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• Post #4414815

  Last year I gave a talk at MKGN about my personal reflection on how, after years of chasing IndieWeb perfection, I just accepted my imperfect online third-space and how it is now space for genuine connection. Some bits you may be familiar with, but hey, that's talks for you. https://ohhelloana.blog/mkdn/

• Post #4402631

  cleared some bookmarks. I have loads more to share. Hopefully soon. https://ohhelloana.blog/bookmarks-2/

• Post #4302405

  Yesterday I was on a call talking about the indieWeb in Portuguese and oof. The brain power of translating and saying things I only ever thought in English was a whole workout. 😮‍💨

• Post #4302404

  What’s with the audio in this last series of the great British sewing bee?? I’m on iplayer, and it doesn’t matter how much I increase the volume, nothing meaningful happens. This has been happening in so many shows in different apps too 😡

• Post #4302403

  Because of trains, I am currently gambling on the bus turning up so that I can make it to today’s HWC on time. The good news is that the @astro tote bag has the perfect shape to carry cupcakes 🧁

• Post #4302402

  I didn’t make these. #indieWebCamp

• Post #4302401

  I know I am not allowed to complain about a spoiler from a book published in 1811. Yet, I am absolutely raging that I looked up what an expression meant and Google’s AI overview put a big spoiler 👹

• Post #4302400

  One of the most liberating things that ever happened to my brain was hearing and accepting that “no thought is original”. The amount of times I’ve stumbled upon someone else’s take on an idea I had is high, but these days it doesn’t stop me from still thinking through my own spin on things, for fun.

• Post #4302399

  So Gatwick south terminal has decided to remove the lovely soft play area for kids. The new kids area is by the gates in a dark corner. It’s tiny with hard floors and it sucks imo. Last time I was in the north terminal (June), the kids area was still “in renovation” after one year. The child-hating decisions on public spaces is an epidemic that needs to be shamed.

• Post #2898390

  It’s really that simple. Lovely talk from Mimi at Feeling of Computing last night.

• Post #2898389

  my god not The Rasmus announcing an UK tour and the closest gig to me is on the same day as State of the Browser @webstandards

• Post #2898388

  https://ohhelloana.blog/now/ had to reset this bad boy

• Post #2898387

  If you were an Apple Watch without battery, where would you hide in my house?

• Post #2898385

  This consultation ends tonight. It does ask about age restrictions and VPNs. https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/growing-up-in-the-online-world-a-national-consultation

• Post #2458294

  It's often uneasy for me to share my experiences as a woman in tech, but this job market has me worried for everyone stuck somewhere harmful. I admire everyone who takes on "women in tech" speaking gigs but I am also angry for them and us. https://ohhelloana.blog/woman-in-tech/

• Post #1816854

  just driving by to share that for an embarrassing amount of time, i thought “tradWife” was a new trend where wives brag about doing trading on bro apps. I had not seen content about it, this was just an assumption based on the word’s potential meaning. 🫠

• Post #1816853

  I was able to join tonight's Homebrew Website Club and my eldest made sure to say hi too. But I also showed one of my very offline projects: my own #IndieWeb cross-stitch banner 🪡😁 PS.: there's an #IndieWebCamp this weekend ahead of https://beyondtellerrand.com https://events.indieweb.org/2026/04/-indiewebcamp-d%C3%BCsseldorf-ewHCZehNA3gg

• Post #1816852

  tfw your patience is wearing thin and you open the gym access code on the pure gym app and it stops the music

• Post #1816851

  If you don't have access to the pilot project you can get the hormone progesterone prescription via a fertility clinic without doing fertility treatments which is what I did. It cost me around £50 for the prescription plus the appointment. I am happy to chat about this 🫂 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62r8lzgnk2o

• Post #1810364

  not only this post allowed me to delete one draft, it also forced me to fix the silly open graph image. who knows. https://ohhelloana.blog/why/ Why build a website? Why knit a jumper with your bare hands? Why cook a homemade meal from scratch? Why paint in a canvas? Why fix a broken thing? Why write a letter? Why anything really?

• Post #1303240

  Took a whole week off. It was great! Spent the last two hours of my holiday framing and doing collages of the drawings my daughter did this year so far.

• Post #1303239

  You know what absolutely winds me up? The pre-game graphics & line-up photos for the premier league games. No matching poses! One year, there was a terrible photo direction with the lights that irritated me. The best year was when the players did a serious pose and a fun pose.

• Post #1303237

  I am over the moon! I brought my 14 year old laptop from Portugal. I had completely forgotten about it. I ordered a new SSD (cost me a fortune) and I am planning to put Linux Mint on it as it is draggging itself with Windows 10. Anyway! I remembered that I could try to plug my Kobo Mini (2012) in it and try to update the firmware as my macbook pro doesn't recognise the device at all... And it worked! My perfectly functional Kobo Mini now connects to the wi-fi! No e-waste here! 💚

• Post #1303236

  Finished Murderbot last night and cried on the last episode. Also, The Rasmus is my “The Rise and Fall of Sanctuary Moon”

• Post #1303235

  I did a quick and incomplete update to my /now page. I've now added a "days since I last mentioned The Rasmus". Technically, this post alone should reset it but, my blog, my rules, so no. https://ohhelloana.blog/now/

• Post #1303234

  Today was a good day. Daughter got offered a place in our first choice of school and I successfully added a new SSD and added Linux mint to my very old laptop. Tomorrow: sewing and writing day.

• Post #1180084

  In 2019 I wrote a quick note about my fears of when will I be deemed a "bad immigrant": https://ohhelloana.blog/about-the-b-word/ Since posting that I've become naturalised but it doesn't mean I am at peace. I can't pull the ladder up behind me so please have a look too at the government consultation on earned settlement as it ends this Thursday. It is grim and hostile and made my journey look easy when it wasn't. The things I was afraid of in...

• Post #985103

  Wondering if anyone knows of any proper human made CSS themed pins, badges or iron-on patches? Looking to see what I can add to wear to #CSSDay

• Post #780222

  New blog post: https://ohhelloana.blog/overthinking-ai/ A post without any conclusion, solution or nothing. Just thoughts, processing memories and feelings. Yesterday I was thinking about why I gave up one of my passions: films. And I jot down how the heartbreak is similar to stupid AI. Whatever.