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Rob Rhoades @studioromeo.co.uk · 05/08/2026

Been really enjoying the game mixtape, the sound track is incredible

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Rob Rhoades @studioromeo.co.uk · 29/07/2026

@arielsalminen.com did you fix up your old bike in the end?

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Rob Rhoades @studioromeo.co.uk · 24/06/2026

I'm melting so of course the perfect way to cool down was to create a temperature sensor from a pico and install home assistant on my zero to chart this furnace

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Rob Rhoades @studioromeo.co.uk · 21/05/2026

Did a social wellness test on my employee benefit platform. It gave me a low score and then advised me to "try talking to people"

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Rob Rhoades @studioromeo.co.uk · 20/05/2026

Watched a bit of IO. Not sure about the whole cut and stick approach. A lot of care is put into storytelling which is usually just as important as the snippet.

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Rob Rhoades @studioromeo.co.uk · 16/05/2026

Just a typical weekend activity trying to get my ancient pentium 4 computer to post. I'd love to try and get Linux on this but I don't have a suitable keyboard yet.

A motherboard sat on a cardboard box. There's a monitor in the background showing bios text. The computer is old

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Rob Rhoades @studioromeo.co.uk · 10/05/2026

@arielsalminen.com so @darn.es showed me the upcoming Lego bike and I think that might end up being my next one 🙈

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Rob Rhoades @studioromeo.co.uk · 03/05/2026

@arielsalminen.com I'm not calling it yet but I replaced my rd so I guess technically I have a bike back. I don't trust my work...

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Rob Rhoades @studioromeo.co.uk · 26/04/2026

Am I doing heart rate training right?

Coffee and a cycling computer showing my heart rate

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Rob Rhoades @studioromeo.co.uk · 24/04/2026

Still looking for this. Currently stuck on dark mode despite system being day 🥲

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Rob Rhoades @studioromeo.co.uk · 15/04/2026

Yesterday I had trouble getting my smart bike trainer to tell my app how much power I'm putting out. Tried resetting the Bluetooth connection to no avail. Quit the app, no joy. Restarted the phone, turned the trainer off/on. Works 🤷 I'm forever curious what exactly changed. Don't say gremlins...

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Rob Rhoades @studioromeo.co.uk · 11/04/2026

If you use WhatsApp, I do wish you'd reconsider. Metadata reveals so much about you and your relationships. Consider more privacy focused apps like Signal. wire.com/en/blog/what...

wire.com

WhatsApp’s End-to-End Encryption Explained

Discover what WhatsApp's end-to-end encryption really protects, and what it doesn't. Learn the hidden risks to your data privacy and how metadata and backups remain exposed.

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Rob Rhoades @studioromeo.co.uk · 06/04/2026

I broke the cycle and published my first post in (very) nearly 3 years 🎉 www.studioromeo.co.uk/fixing-smb-t...

studioromeo.co.uk

Fixing SMB Transfers on Mac

My notes on how to fix SMB transfer speeds on Mac Tahoe on Unraid NAS

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Rob Rhoades @studioromeo.co.uk · 15/03/2026

Yesterday I rode 45 miles and today my legs are lead. Crumbs.

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Rob Rhoades @studioromeo.co.uk · 28/02/2026

@arielsalminen.com I'm looking at building a pwa in the near future. Just wondered if you had a timeline for prod? No rush I'm just scouting options. Thanks 🙏

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Rob Rhoades @studioromeo.co.uk · 14/02/2026

I like miniflux as a rss reader, it's simple, has a pwa and links me to the post so I can read it as the author intended

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Rob Rhoades @studioromeo.co.uk · 10/12/2025

Maybe I'm getting old (actually there's no maybe about that) but with VISAs wanting years of social media history and Australia banning it outright for kids I am even more hopeful for a return to the humble niche hobby forum 😍

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Rob Rhoades @studioromeo.co.uk · 28/11/2025

All I want for Christmas is for bluesky to keep me logged in 😥

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Rob Rhoades @studioromeo.co.uk · 28/11/2025

Watched a friend absolutely crush it on stage. So cool watching a choir singing mashups of pop songs and musicals

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Rob Rhoades @studioromeo.co.uk · 15/11/2025

Tested out my new very on brand socks

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Rob Rhoades @studioromeo.co.uk · 14/11/2025

Visual representation of my phone's alarm app

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Rob Rhoades @studioromeo.co.uk · 31/10/2025

Kids have some seriously cool stuff to play on these days. Although I think the leap of faith is a bit beyond my courage

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Rob Rhoades @studioromeo.co.uk · 25/10/2025

Good ride in the forest today 🚴

Wooded forest in autumn. Sun is poking through the trees

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Rob Rhoades @studioromeo.co.uk · 21/10/2025

I'll write a post on this soon but I just wanted to say that with AI I like using it to do fan out style brainstorming. I think that's fascinating. I don't like it for coding even though I have done it successfully. It feels a dull & soulless way to work. I hope that's not my future.

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Rob Rhoades @studioromeo.co.uk · 16/10/2025

I believe in a world where any browser can create a web apk open-web-advocacy.org/es/blog/goog...

open-web-advocacy.org

Google must share the ability to install Web Apps in Android - Open Web Advocacy

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Rob Rhoades @studioromeo.co.uk · 12/10/2025

Well this looks like fun! I wonder if I can hook up a pi to a ssh tunnel and start playing 🤔 protohackers.com

protohackers.com

Protohackers

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Rob Rhoades @studioromeo.co.uk · 07/10/2025

Ai generated commit messages are not the one since they focus on the what - and we get that from the diff. Great commit messages succinctly explain the why. The motivations, considerations, aspirations, tribulations. It's messy human stuff which machines either miss or discard.

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Rob Rhoades @studioromeo.co.uk · 04/10/2025

Dipping my toes into something new 😍 I'm a complete novice when it comes to hardware hacking, but I'm having a lot of fun figuring it all out. Amazing what these little things can do!

A raspberry pi pico attached to a breadboard. There are 3 wires coming out of the breadboard but it's not clear what they are going to.

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Rob Rhoades @studioromeo.co.uk · 22/09/2025

This may be a stupid question but if not using a knife how are you supposed to open this?

Cardboard box taped along it's opening. On either side a no knife icon is printed

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Rob Rhoades @studioromeo.co.uk · 14/09/2025

Gemini: that's a really good point and gets to the heart of "search term" As an old git coming from an era where search was all about most accurate result with fewest words it's so odd to see modern approaches deliberately returning noise their output

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Rob Rhoades @studioromeo.co.uk · 07/09/2025

Awesome day watching the final stage of the tour of Britain. Lucky to have this end on my doorstep in Cardiff!

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Rob Rhoades @studioromeo.co.uk · 04/09/2025

Signs you're British 96: apologising after someone steps on your feet

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Rob Rhoades @studioromeo.co.uk · 22/08/2025

GPT wishes it could make graphs this good

Screenshot from James Hoffmans video showing a standard line graph except the line is his versions of his face

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Rob Rhoades @studioromeo.co.uk · 19/08/2025

If the Simpsons has taught me anything its that the best jobs come from CEO's that wear their shirts backwards

Still from the simpsons showing Hank Scorpio wearing a shirt on back to front

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Rob Rhoades @studioromeo.co.uk · 15/08/2025

Tell me you're British without telling me you're british. Also I'm convinced these are a heinz dupe

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Rob Rhoades @studioromeo.co.uk · 11/08/2025

While backing up photos from the cloud I made a spreadsheet to keep track of things. Part of my workflow involved counting photos so for fun I made a graph from it. Looks like I take around 150 photos on average and 2022 Q4 seemed like a good time! 📷

Graph showing how many photos I've taken over the last 15 years

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Rob Rhoades @studioromeo.co.uk · 10/08/2025

Recently discovered devtoolstips.org . Shows how to do things in each dev tool like viewing the a11y tree for example. Also it's built with 11ty!

devtoolstips.org

DevTools Tips

Discover helpful cross-browser DevTools tips and tricks

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Rob Rhoades @studioromeo.co.uk · 05/08/2025

Bsky holding your data ransom until you give them more. Awful UX and data handling. Always question the value of your data, where & how it's stored because if not, one day it can be taken away from you. Always favour physical media and open formats over anything else.

Bluesky note reads "Don't worry! All existing messages and settings are saved and will be available after you verify you're an adult"

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Rob Rhoades @studioromeo.co.uk · 05/08/2025

Whenever I need advice on something I've written I always go to @jess.darn.es. If anyone is looking for a writer I can highly recommend hiring her. She'll not only smash the brief but do it in a calm and considered way!

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Rob Rhoades @studioromeo.co.uk · 21/07/2025

This place feels like echoing into /dev/null

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Rob Rhoades @studioromeo.co.uk · 17/07/2025

You'll be old enough to vote at 16, drive at 17 but you'll have to wait until you're 18 to slide into those DMs

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Rob Rhoades @studioromeo.co.uk · 10/07/2025

Hot ride. Honestly how do people ride in 30+ degrees for fun?! Sneaky ship trying to hide from my camera

View of Cardiff bay. It's sunny with no clouds. There's tower blocks in the background and water in the foreground

An island with a large ship poking out the side

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