David Peach

David Peach

David Peach

Programmer and Virtual Photographer from England.

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Welcome to my new website. Currently being built "in the wild" using 11ty.

I got sick of using WordPress and not having an easy and full control over the entirety of my website. So this new site, at my original domain, is my place to really focus in on learning and sharing the best new features in front end technologies.

I am a backend (PHP) developer by trade, but have always had a cursory interest in front end technologies.

I want to start working on my front end skills too now.

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  1. The Tsunami in the fridge

    Published: by David Peach

    This morning I opened the fridge door to be greeted by a slight splash of water.

    Okay — not quite a tsunami — but that’s clickbait for you.

    Underneath the veg drawer of our modest 500mm wide fridge freezer lies a small pool of water in the recesses of its base.

    First thought of course is “Ah great. Amazing. The fridge is buggered. One of the stalwarts of the modern home… packed in.”

    But no.

    The fridge is fine.

    Upon lifting the vegetable drawer out I notice a block of ice on the back edge of the fridge base.

    What I’m assuming is that the temperature drops to freezing to create this block over time, then as the fridge goes through some kind of cycle where it’s not quite freezing, it melts a bit.

    I should do something about the temperature but I’m yet to find the dial.

    If I should find it surely I should fix the issue with a simple nudge in the direction of non-freezing.

    If I was loaded I could trash the old fridge and get a brand spanking new one.

    But then… That would be cold…

  4. Another test for the creating of status posts from the mastodon app to my WP site.

    This should not create a post with a title.

    Instead, should be a status post.

    Posted: by David Peach

  5. This morning i had my last decaffeinated tea bag.

    All I have left is Alta Rica coffee. I’ve had half-portions but something tells me that I’m going to be wired for half the day, before having a big caffeine crash.

    School boy error.

    Posted: by David Peach

  6. Yesterday I gave a family member a lift somewhere.

    On the way there, entering a country road I began overtaking the car in front as I was struggling to get the person to their appointment on time.

    The road ahead was clear and overtaking was permitted in this particular part of the stretch.

    When all of a sudden a white Tesla — of all cars — came around a corner at the far end of the road I was overtaking on.

    So i put my foot down as far as I could to finish the manoeuvre.

    As I passed the car I was overtaking, the car In front was getting ever closer — not sure if they were speeding but being a Tesla I wouldn’t be too surprised.

    I then pulled across as the on coming car flashed it’s lights twice at me “I’m here”. I flashed once back “sorry”.

    Of course signalling with your lights is not encouraged and possibly illegal except under very specific circumstances.

    Nevertheless we exchanged our vague highway morse code.

    At the time it was obvious we weren’t going to impact.

    But since then I’ve been stressing about the “What ifs”.

    It’s even been running around my head about “What if the other driver reports me with dash camera footage, and I get prosecuted for dangerous driving”.

    My mind automatically goes to the worst-case scenario.

    Apparently if a letter isn’t received before 14 days has passed since an incident, then no action will be taken.

    Thirteen days to go.

    Hopefully I can look back on this post in a couple of weeks and laugh at myself.

    Either way it gave me a wake up call to be extra mindful. And to not risk it all to save a potential few minutes. Because the trade off could be the rest of mine, and any passengers, days.

    Stay safe out there.

    Posted: by David Peach

  7. There’s a strange sense of joy and accomplishment that comes after mowing the lawns and thus filling the garden bin.

    Knowing that you’ve cleaned the garden somewhat.

    And knowing that you’re getting your money’s worth from the garden bin subscription.

    Nothing worse than seeing that collection truck go past for another week and having nothing to meet them at the bottom of the drive with. Another few quid wasted (pro-rata).

    But not this time. This time I’ll have an almost full bin and I won’t lie — feels pretty good.

    Posted: by David Peach

  8. Dark as fuck. And so brilliantly doing a send-up of the modern “subscription culture”.

    Both leads were great.

    This is the second thing I’ve seen Chris Dowd act in after The I.T. Crowd. So it was a complete departure for me.

    And he is incredible in it.

    Similarly with Rashida I’ve only seen her in The Office and Parks and Recreation.

    She too was great.

    They missed a trick in one scene though.

    When they thought that his wife’s implant was malfunctioning and they headed to the Rivermind building. They didn’t have Chris Dowd ask “Have you tried turning it off and on again”.

    This is the first time in recent memory I’ve needed to watch something light-hearted after seeing an episode of something.

    A bleak, subscription-based nightmare.

    And I loved it.

    Posted: by David Peach

  9. What do hospitals and supermarkets have in common?

    Go on – take a moment to think about it.

    Got it?

    No? Well, I’ll tell you.

    Both are places where absolute fucking plebs congregate right outside the front doors, smoking.

    Smoking is an individual choice, regardless of how completely dumb it is, but Christ if I don’t wish they would bugger off 100 metres away.

    And the complete hypocrisy of a hospital placing one of their smoking areas directly outside their cancer wards. *smh*

    Walking through a cloud of nicotine fog is not something I want to be doing.

    Go away smokers.

    Go away.

    Posted: by David Peach

  10. On the whole it was great to see the series back.

    I’ve played through part 2, the game on which this series is based, five or six times through. So seeing certain scenes happen in this episode that were towards the end of the game was very strange for me.

    But I get it from a storytelling perspective. Games are just completely different beasts to TV shows. Certain reveals and motivations need to be shown earlier.

    Dina and Ellie at the Jackson New Years Dance

    I just have to mention though. The Jackson dance scene was just incredible. I’m not 100% sure, but it seemed to be a shot for shot remake of the same scene from the game. And it hit just as well.

    In fact, dare I say it hit slightly harder — mainly due to Joel seeming to have slightly more of a temper against Seth.

    The shots, the dialogue, the chemistry between Dina and Ellie, and the music just fell right into place here.

    Beautiful.

    I’m looking forward to the rest of the series.

    My prediction is that the series will end at the closing of the third day at the pinnacle theatre. It just seems like the most logical place for me for it to cliffhanger.

    But who knows what changes they will make.

    Posted: by David Peach

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