In other exciting news from the weekend, we picked up the keys to our allotment after 7 years on the waiting list - we fell very lucky with the condition of the plot. Now I need to build a whole new section in my digital garden about our actual garden! Thanks for reading this pos … | Continue reading
Not sure where the month went, but Ruaridh arrived today, and bayLee adores him! Looking forward to the calmness a working cocker introduces to our pack. Thanks for reading this post via RSS. Reply to this post by email | Continue reading
A bare bones html only recipes website, built for the first project in The Odin Project's Foundations course. Read on for a brief description of the project and m thoughts on an afternoon in The Odin Project. One of the things that holds me back is role-play... I absolutely despi … | Continue reading
I spent this afternoon styling the Hometown Project at the end of the Web dev basics module of Scrimba's Frontend Developer Path. Here I talk about completing the exercise, hating flex, and moving on to Javascript. It doesn't seem to matter how much I work with css, 20 years and … | Continue reading
I completed "Part 1 - 3. More about variables" from the course: mooc.fi - Introduction to Programming This section teaches use of f-strings in Python to produce easily customisable variable driven output. Also end="" to prevent print statements terminating to new line - I've neve … | Continue reading
I completed "Part 1 - 2. Information from the user" from the course: mooc.fi - Introduction to Programming Quick series of python exercises covering variables, user input, and concatenation. Thanks for reading this post via RSS. Reply to this post by email | Continue reading
I completed "Part 1 - 1. Getting started" from the course: mooc.fi - Introduction to Programming Thanks for reading this post via RSS. Reply to this post by email | Continue reading
I completed "Build a birthday GIFt site" from the course: Scrimba - Front End Developer Career Path Making my way slowly back through the Scrimba Frontend Bootcamp, but struggle for motivation to keep going back over basic html/css. Thanks for reading this post via RSS. Reply to … | Continue reading
Take the boy out of Burnley but…. Thanks for reading this post via RSS. Reply to this post by email | Continue reading
Fearghus features as today's daily dog, enjoying his walk at the park. Caoimhe is less impressed with him.... as he nipped her ear in his dash for water when he got home. Thanks for reading this post via RSS. Reply to this post by email | Continue reading
Mustang has not had a good day with his heart murmur while I've been at the office today, but he had a nice walk when I got home, and has been a little better since. Seeing the vet tomorrow, selfishly hoping he has a little time left yet, but he is fragile. Thanks for reading thi … | Continue reading
I've been subscription slashing tonight: analytics, MastoHost (back to mastodon.scot), Kagi, Zwift, BikeTerra. All great, but not critical and I want to free up budget. New meta page coming. Thanks for reading this post via RSS. Reply to this post by email | Continue reading
Thought we’d add some serenity and calmness to our Podenco pack by introducing a working cocker. Meet Ruaridh, who joins us at the end of the month. Thanks for reading this post via RSS. Reply to this post by email | Continue reading
Burnley were held at home to a 1-1 draw by West Bromwich Albion. Probably a fair result in a game in which the referee, Gavin Ward, made it all about himself. Read on for my thoughts on the game. Selfishly, I want to talk about this game as little as possible so I'll keep this as … | Continue reading
Back at Turf Moor after a few days away for an evening kick off under the lights against West Bromwich Albion Thanks for reading this post via RSS. Reply to this post by email | Continue reading
Hello Ruaridh! This bundle of working cocker energy will be joining our pack in around 4 weeks. Thanks for reading this post via RSS. Reply to this post by email | Continue reading
I've just tweaked my main RSS feed to incorporate both articles and micro posts... apologies if doing that flooded your feedreader or timeline like it did mine. Thanks for reading this post via RSS. Reply to this post by email | Continue reading
Burnley defeated visiting Luton Town 4 - 0 Saturday in a one-sided game in the sun at Turf Moor. Read on for my thoughts on the performance and the game. When these two sides met on a sunny evening in August at Kenilworth Road, I said that I thought that game featured two of the … | Continue reading
I played "Burnley - Save 1" on Championship Manager 89. Picking up a year after the Orient game, I killed a little time this weekend playing on from my initial CM89 testing. Highlights from a full squad rebuild included two promotions, two Vans Trophies, winning the FA Cup in sea … | Continue reading
Today's centrefold is Professor Mustang, climbing up for a cuddle at almost 14, while Stevie photobombs with his backside. Thanks for reading this post via RSS. Reply to this post by email | Continue reading
I played "Ross County Save" on Championship Manager 01/02. Spent a little time this morning testing out the CM0102 starter pack from jonbetts for a reader, testing out the 98/99 CM3 database. Back then I used to enjoy playing as a then 5 year old Ross County in Dingwall, so I rel … | Continue reading
Unwell again, Vickie is keeping my season card company at Turf Moor this evening. Tired after 6 weeks of it, I just want to feel well again. :( Thanks for reading this post via RSS. Reply to this post by email | Continue reading
Cleansing my feed reader of this ridiculous self indulgent torrent of right facing twaddle. Thanks for reading this post via RSS. Reply to this post by email | Continue reading
I'm excited to have read from several credible sources that Rouvy have now decided to maintain Fulgaz as a standalone. No other solution nears Fulgaz levels of realism / immersion. I've resubscribed. Thanks for reading this post via RSS. Reply to this post by email | Continue reading
Burnley took on Preston North End on Saturday afternoon, looking to keep pace with Leeds United and Sheffield United in the race for automatic promotion. Read on for my thoughts around the game. Jesus, it would be dull watching this every week. I'm not talking about Burnley's 9 g … | Continue reading
Heading out past Hapton on our way to Deepdale. Thanks for reading this post via RSS. Reply to this post by email | Continue reading
Images from Turf Moor as Burnley took on Hull City on a Wednesday evening kick-off in the EFL Championship I was not supposed to be able to make it to this game. Working in the office in Stoke on Wednesday and Thursday, I had intended to stay over. I was not able to though, Vicki … | Continue reading
It is unusual to find four of our canine children sat on the same sofa as each other. My colleagues were treated to this scene behind me this afternoon. Thanks for reading this post via RSS. Reply to this post by email | Continue reading
Here is Mr. Mustang sniffing around in front of Barden marina today. We were very worried about him last night, but my old man is doing much better today. Thanks for reading this post via RSS. Reply to this post by email | Continue reading
I played "01 - The New Governor" on Caesar III - Julius Fork. 👀 My Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ A quick afternoon play through of the first episode of Caesar III - primarily to test out that the content structure and RSS feeds are working correctly for my video games section. Thanks fo … | Continue reading
I have updated my rss feeds to incorporate additional metadata, and incorporated my final content types (for now). Except for some minor templating remaining, this phase of development is complete. I still need to template some minor additional items into the front page, and some … | Continue reading
I watched Boxing - "The Last Dance" 👀 My Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ A comprehensive victory by Del over Otto Wallin. Derek brought War, putting Wallin on the deck twice at 41 years of age, and coping well with a gash from a head clash for half of the fight. It will be a long time … | Continue reading
I've completely rewritten my microblog page as I could not work out why responsivity on mobile was broken on the first archive page (only!). I've stripped back the code, making it simple and lean. Thanks for reading this post via RSS. Reply to this post by email | Continue reading
Burnley visited Southampton on Saturday afternoon looking to progress in the FA Cup. With the team with one of the Read on for brief thoughts and images from the game. Well firstly, I could not make the game, having promised the Saturday for Vickie to travel to Spain to see her p … | Continue reading
I try not to comment on politics very often, but I find the Gaza resettlement plan especially troubling. Two words from the 90s summarise it perfectly, so let's call it what it is - ethnic cleansing. Thanks for reading this post via RSS. Reply to this post by email | Continue reading
Oxford United were the visitors to Turf Moor on Tuesday evening as Burnley looked to hold onto the leaders following a couple of draws in recent weeks. Read on for my thoughts on the game. I've been struggling with a chest infection for a couple of weeks, and am still struggling … | Continue reading
Sadly I’ll not be on the Turf tonight. Have a nasty chest infection that is playing badly with my asthma. Steroids and antibiotics incoming :( Thanks for reading this post via RSS. Reply to this post by email | Continue reading
At least I no longer need to try to convince Vickie that Egan and Egan-Riley are not one and the same person. Good luck at Hull. Thanks for reading this post via RSS. Reply to this post by email | Continue reading
Burnley visited Portsmouth on Saturday afternoon looking to keep pace with the leaders in the Championship. With the team with one of the meekest attacks in the league facing one of the worst defences, what could possibly go wrong? As usual I travelled by coach with Burnley Footb … | Continue reading
Burnley took on Leeds United at Turf Moor tonight in a Monday night 8pm kick-off. Read on for brief thoughts and images from the game. This fixture feature what are probably the best two squads in the Championship, despite the robustness of Sheffield United and Sunderland till no … | Continue reading
Building out the 'Build a Video Compilation Page' project in FreeCodeCamp, while talking about learning to code and aspirations for the year. I've been learning software development for probably a decade or more, much longer if you include incursions into BASIC in the 80s and 90s … | Continue reading
Burnley took on Plymouth Argyle at Home Park in the late Wednesday evening kick-off. Read on for my thoughts and images from the game. As usual, I travelled with Burnley Football Supporters Club, getting on the bus at Queensgate Depot, at a leisurely 10:20. The midweek kick-off n … | Continue reading
Sunderland were the visitors to Turf Moor on Friday evening for an 8pm kick-off for sky sports, played out in front of a full house. Read on for my thoughts on the match, and images from the stadium. I thought that Burnley probably started with their best 11, perhaps less the sus … | Continue reading
I finally managed to display directly link and display related blog articles in my digital garden, much more robust than the workaround using tags yesterday. Read on for my cookbook implementation. I found the Kirby cookbook entry for filtering pages before the weekend, but could … | Continue reading
Burnley travelled to League One Reading on Saturday afternoon for an FA Cup third round tie. Read on for my thoughts on the game and images from the stand. I left Burnley, as usual, with Burnley Football Supporters Club a little after 08:20, the coach delayed by a slightly late s … | Continue reading
Saturday saw Burnley travel just a short distance down the M62 for the East Lancashire Derby. Read on for my thoughts on the game, and images. My friend Craig cam over for the game, so the day started with a short trip up to Burnley Manchester Road train station to collect him. A … | Continue reading
Stoke City were Burnley's accomplices at Turf Moor in a New Years Day massacre of football. Read on for brief thoughts and images from the game - or watch your washing machine cycle instead. I don't want to dwell on this game to much, but I did want to write briefly as the festiv … | Continue reading
Happy fedi new year, from our canine overlords. Planted in: #Canine Children #Caoimhe #Stevie #Fearghus #Leo #bayLee #Mustang Thanks for reading this post via RSS. Reply to this post by email | Continue reading