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I've just used Cloudflare's Under Attack Mode for the first time, and it stopped a Denial of Service within about 10 seconds. I'm so impressed. I don't know why - Cloudflare's stuff usually Just Works, but I don't think I was expecting it to work that well/quickly.
We don't deserve Cloudflare. I don't even mind it being the basket I put all my eggs in.
The feature of iOS that I hate the most is developers being able to have web URLs open in a little browser within their app. I never want that. I don't want to have to log in in a little browser in your app. I want to use the browser I use which is actually already logged in at the URL I'm trying to open. I hope Apple gets rid of this one day because it makes me cross every single time.
I've seen this guy (I think it's a kestrel?) a lot lately but I never have the right lens on me. Today I brought it and was rewarded.
Spent pretty much every Sunday before I was 10, up before anyone else and watching cartoons.
Couple of weeks-worth of fluffies.
Having a puppy is bonkers. Why do they learn everything you wish they wouldn't immediately, but things you want them to learn take forever?! I gave Forest a treat before bed to get him into his crate three nights ago, and every night since then he thinks there's something delicious in my hand. But trying to get him to pee outside has taken two weeks! Dogs are annoying.
Took the day off to go up to London to see the F1 exhibition with one of the F1 dads.
Meet Forest. He is a 15 week old Labrador puppy who now lives in our house and chews our feet.
I'm done with social media. I may live to regret it, but I've deleted my Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and Bluesky (don't think I ever opened it once!). It's all such a manipulative time-sink, and I'm just done with it. Feels weird, but good.
Tabitha had to go to school today for an open day. Charlotte and I went for breakfast, then we all went for a walk. Making the most of the beautiful weather.
I know it's been ages since I built a new keyboard. I've been very excited about this one.
These went so well today. I love this dough when it goes well.
I found this via Chris Glass (where I find a good deal of my good stuff), and was pretty skeptical but it's very nice.
We went for a walk as Charlotte wanted to go blackberry picking. Wholesome enough on its own, but it took a turn for the even-more-wholesome!
This is probably going to be my last ArcTanGent, at least for a little while. It’s an expensive indulgence just for me, it comes right in a prime holiday timeslot, and I just fundamentally don’t enjoy the concept as much as I used to. I still had a great time this year and saw some amazing performances, but I think it’s time to quit whilst I’m ahead.
Bit of an eclectic weekend. Norman castle, village fete (the kind you're not really welcome at if no-one recognises you), raft race, cheese on toast, pizza.
Haven't done one of these for a while. Mainly because she's not a very friendly cat. I don't really know what we do to cats to make them this way!
Two things that stress me out are dates and deadlines. So it makes sense for me to volunteer to coordinate all of the fixture dates for Sussex Junior Badminton, which has a deadline and I feel like results in a lot of people aiming grumpiness at me if I do a bad job.
It's a load of photos of sunflowers. Do you need this many photos of sunflowers? No, you do not, but it's not hurting anyone!
F1 Dads take a road trip to Belgium, to one of the best tracks of the season, to watch George Russell get robbed.
There's nearly seven years between these pictures. So much has changed. Very happy to have such a great kid and I'm so excited for her to start secondary.
Charlotte is doing a sponsored abseil for charity. You can read about why she's doing it, and I would hugely appreciate if you could donate/sponsor her.
I had an X100-series camera ages ago, but a can of Dr Pepper exploded in my bag and killed it.
Charlotte got me a ticket for this event at Helm for my birthday. It was pretty cool.
Wanted to go to these since we saw Tom Scott's video about them. They're not open to the public all the time but they do occasionally sell tickets.
Palm Reader kicked off their farewell mini-tour in Southampton on my birthday. Andy and I took a little trip down memory lane, and found it largely closed.
Li'l date night with Charlotte. Dinner, drinks, comedy. Not bad but my word restaurants are expensive at the moment.
