Content With Tag “Side Projects”

Listing 28 pieces of content with the “Side Projects” Tag.

  1. Week 35: Deck Access

    Tootsie sat in his cat carrier peeking out at the park. We're sat on a checked blanked in the sun.

    A week of more mortgage hold-ups (sigh), giant bounties, lots of fun activities, obsessing over crosswords, and cats in parks. Read Week 35: Deck Access.

  2. Week 34: £137,000

    My dad standing amongst trees and holding me as a baby

    A week of thinking about dad, second flat viewings, paying London rent for 7 years, and making my static website searchable. Read Week 34: £137,000.

  3. Week 33: Fire Safety

    A screenshot of the "Responses" section of one of my blog posts, showing social interactions with the post and a form to submit your own mentions of the page.

    A week of house buying progress, new characters, sun and champagne with friends, and a lot of time spent learning how webmentions work. Read Week 33: Fire Safety.

  4. Week 8: Cancelled

    Five emoji horses lined up in Slack, waiting to race. Their new more Christmas-themed names are Seasonal Gold, Frosty December, Bethlehem Miracle, Party Star, and Happy Vixen.

    A week of cancelled plans, breakfast champagne, excessive TV, and a warming cascade of green ticks. Read Week 8: Cancelled.

  5. Week 6: Pointy Tree

    A Christmas tree, half of the height of it is above the topmost branches, it's very pointy

    A week of spare-time coding, some good reading, an increasingly boozy Christmas cake, and our exceptionally pointy tree Read Week 6: Pointy Tree.

  6. I Like RSS

    A screenshot of the Audrey home page, showing unread entries from my feeds

    An explainer on RSS and feed readers, a history of my reading habits over the years, and Audrey – a new open source project that will hopefully encourage me to read more. Read a bit about web feeds.

  7. Week 5: Aldovia

    Tootsie laying in his new favourite cardboard box. He's a black and white cat, with a very distinctive moustache. A discarded toy mouse is laying beside him

    A week of useful feedback, a new (and nearly finished) RSS reader, three research trips to Aldovia, and a box-obsessed cat. Read Week 5: Aldovia.

  8. Yeehaw!

    Four horse racing emoji race across the screen from right to left, reaching the finish line in turn

    Way back in March this year, early on in lockdown, I had a burst of inspiration and built a silly game which you can play on Slack. I wanted to talk through the process I go through on the rare occasion when I start a side project. Saddle up.