Notices by Alex (alex@www.alexstandiford.com)

Cold message on LinkedIn starting with “If I may be so bold”

Me: “You may not”

Sometime’s it’s great to know Linux. And today, the day that I started a Factorio server so me and my family can play over Christmas break is one such example.

The tail crank design definitely works, although I had some issues with the quality of my prints. I’m re-designing the cranks now to be easier to print on their side, and just a scoshe smaller so they fit into the holes easier.

But functionally-speaking, this works great!

I changed the design of the crank to have flats on either end. This makes it a lot easier to print on its side, which will not only make the cranks stronger, but also a lot easier to print. This should fix the quality issues I had.

Ripped off a bandaid today. Finally got around to properly tagging all PHPNomad packages, and setting all of them up in Packagist. Currently at 40 repositories, so I needed to get ahead of this before it got out of hand.

I’m a bad singer, but it doesn’t mean that I don’t enjoy singing. So I do. With headphones. Up high. So I can be loud, and not hear myself sing. It’s great! I feel good, and don’t have to subject myself to the sounds coming out of my mouth-hole.

And then I got Airpods, and sometimes I forget conversation awareness is on, and I feel like it’s Apple’s way of silently judging me by bringing to light just how I sound to the rest of the world 😭

Just Ohio, saying “we can be everything to everyone!”

IT CAME! IT FINALLY CAME!

This prompt yielded some really solid copy for Novatorius’ About Page:

The attached document is a conversation I had with ChatGPT about Novatorius’ website. In this, we talk a little bit about how to create the about page for Novatorius.

Some rules:

You must not refer to this as “mine” or “I”. This is is a “we” and “us” thing. This is a business I run, but it’s not “me”.

This should use the golden circle (Why, How, What)

It should keep the nautical themes minimal. It’s tempting to use them but I think in this context it’ll be tacky.

Avoid saying “status quo”

I really want you focus heavily on what we believe. This page should capture the “about us” mostly through those beliefs. Nearly everything in this page should talk about beliefs, tenants, and values.

I do not want you to mention anything that even remotely suggests what we do. That is not the purpose of this page. This should be all about encapsulating the spirit of what Novatorius is.

I’ve been working on the Novatorius brand, and getting a better understanding for just what on earth my business “is”. It’s all been in my head, and feels great to get it all out of my head. I was even able to get a brand and style guide put together! Here’s a little sneak peek.

Watching Aurora today. We got VIP tickets and oh my god this is amazing! Right next to the bar, I have a server, great acoustics, awesome venue, and my own seat.

I may never go back.

Me and Kate are in Chicago for a weekend. No particular reason, just visiting, enjoying the city life a little, and spending time together. I did not bring my laptop as to not tempt me to “just take a Quick Look” at email. 🙃

I decided to keep it simple this year with Siren’s Black Friday sale. You get a 60% discount, and I’m also offering a Lifetime deal! The lifetime deal will not be available after Monday, so if you’ve been on the fence now is a good time to pick it up.

https://www.sirenaffiliates.com

I think I just found my winter break project. I have a collection of plugins on my site that handles syndication. Would be really nice to bundle it up in a PHPNomad Package. Looks like Bluesky really easy to set up.

https://adactio.com/journal/21570

This is really useful, by the way! Thank you! Now I find myself wondering though – do I need to set up something special to support viewing comments on my site? I have ActivityPub set up, and my posts can be read, and I can even reply using the reply block. I can’t, however, seem to figure out how to get the discussions on my posts to display on my site. Am I missing something?