Richard's blog

Category: Switzerland

  • A Walk While Downloading Files by FTP

    A Walk While Downloading Files by FTP

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteAt the moment I study seven days a week without fail. Today I was learning about “Coding Your Own WordPress Custom Post Types”. I think this will be interesting because you can create a new section to a website, or if not a section then at least a collection of assets.…

  • Broken Stones, Good Weather and Autumn

    Broken Stones, Good Weather and Autumn

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesToday as I looked at the ground I saw broken stones. The one in the image below is especially beautiful. I don’t know why there were more broken stones than usual. It seems that the conditions were right to bring the stones to the surface and for the farmers’ machinery to break…

  • What Do The Logs Show

    What Do The Logs Show

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteJoke: I was on the phone with tech support when I walked by these and I was asked “What do the logs show?” I had a double take before I understood he meant the web logs and other server logs. I then continued walking I am getting somewhere with my studies.…

  • I Don’t Need to Go For A One And a Half Hour Walk

    I Don’t Need to Go For A One And a Half Hour Walk

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    Reading Time: < 1 minute”I don’t need to go for a one and a half hour walk. I said that to a neighbour before my walk. I could have cut it short, if it started to rain too heavily. Paradoxically for most of the walk it was grey and drizzling. Nothing to worry about. I…

  • JavaScript Patterns, A Skipped Walk And A New Purchase.

    JavaScript Patterns, A Skipped Walk And A New Purchase.

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesToday I found a course about JavaScript patterns on Linkedin. I have been following course after course about Ruby, Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, Angular, React, EcmaScript, CSS and more, but most of them tell you how to do things. I watched plenty of their explanations and I managed to copy the code…

  • Playing with WP Rig

    Playing with WP Rig

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteToday I started following the “Building Progressive Themes with WP Rig.” course on Linkedin Learning. Before you start playing with WP Rig make sure that you have installed Composer. Composer is required to use WP Rig during the build process. Composer itself requires that you have PHP on your machine. After…

  • Good Cycling Weather

    Good Cycling Weather

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesDespite people doing what they can to keep the pandemic going, by not vaccinating, by not wearing masks, by not minimising social interactions, by avoiding busy shops we are in a 3000 new people infected per day routine in Switzerland. For some reason, fatalists and others have taken the decision that the…

  • Distracted Day

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteDistracted Day

  • Water bottles and Oxydation

    Water bottles and Oxydation

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    Reading Time: < 1 minuteI often hiked with a Sigg one litre water bottle and it has served me well. It has been with me for rock climbing, via ferrata, hiking and more. I like it because it is light, easy to use and maintain. I liked the one litre version enough to get a…

  • A July September Day

    A July September Day

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesWhat do I mean by such an odd combination of words? That today it was warm. 25°c at the time when I set off for my bike ride. It was warm enough to feel comfortable in summer cycling equipment. What was more unusual, for this time of year, is how dry the…