], we like to use the space shuttle as a metaphor for our engineering work.” Mate, the space shuttle exploded. Twice.

2019.08.26, 20:34

Mon, 26 Aug 2019 18:34:17 +0000

Is now a good time, or a really, really, bad time, to post my inflammatory “I fucking hate React and Facebook and everything that enables them”?

2019.08.26, 19:15

Mon, 26 Aug 2019 17:15:46 +0000

Infinite love to the checkout lady who upon seeing that my shopping cost €6.66 looked me dead in the eye and whispered “Satan”.

2019.08.26, 15:38

Mon, 26 Aug 2019 13:38:05 +0000

Fact-check time: Am I right in thinking there is no React Code of Conduct? I can’t find one easily if there is. Github says there isn’t one in the main public repo.

2019.08.25, 23:27

Sun, 25 Aug 2019 21:27:56 +0000

Made a site for my partner as she sat watching Gentleman Jack again. ❤️ #gentlemanjack

https://isitlegaltocarryyourthermometerwithyouonholiday.site/

2019.08.21, 10:09

Wed, 21 Aug 2019 08:09:35 +0000

A headline Guardian article by @philipoltermann says that the German law granting UK citizens permanent residence after no-deal has been passed. Does anyone have more info on it? I’d heard it was proposed, but have not seen anything else.

2019.08.19, 15:20

Mon, 19 Aug 2019 13:20:11 +0000

Do people have recommendations for English-speaking and Berlin-based companies that offer web accessibility training from a trainer with disabilities? Similarly, any recommendations for companies that handle the liaising with disabled users for testing? #a11y #berlin

2019.08.18, 23:45

Sun, 18 Aug 2019 21:45:40 +0000

I always speculate about who in any given group will go Nazi when it tries to emerge fully once more. So this piece from 1941 is a fascinating read.

Via @chineloonwualu.

https://harpers.org/archive/1941/08/who-goes-nazi/

2019.08.17, 14:49

Sat, 17 Aug 2019 12:49:20 +0000

Sorry to all if I’m not myself of late and prone to melodrama. Mental health giving me a kicking right now.

2019.08.17, 00:11

Fri, 16 Aug 2019 22:11:11 +0000

When you’ve spent most of your life just trying to exist your very presence here and now is an incredibly beautiful achievement.

2019.08.16, 10:42

Fri, 16 Aug 2019 08:42:08 +0000

To help my ADHD I disable all retweets on Twitter. Someone in the blue nazi-enabling bird has decided that this is not good for engagement and turned them all back on for me. #a11y

2019.08.15, 21:56

Thu, 15 Aug 2019 19:56:32 +0000

The @Guardian, supposedly the most liberal mainstream UK newspaper, has trans employees quitting for fear that their basic human rights will fail to be upheld. By @patrickstrud. https://www.buzzfeed.com/patrickstrudwick/two-transgender-employees-quit-guardian-transphobia

2019.08.15, 13:47

Thu, 15 Aug 2019 11:47:39 +0000

I’ve also had to give up my British driving license, which feels like a weird permanent step towards staying in Germany.

2019.08.15, 12:41

Thu, 15 Aug 2019 10:41:38 +0000

It was worth the 4 hours of my life queuing in a bleak office, being shouted at by state workers. 🎉

2019.08.14, 15:41

Wed, 14 Aug 2019 13:41:34 +0000

I came out of our cellar to find my 70 year old neighbour hanging fully out of her window, three meters above the ground. She was supported by only a hand around the frame and a well braced foot. She assures me that it’s all okay, she used to be in a circus.

2019.08.14, 11:03

Wed, 14 Aug 2019 09:03:16 +0000

My regular prescription swings at random between 5 and 15 euros whenever I pick it up (always from the same Apotheke). Germany experts, do you know of a reason?

2019.08.13, 22:18

Tue, 13 Aug 2019 20:18:25 +0000

I found a German copy of @teleject’s CSS Cookbook in the street, to which my good lady girlfriend said “maybe this will be the thing that lets you finally learn the fucking language.” I think she’s excited for me!

2019.08.13, 17:04

Tue, 13 Aug 2019 15:04:59 +0000

Every single new person that I’ve met in the last month has assumed that I’m from the Netherlands, Denmark, or Sweden. I embrace my newfound Dutch and Scando nature. My I revel in their bicycle lanes, good architecture, and huge oil reserves.

2019.08.12, 12:44

Mon, 12 Aug 2019 10:44:34 +0000

Meetup:

2 to 4 talks
Local
Cost: €0

Conference:

6 to 8 talks (maybe more available, but you can’t attend all unless you’re The Doctor)
Environmental damage from travel
Cost: €100 to €2000
A little party bag

Is there a case for conferences over meetups?

2019.08.12, 10:20

Mon, 12 Aug 2019 08:20:29 +0000

Free branded bras in all conference swag bags! But unisex bras (obviously!) so no one feels excluded. #innovation #equality #equalist

2019.08.07, 18:13

Wed, 07 Aug 2019 16:13:38 +0000

“Make a difference” they said. “Go into management”. 😂😂😂😭

2019.08.05, 15:33

Mon, 05 Aug 2019 13:33:32 +0000

Do any of you tech folk ever think about just quitting tech altogether? Opening a bakery, or retraining as a park ranger? I’d love to look after a forest for a living. There would be a far lower chance of a guy being in the forest and starting an argument due to his insecurities.

2019.08.03, 17:42

Sat, 03 Aug 2019 15:42:29 +0000

Syndications are working again on my site. The bottom of every page (like this one!) should have info about where it’s shared to. #indieweb

(https://www.sonniesedge.net/notes/3047)

2019.08.02, 16:56

Fri, 02 Aug 2019 14:56:02 +0000

Does any other Brit in Berlin feel weird saying “Ciao!”? I just can’t do it - it makes me feel like a 1990s winebar-dwelling yuppie. I end up saying “Tschüß!” and sounding like a grandma.

2019.08.01, 21:07

Thu, 01 Aug 2019 19:07:42 +0000

The woman wandering around this supermarket wearing socks with her own face on them… well, she has my complete and total respect. ♥️

2019.08.01, 12:49

Thu, 01 Aug 2019 10:49:23 +0000

Shock collars, but for men who just start disagreeing with things for their own shits and giggles

2019.07.31, 21:15

Wed, 31 Jul 2019 19:15:04 +0000

Finally got #webmentions working again on my site. So if you go to, say, my latest post, you’ll see all the like and repost count, and all the replies it has received. It’s looking a bit ropy, but small steps for now. #indieweb https://www.sonniesedge.net/posts/real-dark-web/

2019.07.31, 19:57

Wed, 31 Jul 2019 17:57:16 +0000

Wish I could have been at #AEADC. So may good messages coming out of that event! One day I’ll make it.

2019.07.29, 17:07

Mon, 29 Jul 2019 15:07:41 +0000

One of the advertised advantages of my Elevated State of Queerness is meant to be a lack of PMS. But no. *screams at random strangers*

2019.07.29, 12:45

Mon, 29 Jul 2019 10:45:38 +0000

Only in Germany could someone tell you off for using a short version of your name. “The list has your name as Charlotte! How am I supposed to find you if you’re calling yourself Charlie?!!” I didn’t write the list, m8. So I’m gonna keep smiling & saying danke until you piss off.

2019.07.29, 08:37

Mon, 29 Jul 2019 06:37:02 +0000

Cried for an hour at the ending to Gentleman Jack. Then realised there was still two more episodes to watch. Spent another hour crying at the real ending. What an incredible moving and funny show. 🏳️‍🌈 ❤️ #gentlemanjack

2019.07.26, 20:36

Fri, 26 Jul 2019 18:36:00 +0000

#dykemarch

2019.07.26, 14:30

Fri, 26 Jul 2019 12:30:25 +0000

I’m always saddened by folks who will advocate for #a11y, but then say “it’s too much trouble” to deal with HTML-first progressive enhancement. Not everyone is fortunate enough to have a good network connection, or a high-CPU device. We shouldn’t be putting the burden on others.

2019.07.24, 10:24

Wed, 24 Jul 2019 08:24:11 +0000

Hi #a11y folk - do you have any trusted resources for building accessible emails? Some solid guides or tutorials would be really useful to pass onto a colleague.

2019.07.23, 23:18

Tue, 23 Jul 2019 21:18:35 +0000

I think I might have witnessed the birth of a new event family with this first @queerjs. One day there will be a #queerJS on a big cruise ship, with drugs and discreet waiters. I can feel it.

2019.07.23, 16:39

Tue, 23 Jul 2019 14:39:29 +0000

Remember 2014, when I didn’t experience heart palpitations upon hearing the phrase “UK politics”?

2019.07.23, 10:09

Tue, 23 Jul 2019 08:09:55 +0000

Berlin techies! I’ll be talking at QueerJS tonight about STUFF and THINGS.

https://queerjs.com

2019.07.22, 09:04

Mon, 22 Jul 2019 07:04:58 +0000

Thank you brain for an entire week of pregnancy dreams. Not gonna happen, no matter what your little neurons think, yeah?

2019.07.21, 13:52

Sun, 21 Jul 2019 11:52:49 +0000

This feels like a very important survey.

http://www.icge.co.uk/twitter_surveys/smallbread

2019.07.21, 11:15

Sun, 21 Jul 2019 09:15:27 +0000

Oh man, I got switched to the new Twitter interface. Is it meant to feel like a laggy, buggy piece of shit, or is that an intentional aesthetic?

2019.07.19, 21:56

Fri, 19 Jul 2019 19:56:09 +0000

Sorry folks that I haven’t been around of late. I think I hit a stress and depression patch and didn’t realise it. Danger signs for my future self: not cycling, not going out, feeling tired all. the. time.

2019.07.19, 21:20

Fri, 19 Jul 2019 19:20:07 +0000

Bureaucracy is a function of capitalism. Bureaucracy is people responding to a world that would deny them housing and food if they did not have a job. Therefore, make yourself indispensable and make things run slow.

2019.07.10, 09:58

Wed, 10 Jul 2019 07:58:23 +0000

The last week has been a funeral, work going mayhem, and a complete lack of sleep. So actually getting 8 hours rest last night was incredible.

2019.07.05, 08:41

Fri, 05 Jul 2019 06:41:42 +0000

It’s just occurred to me that the people I find most interesting to talk to about the web are the ones who are part dev, and part librarian, or museum worker. Curation and outreach is such an important part of the web that is so, so, so often ignored.

2019.07.03, 10:01

Wed, 03 Jul 2019 08:01:19 +0000

There’s a position open for a senior project manager in our Berlin office. I’d love to see that position filled. If only for my own mental health. 😂

https://career5.successfactors.eu/career?career_ns=job_listing&company=C0001215517P&career_job_req_id=26920

2019.07.02, 20:28

Tue, 02 Jul 2019 18:28:11 +0000

If anyone is wondering why the temperature in Berlin has suddenly dropped back to normal: it’s because my air conditioner got delivered last night. You’re welcome.

2019.07.02, 09:03

Tue, 02 Jul 2019 07:03:31 +0000

I love that people message me via Twitter DM, but gosh it’s the suckiest messaging system ever. So I’m sorry if I never get back to you. The whole “message notifications disappear if you so much as glance at the Messages tab” makes it 100% incompatible with my tiny ADHD brain. 😭

2019.06.30, 17:38

Sun, 30 Jun 2019 15:38:07 +0000

This is fine.

2019.06.30, 00:10

Sat, 29 Jun 2019 22:10:40 +0000

Everything about Brighton drinking culture reminds me why I left the UK. It seems to be based on:

a) Not wanting to live.

b) Trying to make that a reality.

2019.06.29, 10:24

Sat, 29 Jun 2019 08:24:04 +0000

Had such an amazing time at yesterday’s #PatternsDay. So many notes and thoughts to process Thank you to all the speakers and the folk at @clearleft for organising it. ♥️

2019.06.28, 15:10

Fri, 28 Jun 2019 13:10:28 +0000

Crustacean Svelte Speaker.#patternsday

2019.06.28, 01:16

Thu, 27 Jun 2019 23:16:50 +0000

I decided to get a bus from London Heathrow to Brighton. This is so far proving to be the worst decision I’ve made in months. Should have sold that kidney and got a taxi.

2019.06.27, 18:32

Thu, 27 Jun 2019 16:32:12 +0000

Try adding some agitprop to your conference talks! I did, and it made them 237% more spicy!

2019.06.27, 14:27

Thu, 27 Jun 2019 12:27:42 +0000

Seeing @ericwbailey speaking in person is wonderful. So many good takes and kind humour. ♥️ #enterjs

2019.06.26, 15:49

Wed, 26 Jun 2019 13:49:48 +0000

Lovely #indieweb people! What do you think of “/archive/bookmarks/”, “/archive/bookmarks/2019/”, “/archive/2019/03/bookmarks/” vs “/bookmarks/archive/”, “/bookmarks/archive/2019/”. “/bookmarks/archive/2019/03”?

Where “bookmarks” could be any typical IndieWeb content type.

2019.06.26, 08:57

Wed, 26 Jun 2019 06:57:53 +0000

It’s not even 9am and it’s already 30C outside. Remember, climate change isn’t real. It’s totally NORMAL for northern Germany to have temperatures comparable to the Middle East. Absolutely 100% normal.

2019.06.25, 23:00

Tue, 25 Jun 2019 21:00:37 +0000

My apartment has cooled down to 30C.

2019.06.25, 11:00

Tue, 25 Jun 2019 09:00:19 +0000

I hate phone conversations in English. Phone conversations in German with postal workers are nightmare fuel. 😂

2019.06.24, 21:34

Mon, 24 Jun 2019 19:34:43 +0000

One end of the vast ants nest that fills our apartment building has opened up into our bedroom. Flying ants everywhere. Landlord says “this is normal in summer”. I hope our landlord finds ants in his eyeballs.

2019.06.23, 14:35

Sun, 23 Jun 2019 12:35:55 +0000

New glasses. Big dork energy.

2019.06.23, 00:52

Sat, 22 Jun 2019 22:52:46 +0000

Trying to set up Webpack from scratch. It is a fantastic example of a tool that is hard to use, not because it inherently difficult, but because the collective online knowledge has been smeared by time and rapid change into inconsistent and maddeningly frustrating mush.

2019.06.22, 21:07

Sat, 22 Jun 2019 19:07:30 +0000

Only in Germany would I have to frequently debug websites using browser dev tools to figure out why things aren’t working. ❤️

2019.06.22, 00:20

Fri, 21 Jun 2019 22:20:20 +0000

Midnight on the longest day of the year.

2019.06.20, 17:44

Thu, 20 Jun 2019 15:44:05 +0000

Your regular reminder that Brexit will remove the rights of British citizens in the EU and EU citizens in the UK. Fuck you very much to all Leave votes.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/jun/18/barnier-rebuffs-appeal-over-citizens-rights-in-event-of-no-deal-brexit

Wed, 19 Jun 2019 17:34:43 +0000

Yesterday I got suspended for this reply to @stubbornella. Someone took the time to report me for hateful conduct! Thanks! I have learned my lesson. Going forward I will absolutely IN NO WAY be advocating for kidney punching rude men who push past you in the queue. winks at camera

2019.06.18, 21:05

Tue, 18 Jun 2019 19:05:44 +0000

“It’s not a polygon, it’s just a bunch of stupid lines.”

2019.06.16, 16:07

Sun, 16 Jun 2019 14:07:51 +0000

I’ve been building the web for over 20 years. Today a developer new to the frontend demonstrated a CSS media query that I’d never heard of. I love the web and the way it enables even old fogies like me to learn.

2019.06.12, 19:03

Wed, 12 Jun 2019 17:03:52 +0000

Berlin is having its third storm in as many days. This one was a BEAST.

2019.06.10, 12:06

Mon, 10 Jun 2019 10:06:46 +0000

In 2017 @Loreal dropped @MunroeBergdorf after a false claim of anti-whiteness. Now in #pridemonth @NSPCC drops her as LGBT ambassador following a false claim that she is a porn actress (she did Playboy once). Middle-class, white, prudish TERFs at it again. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/uk-48572955

2019.06.08, 15:08

Sat, 08 Jun 2019 13:08:13 +0000

Today I sat and cried in a bookshop as I realised how little time I now devote to reading and thinking. There is such an aching yearning in me for quiet reading, self-reflection, and tangible books that exist somewhere other than a server. Time to address that.

2019.06.07, 23:31

Fri, 07 Jun 2019 21:31:26 +0000

Who shot the writer and who the hell thought that voiceover was a good idea? But oh my lord I would watch Aziraephel and Crowley flirting together for eternity. #goodomens

2019.06.07, 08:37

Fri, 07 Jun 2019 06:37:16 +0000

I started reading up on The Tragedy of the Commons for a post and now I’m just fucking depressed.

Why are humans?

2019.06.06, 00:21

Wed, 05 Jun 2019 22:21:40 +0000

Midnight, and the temperature in my apartment has dropped to a cool 28C.

2019.06.04, 19:13

Tue, 04 Jun 2019 17:13:48 +0000

Eid Mubarak to all who are celebrating tonight! ☪️🎉

2019.06.04, 09:01

Tue, 04 Jun 2019 07:01:42 +0000

The stand - JUST the stand - for the new Apple display costs $999.

Do you ever feel the end times for tech are coming?

https://www.macrumors.com/2019/06/03/apple-pro-display-xdr-stand-costs-extra-999/

2019.06.03, 08:48

Mon, 03 Jun 2019 06:48:40 +0000

33C in the land that considers air conditioning a sin. #germany #sweatySweatyGermany

2019.06.02, 17:58

Sun, 02 Jun 2019 15:58:39 +0000

I absolutely LOVED @freshelectrons’ poetry recital at #jsConfEU. More of this kind of thing! ♥️

2019.06.02, 15:49

Sun, 02 Jun 2019 13:49:01 +0000

We need to talk to white tech boys about how they enter conversations at events. If you see a group of underrepresented people talking please don’t walk up and insert yourself into a conversation, or, even worse, just stand there silently. It’s creepy as fuck. #jsConfEU

2019.06.02, 15:10

Sun, 02 Jun 2019 13:10:47 +0000

The talk by @firt was one of the few technical talks at #jsconfeu that advocated for progressive enhancement, independent publishing, and considering the user at the core of all things. Fantastic!

2019.06.01, 10:09

Sat, 01 Jun 2019 08:09:03 +0000

I am fascinated by the need to protect the feelings of devs before a talk. “I might say I don’t like your favourite tech”. #jsconfeu

2019.05.31, 14:37

Fri, 31 May 2019 12:37:16 +0000

Someone asking “is that React?” is a question that will haunt me to my grave.

2019.05.31, 11:46

Fri, 31 May 2019 09:46:45 +0000

I am loving how many speakers are using Firefox at @cssconfeu. #cssconfeu

2019.05.30, 16:38

Thu, 30 May 2019 14:38:20 +0000

Lazy sunny afternoons in outdoor cafes are what I’m now living for. Life is too short for worry and stress.

2019.05.27, 19:32

Mon, 27 May 2019 17:32:13 +0000

Rome cons: Macho. Aggressive. Car obsessed. A city that burned all its UX folk. Nacent fascism. Drama. Only child syndrome.

Rome pros: Amazing food, coffee, wine. Actually tries to do accessibility in public places (but fails more often than not). History. Caravaggio.

2019.05.25, 16:07

Sat, 25 May 2019 14:07:31 +0000

Why do Romans hate pedestrians? This city would be BEAUTIFUL without cars. 😭

2019.05.24, 23:17

Fri, 24 May 2019 21:17:55 +0000

For all those who have been desperately asking about it, I’m now publishing statistics about Caravaggio paintings I’ve seen and not seen.

http://www.sonniesedge.net/about/caravaggio

2019.05.24, 18:22

Fri, 24 May 2019 16:22:32 +0000

Oh my, I just saw the May news. Cue several more months of intense Brexit anxiety. Yay! 😭😠

2019.05.24, 14:08

Fri, 24 May 2019 12:08:55 +0000

Standing on top of Vesuvius.

2019.05.23, 21:38

Thu, 23 May 2019 19:38:39 +0000

The ultimate goal is to be VERY gay in front of the Pope in a few days. “You’ll have to excommunicate me to stop us, Francis.”

2019.05.23, 21:21

Thu, 23 May 2019 19:21:24 +0000

Rome definitely doesn’t handle gays well. Open staring if my partner and I decide to kiss or hold hands. 👭 👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩

2019.05.23, 00:18

Wed, 22 May 2019 22:18:32 +0000

Rome is actually quieter than I thought it would be.

2019.05.21, 08:30

Tue, 21 May 2019 06:30:29 +0000

I really what to do some technical conference talks again soon. Feel like I’ve painted myself into an Angry Generalist corner.

2019.05.19, 17:37

Sun, 19 May 2019 15:37:09 +0000

Spending the last few days in the Netherlands has made me realise how much I like it. Everyone is very friendly, there’s bicycles everywhere, and I’m surrounded by women who are the same height and stature as me. ♥️

2019.05.19, 17:35

Sun, 19 May 2019 15:35:08 +0000

Yessss, all lady row on the aircraft. No man spreading! 🙏🙌

2019.05.19, 15:11

Sun, 19 May 2019 13:11:05 +0000

As I get to the platform for the train to Schiphol Airport I see the train to Berlin pull away. If I was on that I’d just have to sit and snooze until I got home. 😭 Remind me in future: train, not plane.

2019.05.17, 14:52

Fri, 17 May 2019 12:52:34 +0000

An electric shock collar, but for developers who say “just” or “simply”.

2019.05.17, 10:20

Fri, 17 May 2019 08:20:45 +0000

Every time I volunteer at a conf I appreciate how much ruddy work the organisers put into it. The folk at @frontendunited are no different. ♥️ #frontendunited

2019.05.17, 07:51

Fri, 17 May 2019 05:51:29 +0000

Just shrieked at a dentist. Day can only go downhill from here.

2019.05.16, 18:15

Thu, 16 May 2019 16:15:33 +0000

If you want to get a feel for the glamour of travelling to conferences to speak, then know that I’m currently washing my knickers in a hotel room sink.

2019.05.16, 14:42

Thu, 16 May 2019 12:42:20 +0000

On this Global Accessibility Awareness Day, go fucking well talk to someone with a disability. Watch someone who has a disability use your product. Try thinking “what’s the best we can do to help?” and not “what can we get away with?” #GAAD #GAAD2019

2019.05.16, 06:27

Thu, 16 May 2019 04:27:56 +0000

IMAGINE @heydonworks FORCING me to eat this stupidly large frozen yoghurt, while he daintily ate a normal sized one. It’s his fault I woke up at 04:30 having a sugar crash. Not mine. Obviously.

2019.05.16, 06:06

Thu, 16 May 2019 04:06:54 +0000

Next up on this geographically short (but emotionally rich) roadtrip is @frontendunited, where @AmyAshLDN and I shall be hosting things with dignity and aplomb.

https://www.frontendunited.org/team-members/charlie-owen

2019.05.16, 04:36

Thu, 16 May 2019 02:36:18 +0000

I have also had equally enormous and stonking fun at @a11yclub and @indiewebcamp Düsseldorf ‘19. In both of these attendee-run events I have learned so much, and was inspired to do better things by poople who care about the WWW and their fellow humans. ♥️ #a11yclub

2019.05.16, 04:18

Thu, 16 May 2019 02:18:36 +0000

I cannot adequately express just how much I have enjoyed @btconf Düsseldorf ‘19. It is one of the most inspiring and friendly confs I have ever attended. Enormous credit to @marcthiele and all who organised it. You should be enormously proud! ♥️ #btconf

2019.05.14, 10:35

Tue, 14 May 2019 08:35:48 +0000

Yeah, fucking constraints! 🎉 @stephenhay #btconf

2019.05.13, 15:18

Mon, 13 May 2019 13:18:03 +0000

The thing I am finding so wonderful about @btconf is that is full of people talking positively and lovingly about other humans. The tech, if any, is secondary. #btconf

2019.05.13, 11:17

Mon, 13 May 2019 09:17:52 +0000

OMG post talk comedown.

2019.05.12, 17:52

Sun, 12 May 2019 15:52:05 +0000

Sorry if you’re seeing random bookmarks appearing in Twitter today. I’ve been testing how to publish bookmarks via the Indieweb. Don’t worry, I’ll dial down the bookmark tweets to only the most interesting as soon as I’ve fine tuned all this.

2019.05.11, 12:44

Sat, 11 May 2019 10:44:21 +0000

I’d always considered the network API kinda useless, but hearing it considered as “metered vs unmetered” is much more interesting. 🤔

2019.05.11, 11:08

Sat, 11 May 2019 09:08:34 +0000

The door bangs open, and @GitHub stumbles into the room, completley off it’s tits. It smacks @npmjs in the face, then falls down heavily and demands more beer.

https://github.blog/2019-05-10-introducing-github-package-registry/

2019.05.06, 11:42

Mon, 06 May 2019 09:42:18 +0000

I think it’s time to increase my opportunities in Germany. Therefore, has anyone got a recommendation for a German tutor in Berlin?

2019.05.04, 14:50

Sat, 04 May 2019 12:50:45 +0000

Just testing notes at Indiecamp.

2019.05.04, 00:46

Fri, 03 May 2019 22:46:01 +0000

My apologies to all those I haven’t been in touch with of late. I have been dreadful at keeping on top of things. Extremely scatty. Might have to up the ol’ methylphenidate.

2019.05.04, 00:27

Fri, 03 May 2019 22:27:58 +0000

Have been trying out @gatsbyjs. It’s very nice component based stuff. I like it! But it assumes that your next step is building an SPA, so it tries to load a metric crapton of JS that I simply don’t need or want on my page. Pages are 150x bigger than they should be. 😭

2019.04.23, 15:03

Tue, 23 Apr 2019 13:03:40 +0000

An Easter weekend spent wheezing, coughing, and lying sadly on my sofa, weakly cursing all allergens.

I’ve been upgraded to the next level of asthma meds after the doc exclaimed “oh god, that’s quite bad” while looking at my lung-function results. 😂

2019.04.20, 18:29

Sat, 20 Apr 2019 16:29:17 +0000

I saw this thread last year, but I accidentally came across it just now and remembered why I pulled my own eyes out.

https://twitter.com/AdamRackis/status/1074057804896460803?s=19

2019.04.17, 11:16

Wed, 17 Apr 2019 09:16:47 +0000

Berlin is getting ready for May Day.

2019.04.16, 10:56

Tue, 16 Apr 2019 08:56:40 +0000

So @MaxBoeck went ahead and actually implemented a webring™️ system! 🎉💜

This is so fantastic!

https://github.com/maxboeck/webring

2019.04.12, 20:44

Fri, 12 Apr 2019 18:44:01 +0000

I’ll be over here, freaking the fuck out about this trailer. #StarWars #EpisodeIX

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adzYW5DZoWs

2019.04.10, 18:45

Wed, 10 Apr 2019 16:45:14 +0000

Very happy to say that I have never seen such absolute BOLLOCKS as this $365 per year “AI-powered” “solution” to website #a11y. Turns out that, at BEST, it’s a user stylesheet. At worst it’s an inaccessible nightmare for keyboard-users.

https://accessibe.com/

2019.04.08, 22:33

Mon, 08 Apr 2019 20:33:46 +0000

If Brexit would just fuck off it would make my conference travel plans a hell of a lot more certain and stop me having to piss some very nice people about.

2019.04.08, 14:57

Mon, 08 Apr 2019 12:57:58 +0000

Oh good god that was a cavity and a half. No wonder it was feeling wonky.

2019.04.06, 21:18

Sat, 06 Apr 2019 19:18:58 +0000

I’ve read this a few times and I’ve not taken anything away from it except that the author’s constant use of italics for emphasis makes my good eye twitch.

https://www.theguardian.com/info/2019/apr/04/revisiting-the-rendering-tier

2019.04.04, 19:15

Thu, 04 Apr 2019 17:15:41 +0000

[Germans normally] I should file my taxes.

[Germans seeing that a train is sitting at the S-Bahn platform] I MUST PUSH ALL ELDERLY PEOPLE AND CHILDREN OUT OF MY WAY IN ORDER TO BOARD THIS VEHICLE THAT WILL BE REPLACED BY AN IDENTICAL ONE IN THREE MINUTES.

2019.04.04, 13:14

Thu, 04 Apr 2019 11:14:05 +0000

“You’re looking very Berlin today Charlie” x 3 times today.

Must wear tracksuit bottoms more.

2019.03.31, 17:59

Sun, 31 Mar 2019 15:59:33 +0000

I was closeted for over a decade after transitioning. But I’ve been out for the last 9 years. Partly selfishly to avoid the Sword of Damocles via outing, and partly to help out others, just a little, simply by being visible.

#TransDayOfVisibility

2019.03.31, 15:57

Sun, 31 Mar 2019 13:57:49 +0000

I feel ya, toilet graffiti.

2019.03.30, 18:26

Sat, 30 Mar 2019 17:26:14 +0000

The first warm weekend in Berlin. Which can only mean the twin dangers of Spargelsaison and Sommer Fahrradfahrer.

2019.03.30, 14:32

Sat, 30 Mar 2019 13:32:09 +0000

A dreadful hangover, but it’s sunny and warm outside. Life is a constant source of conundrums.

2019.03.29, 15:28

Fri, 29 Mar 2019 14:28:34 +0000

“I’m just a Catholic mother of four sons with a problem that only girls can solve: institutional sexism, rape culture, manspreading, mansplaining, and boys wearing Lynx body spray”.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-47738053

2019.03.25, 07:50

Mon, 25 Mar 2019 06:50:20 +0000

It’s late March in Berlin and it’s snowing.

2019.03.24, 14:48

Sun, 24 Mar 2019 13:48:37 +0000

@swentel For the Indieweb module, is there a way to expose syndications via Views?

2019.03.22, 09:56

Fri, 22 Mar 2019 08:56:03 +0000

I don’t normally endorse Guardian opinion pieces, but those one sums up the whole shitshow.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/mar/21/apocalypse-next-week-theresa-may-meaningful-vote

2019.03.21, 14:17

Thu, 21 Mar 2019 13:17:55 +0000

Can we take a moment to acknowledge the UK Petition site as a perfect example of a robust and progressively enhanced site?

On older devices and bad networks the only difference is the counter not auto updating. 🎉

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/241584

2019.03.21, 08:51

Thu, 21 Mar 2019 07:51:21 +0000

Yesterday was a shirt and tie day and damn I need to do that more.

2019.03.20, 09:22

Wed, 20 Mar 2019 08:22:00 +0000

This article from @tatianatmac is one of the most important reads out there right now.

Tech has a white supremacy problem.

https://alistapart.com/article/canary-in-a-coal-mine-how-tech-provides-platforms-for-hate

2019.03.16, 23:00

Sat, 16 Mar 2019 22:00:14 +0000

Very happy to hear that @netflix have devoted an episode of #LoveDeathandRobots to my username! 🎉

2019.03.16, 12:34

Sat, 16 Mar 2019 11:34:52 +0000

Afternoon tea, motherfuckers.

2019.03.12, 14:59

Tue, 12 Mar 2019 13:59:55 +0000

Happy birthday to the World Wide Web! 🎉

It gave me employment over the last two decades.
It put me in touch with new friends.
It let me be a better person.
It gave me information that literally. saved. my. life.

Love you, WWW. ❤️

#www30

2019.03.11, 09:37

Mon, 11 Mar 2019 08:37:53 +0000

An alternate history where Esperanto became the official EU Lingua Franca, and British people were therefore collectively forced to focus on learning a single foreign language. Did Brexit happen in that world?

2019.03.10, 20:16

Sun, 10 Mar 2019 19:16:50 +0000

I’ve been enjoying that all the women from a shit company I used to work at have gone on to be conference organisers, chairs of language committees, public speakers, while the limp man who was CTO has spent his time and money since then releasing the sloth emoji.

2019.03.10, 18:43

Sun, 10 Mar 2019 17:43:11 +0000

We’ve had some weird weather in Berlin over the last few days. But at least some of it was pretty.

2019.03.09, 12:40

Sat, 09 Mar 2019 11:40:55 +0000

I’m shutting down the main RSS feed for this site while I figure out a better way to handle it. I’ll alias back some kind of hosepipe feed to the existing https://www.sonniesedge.net/rss.xml URL as soon as I’ve fixed it.

2019.03.08, 21:19

Fri, 08 Mar 2019 20:19:36 +0000

“I realise I’ve been fighting all this time with one hand tied behind my back”.

I have just cried all the way through #CaptainMarvel.

2019.03.08, 09:48

Fri, 08 Mar 2019 08:48:33 +0000

Happy international Women’s Day to all the beautiful women in my life. Abled and disabled, cis and trans, all races, all ages. Love you all to fucking bits. Don’t let the bastards grind you down. 💜 #InternationalWomensDay

2019.03.07, 21:18

Thu, 07 Mar 2019 20:18:00 +0000

Friendship is @fj telling you about how one should moderate carb intake and think about the GI of things, while you nod and uh-huh and order a large pizza and buffala caprese, and a few glasses of wine.

2019.03.06, 09:11

Wed, 06 Mar 2019 08:11:34 +0000

It often feels that my life and career would be infinitely easier if I didn’t care about people who I will never meet.

All my love to those who keep on caring and actually trying to make the world easier for others. I feel you right now. ♥️

Sun, 03 Mar 2019 08:30:00 +0000

Yesterday’s selection of Berlin graffiti.

2019.02.28, 08:43

Thu, 28 Feb 2019 07:43:34 +0000

Compassion-Driven Development Vs Capitalism-Driven Development.

2019.02.28, 08:37

Thu, 28 Feb 2019 07:37:04 +0000

As ever in most industries, the issues we see here in web land come down to the struggle of capital Vs people.

2019.02.27, 18:22

Wed, 27 Feb 2019 17:22:09 +0000

Found a gift from a neighbour for doing them a favour. ♥️

2019.02.27, 15:18

Wed, 27 Feb 2019 14:18:24 +0000

And a question for the Berliners: is there a good place to give clothes to? Not a commercial operation, like Humana. Maybe a refugee centre?

2019.02.27, 15:14

Wed, 27 Feb 2019 14:14:23 +0000

Does anyone know of an Android app that allows you to share via GET? Like “Share to Gmail” but you define a URL and the parameters?

Wed, 27 Feb 2019 11:07:45 +0000

Daytime Copenhagen was also beautiful. ❤️

Tue, 26 Feb 2019 20:01:57 +0000

Loved being in Copenhagen again, for so many reasons. ❤️

2019.02.26, 19:45

Tue, 26 Feb 2019 18:45:24 +0000

Can’t wait for this! 🎉🎉🎉

2019.02.26, 12:08

Tue, 26 Feb 2019 11:08:24 +0000

Submitting my Krankmeldung online was strangely without login pain, nor UX distress.

I am in some kind of German Upside Down

2019.02.26, 10:59

Tue, 26 Feb 2019 09:59:12 +0000

This is very good to see! White people act weird as shit around BIPoCiT (and especially BIPoCiT in groups) at tech conferences. This gives a space that excludes whiteness and allows BIPoCiT to relax. ❤️

2019.02.25, 23:17

Mon, 25 Feb 2019 22:17:33 +0000

A grand day of coughing and hacking. Love you too viruses. 💔

2019.02.23, 15:51

Sat, 23 Feb 2019 14:51:16 +0000

I’ve got a pet theory that you can judge a country based on its spa culture.

Copenhagen is looking pretty damn good based on today’s visit. Pure Scando chill.

2019.02.19, 13:36

Tue, 19 Feb 2019 12:36:56 +0000

Back in beautiful Copenhagen, where a cola has just cost me €3.50 and a heart attack.

2019.02.17, 22:53

Sun, 17 Feb 2019 21:53:46 +0000

You know that thing where you’re really stressed and then you have a chance to relax by one tiny tiny anxiety unit and so your body goes “HEY WHAT’S THAT WE SHOULD BE ILL?” and you don’t, in fact, get to relax in any way at all?

2019.02.16, 20:51

Sat, 16 Feb 2019 19:51:03 +0000

Can we talk about my hair colour looking FANTASTIC after my latest hairdresser indulgence?

2019.02.16, 18:02

Sat, 16 Feb 2019 17:02:23 +0000

Trying out sending of webmentions.

2019.02.16, 01:06

Sat, 16 Feb 2019 00:06:21 +0000

Just testing bridg.gy and twitter while I can’t sleep.

Sat, 29 Dec 2018 19:49:00 +0000

I got to spend a few days in dark and foggy Hamburg.

Sat, 20 Oct 2018 18:06:00 +0000

I saw so many sheep on Tempelhofer Feld today!

2018.10.14, 15:11

Sun, 14 Oct 2018 13:11:00 +0000

Finally bought hosting for Craft CMS on Fortrabbit. It has made setting up the app an absolute dream.

https://www.fortrabbit.com/

2018.10.11, 18:56

Thu, 11 Oct 2018 16:56:00 +0000

Finally back home from https://2018.ffconf.org and having a cuppa.

2018.09.23, 16:10

Sun, 23 Sep 2018 14:10:00 +0000

Don’t mind me - I’m just trying out publishing notes automatically to Twitter. Pushing for that elusive #personalbrand.

2018.09.21, 13:07

Fri, 21 Sep 2018 11:07:00 +0000

Loving the way that Gmail now freezes every other time I try to use it, and takes at least 20 seconds to load.

2018.09.19, 20:43

Wed, 19 Sep 2018 18:43:00 +0000

Torn between love of building my JAMstack site, and cursing the idiot who didn’t just install Wordpress and go from there.

2018.09.18, 12:00

Tue, 18 Sep 2018 10:00:00 +0000

I think it’s time to take back control of my social media. From now on I’m microposting on this website and syndicating to RSS, and to Twitter whenever I feel it’s necessary.

~~https://sonniesedge.co.uk/notes~~

~~https://whalecoiner.com/notes~~

https://awfulwoman.com/notes

Selfhosting

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Just a note about selfhosting. To fill in the space.