Today I had my work machine upgraded from a Dell laptop to the MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2018, Four Thunderbolt 3 Ports) running Mojave 10.14.5 with the touch bar. I have heard a lot of bad things about this laptop when compared against the current personal laptop I have, and late 2013 Mac Book Pro. So… Continue reading New Mac Book Pro
Category: Writing
Second best bloke in the world
It’s four years on today that I received the shittest news I’ve ever received from one of the the loveliest people that I know. The news came from Jess, and it was about her brother, and my best friend, Roland. I know you were both so very very close. He is gone. So sorry. What… Continue reading Second best bloke in the world
Visas, Permits, & ILRs
It started in 2007 with an application to the UK embassy to grant me a two year working holiday visa. That worked well, for a time, until I found myself and great job and a new group of friends while I made London my second home. By the time that happened I was keen to… Continue reading Visas, Permits, & ILRs
The operation couldn’t be completed. (WordPressKit.WordPressOrgXMLRPCApiError error 0.)
Every time I try and upload an image to WordPress using the iOS WordPress App I get this error… The operation couldn’t be completed. (WordPressKit.WordPressOrgXMLRPCApiError error 0.) Anyone have a fix?
Google Dinosaur Game
If you’re on the road a lot there is no doubt that you will have come across the little 8 bit dinosaur page in Google Chrome. You know, the one that comes up to tell you that you’re not longer able to access the internet because there’s a problems with the connection? This is an… Continue reading Google Dinosaur Game
Building with ARKit
I’ve been having some fun with some semi client work recently and exploring the capabilities of WebAR using Apple’s ARKit. The fact that it works across the horizontal plane, meaning it needs some flat ground to attach something to, is great but it does limit the types of positions you want to get your models… Continue reading Building with ARKit
How to rank on Google’s first page for your ‘Name’ keyword
Meet Matt Steel. I met Matt a few years ago while he was working as a freelancer at TMP when he would come in over the Summer months and help fill the gap when the work piled on. Recently I’ve been working with Matt to help get his site, Matt Steel — Creative Artworker, up… Continue reading How to rank on Google’s first page for your ‘Name’ keyword
Posting to medium from wordpress
I wrote an article a while ago about my cross dressing posting on this blog. A few people clapped (thanks) but a couple of others said that they were having issues getting the plugin to work as it hasn’t been touched in two years. This article will serve simply as a test to see if… Continue reading Posting to medium from wordpress
Cross Posting to Medium
Remy Sharp has published a post all about how to cross-post to medium, you can read it over here. The crux of the issue was that Medium had remove their IFTTT applet and therefore there was no longer a straight foward way to do this (although the meat and potatoes of the article is how… Continue reading Cross Posting to Medium
Symbolic Change – Love Vs Hate
This was an CSS experiment after reading the Five Simple Steps book, Designing the invisible. The book was talking about the different meanings that symbols can take on in different cultures.