# 12th august (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover 12th august. Page: Feed: --- ## [24th August 2026 at 10:55](https://rknight.me/notes/202608240955/) _2026-08-24 · Robb Knight · Robb Knight • Everything • RSS Feed_ Nothing better than searching for solution to a problem and coming across a blog post by a friend that solves my issue. Today's winner is @ cory ## [24th August 2026 at 08:38](https://rknight.me/notes/202608240738/) _2026-08-24 · Robb Knight · Robb Knight • Everything • RSS Feed_ Hard to be in a bad mood after blasting Michelle Branch on the way to work. ## [When Best Intentions Are Not Enough](https://www.wellappointeddesk.com/2026/08/best-intentions-are-not-enough/) _2026-08-22 · Robb Knight · Robb Knight • Everything • RSS Feed_ I did not use AI artwork knowingly. I even credited the creator of the illustrations in the zine so I was not trying to hide where I got it. This is rough. ## [Ready or Not: Here I Come](https://rknight.me/almanac/movies/2026-08-21-ready-or-not-here-i-come/) _2026-08-21 · Robb Knight · Robb Knight • Everything • RSS Feed_ An excellent sequel ## [21st August 2026 at 13:34](https://rknight.me/notes/202608211234/) _2026-08-21 · Robb Knight · Robb Knight • Everything • RSS Feed_ TIL about css corner-shape No Safari or Firefox support though 😞 ## [Ready or Not](https://rknight.me/almanac/movies/2026-08-20-ready-or-not/) _2026-08-20 · Robb Knight · Robb Knight • Everything • RSS Feed_ I didn’t know what to expect but this was great. ## [HTML Can Do That](https://chrisburnell.com/html-can-do-that/) _2026-08-20 · Robb Knight · Robb Knight • Everything • RSS Feed_ ## [20th August 2026 at 12:19](https://rknight.me/notes/202608201119/) _2026-08-20 · Robb Knight · Robb Knight • Everything • RSS Feed_ Scrubs season 2 trailer GIMME. ## [19th August 2026 at 12:42](https://rknight.me/notes/202608191142/) _2026-08-19 · Robb Knight · Robb Knight • Everything • RSS Feed_ presented without comment ## [Little Websites Everywhere](https://michellebarker.co.uk/writing/little-websites-everywhere/) _2026-08-19 · Robb Knight · Robb Knight • Everything • RSS Feed_ Amid the dying embers, a resilient cohort of indie web bloggers, artists and creators will keep going, keep on talking to each other through their blogs, without tracking, pop-ups or invasive ads. ## [Meet Claude, the AI assistant (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/oyyXLfTIlCG1) _2026-08-19 · **Sponsored**_ Conversational AI to answer questions, brainstorm ideas, and help with tasks. ## [Now (August 2026)](https://rknight.me/blog/now-august-2026/) _2026-08-18 · Robb Knight · Robb Knight • Everything • RSS Feed_ This update has been way too long - January was the last one . I kind of let weeknotes take over but they don't include the now part of a now page so I'm going to make an effort to update the now page every month while continuing with weeknotes in the sporadic fashion that I have been. Doing... We went to 4 Kingdoms which feels a bit more run down that some other places we've been but the… ## [Finger: The 1971 Social Network That Never Died](https://en.andros.dev/blog/54572bc7/finger-the-1971-social-network-that-never-died/) _2026-08-18 · Robb Knight · Robb Knight • Everything • RSS Feed_ ## [Paradise](https://rknight.me/almanac/tv/2026-08-17-paradise/) _2026-08-17 · Robb Knight · Robb Knight • Everything • RSS Feed_ It’s a nice change of pace to have the outside world be more normal and not danger at every turn. ## [Favicons to Go](https://rknight.me/blog/favicons-to-go/) _2026-08-17 · Robb Knight · Robb Knight • Everything • RSS Feed_ The final thing I always do for a project is make the favicon and open graph image but finding a site not riddled with ads to generate these has always been a bit of a challenge. I've mostly been happy with RealFaviconGenerator although there's just too many options for my liking. I've long \[1\] had a todo item to try and make my own version that runs entirely client-side and asks the bare minimum… ## [17th August 2026 at 10:53](https://rknight.me/notes/202608170953/) _2026-08-17 · Robb Knight · Robb Knight • Everything • RSS Feed_ Don't mean to brag but I took a ride in a Lambo yesterday 🚜 ## [17th August 2026 at 09:04](https://rknight.me/notes/202608170804/) _2026-08-17 · Robb Knight · Robb Knight • Everything • RSS Feed_ wake up babe, new nightmare robot just dropped ## [16th August 2026 at 20:30](https://rknight.me/notes/202608161930/) _2026-08-16 · Robb Knight · Robb Knight • Everything • RSS Feed_ When Craig Mazin was writing Chernobyl I can’t imagine he thought “yeah this is a serious topic but also it’s gonna be ripe for meme farming” ## [Severe Alert Issued By Me: This Blog Post](https://rknight.me/blog/severe-alert-issued-by-me-this-blog-post/) _2026-08-15 · Robb Knight · Robb Knight • Everything • RSS Feed_ To start with, both my wife and I have alerts turned off because when they did a test in 2023 we had a one month old baby and didn't want her to be disturbed. Leaving it off because I assumed this would be abused, as I believe it has in this case, was just a bonus. Yesterday the government used the emergency alert system to send an alert to warn people not to start fires because it's hot and dry… ## [Zines Resources](https://rknight.me/blog/zines-resources/) _2026-08-15 · Robb Knight · Robb Knight • Everything • RSS Feed_ When I posted about my zine I mentioned being surprised that there wasn't any tools for showing zines online like a web component or similar. Turns out there is, web search is just shit now. Andy pointed me to Zine Machine which is a web-based viewer that uses print styles to switch between web and print layouts. Benji is doing something similar with their zine here . Then there's Dirty Little… ## [14th August 2026 at 19:08](https://rknight.me/notes/202608141808/) _2026-08-14 · Robb Knight · Robb Knight • Everything • RSS Feed_ “Don’t set fire to stuff it’s hot” does not constitute an emergency and is exactly why we have them off because they can’t be trusted to use them properly ## [Marketplace for AI-Powered Professionals (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/4EWtPsor6CbX) _2026-08-14 · **Sponsored**_ Find professionals who use ChatGPT, Copilot, and Claude to deliver work faster. ## [14th August 2026 at 09:02](https://rknight.me/notes/202608140802/) _2026-08-14 · Robb Knight · Robb Knight • Everything • RSS Feed_ A remake of Back to the Future but the only change is Doc Brown says "When this baby hits 67 miles per hour looks to camera you're gunna see some serious shit" ## [Weeknote #2013](https://rknight.me/blog/weeknote-2013/) _2026-08-13 · Robb Knight · Robb Knight • Everything • RSS Feed_ I announced the shut down EchoFeed which I intend to write more about soon. I shipped Doodle Scan this week which you can read about here . I also made a zine and I was on a podcast . I have a couple of other things I'm working on which should be out soon. I've finally had time to sort through an obscene amount of links I had saved and there was a lot of good stuff in there. Who knew? Chris built… ## [13th August 2026 at 15:18](https://rknight.me/notes/202608131418/) _2026-08-13 · Robb Knight · Robb Knight • Everything • RSS Feed_ Baby Knight just asked my wife if it's ever going to rain again and I think we all feel that. Big mood as the kids say. ## [13th August 2026 at 12:26](https://rknight.me/notes/202608131126/) _2026-08-13 · Robb Knight · Robb Knight • Everything • RSS Feed_ ## [13th August 2026 at 09:09](https://rknight.me/notes/202608130809/) _2026-08-13 · Robb Knight · Robb Knight • Everything • RSS Feed_ Happy Bin Day to all those who celebrate. The most candidates for a UK election ever, 34 candidates, and the ballot paper is 90cm long. Farage will still probably win but at least everyone has made him look like the pillock that he is. ## [12th August 2026 at 23:06](https://rknight.me/notes/202608122206/) _2026-08-12 · Robb Knight · Robb Knight • Everything • RSS Feed_ 🎵 Hotdog on a ring 🎶 ## [12th August 2026 at 19:55](https://rknight.me/notes/202608121855/) _2026-08-12 · Robb Knight · Robb Knight • Everything • RSS Feed_ I’m convinced most of the R&D cost for the Uni &knot went on this fancy box that holds the carabiner and wraps around the pen ## [12th August 2026 at 19:36](https://rknight.me/notes/202608121836/) _2026-08-12 · Robb Knight · Robb Knight • Everything • RSS Feed_ Spacious open plan apartment for rent. ## [I Was a Guest on Web Weaving](https://rknight.me/blog/i-was-a-guest-on-web-weaving/) _2026-08-11 · Robb Knight · Robb Knight • Everything • RSS Feed_ Update This episode was recorded prior to me deciding to shut down EchoFeed James invited me onto his podcast, Web Weaving , to discuss the IndieWeb, EchoFeed ( RIP ), stickers, pens, and some of my other web projects. A full transcript is available on the website. Listen to Web Weaving 14: Robb ## [Doodle Scan](https://rknight.me/blog/doodle-scan/) _2026-08-10 · Robb Knight · Robb Knight • Everything • RSS Feed_ While scanning my time travel zine I thought it would be nice to include some drawings I've done as part of my website, similar to how Ana has on her site. Whenever I've tried in the past, removing a background to standard that is good enough to put on another colour background is near impossible without spending a long time in Pixelmator fixing all the edge artifacts. I came across a couple of… ## [Countdown to Getting Paid (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/6Ejz3Lh5yTqv) _2026-08-10 · **Sponsored**_ Create a shareable wallet timer — deposits buy back time and pay debt down ## [10th August 2026 at 13:52](https://rknight.me/notes/202608101252/) _2026-08-10 · Robb Knight · Robb Knight • Everything • RSS Feed_ Alan Ritchson (Reacher) doing a song with Connor Price and Nic D was not on my bingo card ## [10th August 2026 at 09:03](https://rknight.me/notes/202608100803/) _2026-08-10 · Robb Knight · Robb Knight • Everything • RSS Feed_ Heatwave 5: The Heatwavening ## [9th August 2026 at 18:44](https://rknight.me/notes/202608091744/) _2026-08-09 · Robb Knight · Robb Knight • Everything • RSS Feed_ A remake of Bill and Ted but it’s the same movie except when they say “what number am I thinking of?” they say 67 and look down the camera and everyone under 21 goes wild ## [Types of Time Travel Zine](https://rknight.me/blog/types-of-time-travel-zine/) _2026-08-08 · Robb Knight · Robb Knight • Everything • RSS Feed_ I've wanted to make a zine for a while — it has a nice combination of drawing, writing, and being a physical item that appeals to me but I couldn't find the right topic to tackle until I realised I'd already done the writing part of it with my post entitled My Favourite Type of Time Travel . The format I've come across most is the eight-page foldable zine which means including the cover there are… ## [8th August 2026 at 20:01](https://rknight.me/notes/202608081901/) _2026-08-08 · Robb Knight · Robb Knight • Everything • RSS Feed_ Somewhere a publisher has commissioned a new cover for The Odyssey book that says “now a major motion picture” ## [8th August 2026 at 15:36](https://rknight.me/notes/202608081436/) _2026-08-08 · Robb Knight · Robb Knight • Everything • RSS Feed_ HTML stands for Have To Make Lovely Websites #HTMLDay ## [8th August 2026 at 08:16](https://rknight.me/notes/202608080716/) _2026-08-08 · Robb Knight · Robb Knight • Everything • RSS Feed_ Stand back everyone I’m learning about luma coefficients and doing maths ## [Shutting Down EchoFeed](https://rknight.me/blog/shutting-down-echofeed/) _2026-08-06 · Robb Knight · Robb Knight • Everything • RSS Feed_ TL;DR I'm shutting down EchoFeed within the next 12 months when the final subscriptions expire. It will continue to run as it is until then so if you've already paid you have access until the end of your subscription. Last night, after a few months on and off of problems with EchoFeed from my side and general feed problems I made the decision to shut it down. As of right now, this is what I've… ## [6th August 2026 at 12:26](https://rknight.me/notes/202608061126/) _2026-08-06 · Robb Knight · Robb Knight • Everything • RSS Feed_ TIL you can have a sleepover, as an adult, at the Natural History Museum ## [3rd August 2026 at 15:45](https://rknight.me/notes/202608031445/) _2026-08-03 · Robb Knight · Robb Knight • Everything • RSS Feed_ ebay live is qvc for zoomers ## [3rd August 2026 at 13:36](https://rknight.me/notes/202608031236/) _2026-08-03 · Robb Knight · Robb Knight • Everything • RSS Feed_ Just did some training related to cyber attacks and it referred to any task to defending against such attacks as "Cyber Tasks" so I will be calling all my tasks cyber tasks from now on ## [3rd August 2026 at 08:45](https://rknight.me/notes/202608030745/) _2026-08-03 · Robb Knight · Robb Knight • Everything • RSS Feed_ Pink Lemonade TWSBI Eco with a 1.1 stub nib ordered ✅ ## [31st July 2026 at 15:38](https://rknight.me/notes/202607311438/) _2026-07-31 · Robb Knight · Robb Knight • Everything • RSS Feed_ August cover page ☀️ ## [Clarkson's Farm](https://rknight.me/almanac/tv/2026-07-30-clarksons-farm/) _2026-07-30 · Robb Knight · Robb Knight • Everything • RSS Feed_ Hannah the bird lady is the most intense person I’ve ever seen. ## [29th July 2026 at 16:29](https://rknight.me/notes/202607291529/) _2026-07-29 · Robb Knight · Robb Knight • Everything • RSS Feed_ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnm4HgIAVmU ## [Drawing Resources](https://rknight.me/blog/drawing-resources/) _2026-07-28 · Robb Knight · Robb Knight • Everything • RSS Feed_ I asked for recommendations for courses and books related to learning drawing techniques and I got a bunch of great suggestions. I've not tried any of these yet (except a single video from Alphonso Dunn but I want to collect these in one place I can refer back to. Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain by Betty Edwards via Kerri and Valrus . There's a few editions of this but I'll pick up a second… ## [I Came Second in the Hemispheric Views June-Boree and Got This Neat Trophy](https://rknight.me/blog/i-came-second-in-the-hemispheric-views-juneboree-and-got-this-neat-trophy/) _2026-07-26 · Robb Knight · Robb Knight • Everything • RSS Feed_ I posted about my June-Boree entries a couple of weeks ago and the winners were announced on episode 167 . Turns out I came second, beaten narrowly by Arcadia king Eric, which means I get one of Jason's famous trophies . After some shenanigans with trying to send it to a pickup location which UPS couldn't do three days in a row, I finally got my hands on it and it's glorious. ## [24th July 2026 at 18:29](https://rknight.me/notes/202607241729/) _2026-07-24 · Robb Knight · Robb Knight • Everything • RSS Feed_ I see a lot of Instagram people who offer courses and such for getting better at drawing - the videos I’ve seen seemed good but I’m wary of anything where the videos exists just to promote the course/book ( example ). Anyone have any recs for books (physical or online)/courses/whatever to get a better grasp of drawing techniques and such? Yes “just practice” but I need the structure. ## [Star City](https://rknight.me/almanac/tv/2026-07-23-star-city/) _2026-07-23 · Robb Knight · Robb Knight • Everything • RSS Feed_ Not For All Mankind level but still pretty good. ## [23rd July 2026 at 18:07](https://rknight.me/notes/202607231707/) _2026-07-23 · Robb Knight · Robb Knight • Everything • RSS Feed_ I bloody love pizza