Notes

Shelving the new PC Build

Shelving the new PC Build

My rant at AI data centers for sending RAM, GPU, and storage prices soaring.

Pre-ordering the Nintendo Switch 2

How to add animated backgrounds to Google Meet

How I added an animated 'this is fine' background to Google Meet

Untagged filter in Readwise Reader

Creating a new filter view to find untagged items.

Mastodon Author Tags

Adding Mastodon author tags to my Hugo website

Secret Annual Spotify Trick

How to save £45 a year by paying for a 12-month subscription of Spotify
Automating My /Now Page

Automating My /Now Page

My post about automating my now page hit the front page of Hacker News!

Automating Now

The /now page is now automated!

Remove files from Git history

A quick how to guide on how to remove data from a repository's history

RSS Feeds

Paving the way to an open web using RSS feeds

An eSim database!

Compare eSims data plans with ease

A solar powered website

I found this awesome website last month

Apple Watch Double Tap

How to get the double tap gesture without having to shell out for a new Apple Watch

Arc's secret reader mode

How to enable Arc's secret reading mode

Use an adblocker

Block those annoying scammers.

Automating Now

Planted August 19, 2024
Last tended to on August 23, 2026

A quick little website update.

My now page on this website is automatically updated daily 🎉

The travel and media sections are now updated daily with the latest places I’ve been and the latest things I’ve watched, read and played as well!

The idea to automate my now page came from seeing other folks trying to do the same, but I was mainly inspired by Robb Knight and Sophie Koonin.

This data is obtained from a few different sources. If you want to know more about how it works, you can check out the Go script I wrote here on GitHub.

I plan on putting a small guide together on how to use it to automate your own now page as well as a detailed deep dive post to explain how I got it all working and what some of the challenges were with this project soon.

Note

I got around to writing the post on how I did this using Go and GitHub Actions. You can read more about how I automated my now page here.