Stephen McIver

I run a web design company that’s based in Liverpool & Leeds. Craft CMS, Tailwind CSS, Shopify, ExpressionEngine & photography.

[Aortic Dissection Awareness UK & Ireland @AorticDissectUK]

Have you seen our fantastic new #AorticDissection website, designed by a team of patient survivors, relatives and healthcare professionals? Check it out and pls RT. #AortaEd https://t.co/50sNsLzGr4

[Kevin Naughton Jr. @KevinNaughtonJr]

me in the shower thinking about how to solve the bug

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I’ve signed up to Threads, but the reality is that no social media platform lives up to how good (looking back) Twitter was when using a third party app such as @tweetbot - no ads, a chronological timeline, and good keyword muting abilities. Everything has been downhill since.

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@anthony_casey Good luck with that. I recently called my NHS Dentist when a filling fell out, only to be told I hadn’t been for 3 years so they had discharged me without telling me. They aren’t taking on NHS patients (nowhere locally is) so would only see me privately. I feel scammed.

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@CraftCMS Yeah sure, though it will shame me by how basic this example is. 😊 I was looking for native image transform code, after using Imager for years. This page: https://t.co/2cxS1wXVUU That code didn’t work on its own. I had to add “for asset in entry.myAssetName’ first.

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@CraftCMS I was looking through the docs recently, and one piece of feedback I have is that I don’t think there are enough usable code snippets in there. I just wanted to copy and paste some code to get something simple quickly working, but had to go to Stack Exchange in the end.

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Hoping this is just a temporary glitch that is resolved soon, but given the current ownership situation, I do worry.

[Tweetbot by Tapbots @tweetbot]

Tweetbot and other clients are experiencing problems logging in to Twitter. We’ve reached out to Twitter for more details, but haven’t heard back.

We’re hoping this is just a temporary glitch and will let you know more as soon as we know more.

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@heroku @herokustatus Hi, currently unable to access your Support pages due to the following error. Can’t see any known issues on your status pages though.

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@anthony_casey Haha! I couldn’t resist having a nibble! 🎣😁

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@DropboxSupport Thanks for passing this on,and good to hear a fix is being worked on.

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I’ve recently started receiving creepy, unnecessary and unsolicited “Someone has viewed your capture” emails from @DropboxSupport when sharing Dropbox screenshots. How do I unsubscribe from these emails when I don’t use the Capture app?

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@robbohuyton It was good! 👍🏻 A nice change from my other teas.

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Trying out a new tea today after hearing @robbohuyton mentioning it on podcasts for years. 🫖☕️ Had to order it on Amazon as I never see it in any of the shops around here.

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@1Password Thanks, I will put together a list and send it. Where should I send this to?

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I’ve used @1Password for years, and generally like it, but 1Password 8 for Mac was a definite backward step from 1Password 7. The UI/UX can be so frustrating at times. It’s like it was rebuilt by a team who had never used the app before. 😕

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@steveabraham Yeah, it’s the frustration of using it that keeps bothering me. Things that used to be quick and easy to do are now requiring extra steps. It used to be intuitive and second nature to use. I’d have to find something really good to go through the hassle of switching though.

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@Malarkey You would have to dig out your old Brit Pack undies if that happened! 😁🇬🇧

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@Icarus1054 Haha, of course! 😊

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My 8 year old daughter was asking me questions about UK politics today, so I explained it to her using an analogy that she’d understand, with her being a Star Wars fan - Labour are like the Rebels, and the Conservatives are like the Empire. I think that sums it up!