Markus Finell

@finell.dev

Artisanal web developer and ultra runner. I make websites by hand and run very far. Tech stack: HTML, CSS, JS, PHP, WordPress, Astro https://finell.dev https://strava.com/athletes/markusfinell

Youtube channel idea: slow-paced videos of doing chores around the homestead. Digging, planting, harvesting, cutting and stacking firewood etc. No narration, only sounds of the squeaking wheelbarrow, firewood being stacked, birds, wind...

I rarely listen to music. I just put on the Garden State soundtrack and holy shit it takes me back. What a collection of amazing songs. Thanks Zach Braff and The Shins!

On the one hand, being sent away to watch the kids go swimming is a pretty chill task. On the other, I am dodging grocery duty and I have two lives to keep from un-aliving themselves.

Not following many ppl in the 59°N area, everyone on here seems to be melting and I'm here working from the patio in a nice 21°C breeze and partial cloud cover. 😅

Saw E.T. with daughter last night. First time since childhood. Had a thought: The absentee dad seems like a douche/racist. Leaves his obviously liberal (immediately accepts an alien into their home) family for some other woman. And come on, who *hates* Mexico?

Decisions. One massive wp theme with all of the theme stuff AND functionality of the site. OR theme-related stuff in the theme and one massive plugin with all of the functionality of the site. OR many little plugins that handle specific things. Hmm... #webdev #wordpress

Just got an idea for a browser extension for myself. When it detects a certain unreasonable number of pixels scrolled it should save a cookie that redirects away from that domain to a random wikipedia article for a certain period of time. or something like that.

this graduation speech moment is notable, and her amazed shock at having failed to read the room feels instructive. when you're inside the bubble, you think everybody else is. but everybody isn't.

I would like to say that the worst pain of this tattoo is in my bottom from sitting on this pretty stiff chair. But that would be a lie.