fyr.io - Everything (title & summary)

Robert Kingett tooted that indieweb folk are saying RSS readers are flawed, I'm here to say that feeds are ESSENTIAL to the web, all of it, and if any web gardener/creator/writer folk are indeed saying this, they need to re-evaluate.

We saw the eclipse, but only due to luck and a the kindness of a hero work colleague

In this Tale from Tech Support, I create the origin story of an old inherited server from an investigation into why Veeam suddenly stopped working

After getting him his own laptop and desk setup for his 7th birthday, the joy of playing minecraft multiplayer with the kid will be tough to beat

I completed Dishonored 1, plus both the story DLC, and wanted to wax on about how darn good this game looks

Blaugust has a bunch of gamers taking part and it has encouraged me to talk about gaming on here.

It's a day late but I've answered the Blaugust group project prompt: 'Tell us all about your very first blog!'

Today, I appreciated the small things by taking a walk in nature during the work day, but I actually stopped to touch grass this time.

Why am I doing Blaugust?

A little update on the food growing in the garden this year - sunflowers, tomatos and cucumbers, with a bonus 🌻🐝

Malicious ignorance in web design is the cause of you accidentally clicking that button, and I think YouTube is guilty of it in their cookie popup via a subtle dark pattern

Blaugust 2026 is here!

What I would do (for the web) if I could retire.

It's been one year since our chickens laid their first eggs and they're still going strong

Sometimes, you find a way to abuse a system and you don't get a bounty payout.

You can make honey out of dandelion flowers!

Meow - We got two cats!

Hello RSS feed reader!

It's been quiet around here.

A bunch of scrappy notes from 2025-12-19 to 2026-01-09

A bunch of scrappy notes from 2025-12-01 to 2025-12-19

Mouse going all wacky in Steam-launched games on Pop!

A bunch of scrappy notes from 2025-11-24 to 2025-12-01

After a long wait, I finally got a new phone!

A bunch of scrappy notes from 2025-11-15 to 2025-11-24

A bunch of scrappy notes from 2025-11-07 to 2025-11-15

No scraps since 2025-08-01 but hopefully I can start regaining some momentum

I've added a live CSS-only (as in, no JavaScript) theme selector to fyr.io

Experiments with emojis and HTML that led to a working HTML/CSS-only method which, whilst awkward, prevents Google's LLM, Gemini, (and others, I guess) from gobbling up website content

August and September are hella-busy so it's been quiet here recently.

I changed web hosting provider, you may have noticed some... minor issues.

A bunch of scrappy notes from 2025-07-25 to 2025-08-01

A bunch of scrappy notes from 2025-07-18 to 2025-07-25

We've already harvested (some) blackberries... seems early?

A bunch of scrappy notes from 2025-07-11 to 2025-07-18

A bunch of scrappy notes from 2025-07-04 to 2025-07-11

A bunch of scrappy notes from 2025-06-27 to 2025-07-04

A bunch of scrappy notes from 2025-06-18 to 2025-06-27

A bunch of scrappy notes from mid May-ish to 2025-06-18

Our first chicken egg arrived yesterday

Unburden yourself from e-frustration, e-anger, or excess e-energy.

Atera slowly leaked organisations that use their product to mailinator when those customers configured and tested SMTP

Our chickens are outside now and they're doing great!

It's CSS Naked Day 2025 on (and around) the 9th April.

Blossom trees have burst in pink over the last week or so.

CSS Naked Day 2025 is on April 9th - join in to celebrate and promote healthy web standards

Unshackle from the rigidity of the commercial web and be you on the world wild web

Why did I make an intentionally blank page on this website?

What's the state of email SPF and DMARC records in UK primary schools?

We've had a huge workload placed upon our shoulders, but existing methods of organising unplanned and planned work didn't quite scale to something so massive.