Notes

Just fleeting thoughts that pop into my mind. Or perhaps things I’ve been thinking about that don’t really warrant a full-on post.

  • Finally playing the original Red Dead Redemption (haven’t played sequel yet either) Really loving the O.G. game.



  • Replaying #DaysGone on #ps5 in survivor 2 mode. Just experiencing this gorgeous story again, it’s dawned on me how criminal it is that we may never see a sequel. 😞😞😞. Although a new IP in the same world would be great, considering that Syphon Filter seems to be in that world😏



  • I just successfully submitted my first test-driven package to the PHP packagist repository. It’s just a little Laravel validation rule object for validating a hmac hash against a configurable group of key / value pairs. Am aiming to do a proper write up and possibly even a little video explaining it.


  • Migrating my website to Statamic

    I love Laravel. I also really like WordPress, for what it is. So when it came to originally putting my personal site together I just wanted to get a simple WordPress site together. I have attempted to build my own website and blog in Laravel from scratch multiple times over the years. I even stuck…



  • Just watched the Episode “Here’s Negan” in The Walking Dead. Beautiful and Heartbreaking. @JDMorgan is incredible to watch.



  • I remember the day clearly — a Udemy meme

    I remember the day clearly… It was the one day in the year that Udemy didn’t have a 90% sale on. Original meme inspired by Ronnie Corbett’s famous line.


  • Cash/Cache is Aggressive — Haiku

    A web development/money crossover haiku.


  • Heat

    Finally watched this film for the first time and I absolutely loved it to bits. As I sat there sweating through the UK heatwave — my apartment being three or four degrees higher — I became lost in this world of LA. It goes without saying that Al Pacino and Robert Deniro are at the…