This Week with Taylor & Gordon

Taking Time Off Watching F1 at Silverstone Laptop hardly got used, no work was done First time podium for Hülkenberg Great infrastructure for getting people in and out Systems in place for emergencies Feeding huge numbers of people Celebrities attended including YouTuber Colin Furze Staying Curious New 3D Printer – Bambu X1C Improvements in technology, ... Read more

New 3D printer accessories arrived Printing infill patterns Tidying Up Loose Ends – last 20% of a project takes 80% of the time New systems in place to track and complete projects Checklists to make sure everything is done New workflow with new projects Brand Image update Changed from Magical Entertainment to Gordon’s Party Piece ... Read more

A very expensive week New roller banners – replacing with good quality ones New bunny hutch to replace one that is nearly falling to bits New MacBook Pro M4 – rewarding himself for working hard Raycast – https://www.raycast.com/ – your shortcut to everything A really useful application for finding things and information quickly Adding your ... Read more

WordCamp Europe 2025 Showing off WP Extended Putting faces to names from forums Mini celebrity in a small niche Talking to vendors Site Mait – WordPress AI Voice Agent – https://sitemait.com/ WP Umbrella – manage multiple websites themes, plugins and so much more – https://wp-umbrella.com/ Integration with Patch Stack – https://patchstack.com/ Drunk nerdy people The ... Read more

Our episode recorded in Basel, Switzerland (no mic so sound is not as good) WordCamp EU 2025 – largest of the WordCamps in the world Networking and meeting up with friends WP Entended – https://wpextended.io/ Functionality that should be in core – No conflicts between modules Free and Pro versions available Conventions are really tiring, ... Read more

Bank Holiday Weekend setting up Home Assistant Automations Lights on and off in office Playing Apple TV will dim the lights and turn them back up on pause Wordcamp Europe 2025 – Basel, Switzerland – https://europe.wordcamp.org/2025/ Talks, workshops, networking, looking around Basal and the Alps Might pre-record an episode next week at Wordcamp Looking forward ... Read more

Home Assistant – Home Automation Discussion on Home Assistant and its relevance for Taylor’s flat Purchasing and setting up the Home Assistant Yellow Details about the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 Experience with the component issue and customer service from Pi Hut – http://thepihut.com Cost analysis of setting up the Home Assistant system Hardware and ... Read more

Trix – Children’s Entertainer Convention Meeting and networking with other professionals I was in Stoke on Trent from Sunday through to Wednesday Seeing people you only see once a year – stopping and chatting Lectures, Talks and Shops Chatting is what I find the most useful and interesting – Brainstorming 4 hour drive each way ... Read more

Gordon performed in a VE Day performance at The Magic Circle this week Wordsearch Game Creation Generate a wordsearch that is customised with certain words like a birthday childs name AI Code Creation using an app called Cursor – http://cursor.com WordPress Local, creates a local install of WordPress so you can built quickly without needing ... Read more

Frustrating Things… Very annoying especially when you have no control Waiting for a new battery pack for devices like my phone Found it cheaper elsewhere after the order so cancelled the order and re-ordered Lost in the post TWICE Royal Mail appears to have been the culprit by losing or not tracking the packages correctly ... Read more