Weeknotes 140

Now Apple says it won’t disable iPhone web apps in the EU – great news. Now we can all go back to not using PWAs as before.

The house purchase remains a constant anxiety. Hopefully we are approaching the end, but every time we make progress something else crops up.

Waiting, waiting, waiting.

All this talk of broadband led me to pull the plug and upgrade to FTTP, saving money in the process. The installation was delayed a few days because the first engineer didn’t have long enough ladders. The second engineer who came a couple of days later didn’t use a ladder at all! Anyway, I now have fibre to the premises. I had to be restrained and not go for the 1.6Gbps variation. Instead, I’m slumming it with a mere 500Mbps.

Dan Cederholm over at SimpleBits has released his new typeface, Paint Factory. It’s a beaut.

I was sorry to hear of Dave Myers death this week. This is a lovely tribute to the man.

It was, in retrospect, a fairly accurate depiction of the perfect male friendship.

The smart lock. I had to swallow my pride and call in an expert. He was stumped for quite a long time too, which did make me feel better. In the end he slightly adjusted the positioning - and I mean slightly; barely a millimetre - and it now appears to be working.

It seems the tolerances for a working lock are quite precise. I’m glad it’s now working for the bargain sum of £40. I still don’t fully trust it but will be trying it out over the next few weeks.

Apparently Windows is suddenly a good OS for web development. I wonder what could’ve prompted such a change of heart 🤔

It’s my birthday next week (27 actually, thanks) and I’m being taken away on holiday so there will be a blissful 3 day week 👌