Stephen Quirke @squirke@toot.thoughtworks.com

I'm always impressed when the automation I built to deploy my blog posts to prod *actually* deploys my blog posts to prod... despite the fact that's the whole point of the automation being there! (and yes, I logged in to WATCH it build because I still can't believe it'll work) (new post about scooter fail here: https://blog.quirke.org/helix/carb/fail/2020/09/24/post.html )

Target disk mode! There’s a blast from the past... but with added Thunderbolt 3 #macOS #FireWire #oldSkool

Wet Sunday afternoon (and a sleeping toddler) means tinkering time... #raspberrypi #raspotify

https://blog.quirke.org/spotify/raspberrypi/tinkering/2020/08/16/post.html

#TIL a Gameboy Advance will run original Gameboy software... I’d never thought to try cos the cartridge size was so different... but Wikipedia said so, so I thought I’d try it. Why I have an old Advance and a Gameboy cart to hand is a bigger question about my life choices...

Picking version names for your software doesn't need to stifle your creativity... https://github.com/sheagcraig/yo/releases

(The Hair of Whitesnake?)

So now my home IS my office... and I live on #Zoom calls... I can have a Zoom for Home, er, Office, er something...
https://zoom.us/docs/en-us/zoom-for-home.html

Zoinks! Goodbye #bootcamp on #macOS - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hg9F1Qjv3iU&feature=youtu.be&t=3772

(although actually I'm fairly thrilled by this development to be honest...)

Trying to get #macOS #BigSur working in VMWare Fusion is all kinds of painful. And long winded. And annoying. And unreliable. At least so far. I can't wait for the new VMWare Tech preview... https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/06/23/vmware-fusion-announces-macos-big-sur-compatible-tech-preview

#tootRadio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1fGNCvZL_w in honour of the new version of #macOS - #bigsur

Went to a #virtualConference (albeit months ago...) and finally got around to writing about it... https://blog.quirke.org/okta/oktane/conferences/newnormal/2020/06/17/post.html #Okta #oktane2020 #newnormal

Finally decided to investigate why my raspberry Pi webserver has stopped responding... I/O error, dev mmcblk0, sector 1635628 - she's dead Jim... :( #ex-nginx

Apple's #WWDC is coming... and apparently you'll want this app https://apps.apple.com/us/app/apple-developer/id640199958 to make the most of it. I'm really excited I get to "attend" this year. (who needs sleep anyway?)

#TIL - I can open a terminal window from within VIM using the :term command - and then typing exit kills the terminal session and takes you back to VIM. Smart!

Hey #TootWorks - it's been a while... so I left my home office and lived to tell the tale... https://blog.quirke.org/helix/london/newham/covid/lockdown/2020/05/26/post.html

#til - I'd been working with python internationalisation code (trying to remind myself how it works!) and finally googled what i18n means... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internationalization_and_localization -

code is daft (or should I say d2t?) sometimes...

Is it bad if, when prompted to stand by my #AppleWatch - I use that as a nudge to wander over to the kitchen in search of chocolate? 🍫 #2020Goals

So... I'm (almost alone) in the office today... and this springs to mind
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZ2oXzrnti4
#tootRadio #GhostTown

Happy Holidays all :)