Jem Turner
@jemjabella.com
PHP dev & founder of WordPress agency; into fitness shenanigans, food & fancy cocktails. Mostly post random thoughts. 🏳️🌈. AuDHD. Two kids, too many pets. (She/her)
Blog: https://www.jemjabella.co.uk/
Work: https://ultimatelybetter.com/
Blog: https://www.jemjabella.co.uk/
Work: https://ultimatelybetter.com/
Calm your tits New Look, it's been an hour
September 3, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Calm your tits New Look, it's been an hour
I've had it twice, but I was referring more generally to Embers 😂
August 16, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I've had it twice, but I was referring more generally to Embers 😂
Potentially taking on a new client so have backed up their site to download and audit it first (pretty standard stuff). Backup completed OK but the host wants to charge extra to download it? This is absolutely outrageous upselling. Looking at you Siteground.
August 6, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Potentially taking on a new client so have backed up their site to download and audit it first (pretty standard stuff). Backup completed OK but the host wants to charge extra to download it? This is absolutely outrageous upselling. Looking at you Siteground.
Thanks Google, I don't know how I'll cope with the emotional impact of you bringing up this memory.
August 5, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Thanks Google, I don't know how I'll cope with the emotional impact of you bringing up this memory.
Yeah that's really helpful PayPal, thanks.
May 23, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Yeah that's really helpful PayPal, thanks.
A busy bee, in my favourite rose; a gift from @gazchap.com 🌱
May 18, 2025 at 3:18 PM
A busy bee, in my favourite rose; a gift from @gazchap.com 🌱
The climbing rose I planted last year is really going for it this year! 🌱
May 16, 2025 at 6:26 AM
The climbing rose I planted last year is really going for it this year! 🌱
Today I saw a linkedin headline that said "I fire people for a living and replace them with AI"
Imagine being the kind of human that believes this bullshit. 🤢 Let's yeet this shit into the sea already.
Imagine being the kind of human that believes this bullshit. 🤢 Let's yeet this shit into the sea already.
April 1, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Today I saw a linkedin headline that said "I fire people for a living and replace them with AI"
Imagine being the kind of human that believes this bullshit. 🤢 Let's yeet this shit into the sea already.
Imagine being the kind of human that believes this bullshit. 🤢 Let's yeet this shit into the sea already.
It's a good job the PHP mascot is an elephant otherwise I might take this personally 😂
March 27, 2025 at 6:51 AM
It's a good job the PHP mascot is an elephant otherwise I might take this personally 😂
Auditing a site for a prospective new client today.
This never gets old.
This never gets old.
March 18, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Auditing a site for a prospective new client today.
This never gets old.
This never gets old.
Severn Trent's new billing portal has stronger password requirements than my online banking. Doesn't work though - every attempt to update throws a "please try again later" error 🫠
January 23, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Severn Trent's new billing portal has stronger password requirements than my online banking. Doesn't work though - every attempt to update throws a "please try again later" error 🫠
I cancelled my last hair appointment in November because I had a couple of unavoidable meetings.
Think I might need to hurry up & rearrange it... 🫣😂
Think I might need to hurry up & rearrange it... 🫣😂
January 10, 2025 at 9:06 AM
I cancelled my last hair appointment in November because I had a couple of unavoidable meetings.
Think I might need to hurry up & rearrange it... 🫣😂
Think I might need to hurry up & rearrange it... 🫣😂
This'll have to do, I suppose 👀
December 24, 2024 at 1:58 PM
This'll have to do, I suppose 👀
Beautiful pink tinge to the sky out there this morning, and a heavy frost on my herbs 🌱
November 28, 2024 at 7:40 AM
Beautiful pink tinge to the sky out there this morning, and a heavy frost on my herbs 🌱
If you see this, post a picture of yourself looking silly and/or fabulous.
November 26, 2024 at 3:55 PM
If you see this, post a picture of yourself looking silly and/or fabulous.
The hardest part of today's workout wasn't the lifting, it was working out the maths on this monstrosity 😂
Santa needs to bring me some 5kg plates 🎅
Santa needs to bring me some 5kg plates 🎅
November 25, 2024 at 6:29 PM
The hardest part of today's workout wasn't the lifting, it was working out the maths on this monstrosity 😂
Santa needs to bring me some 5kg plates 🎅
Santa needs to bring me some 5kg plates 🎅
Few days ago I was saying I couldn't believe how much was still flowering, and just like that, it's all gone... buried under the weight of 3+ consecutive snows.
November 21, 2024 at 8:37 PM
Few days ago I was saying I couldn't believe how much was still flowering, and just like that, it's all gone... buried under the weight of 3+ consecutive snows.
That feeling when you're doing a search and replace and accidentally leave "regular expression" turned on 🙃
![A screenshot of a Notepad++ window where I've tried to replace "[LOCATION]" with "$location" but because regular expression is turned on, it's had disastrous consequences, with every L, O, C, A, T, I, O and N being replaced with $location](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:a7iwbpbrgb3whox4wp2atknd/bafkreidpydk73oc3yz4xmv3gfnaq4pt2fev4d2fkw6mlhdq6fgdx7ql7rq@jpeg)
November 21, 2024 at 3:22 PM
That feeling when you're doing a search and replace and accidentally leave "regular expression" turned on 🙃
Someone is enjoying the snow though
November 20, 2024 at 8:52 AM
Someone is enjoying the snow though
I asked a kid at the top of my road if I could take a picture of his snowman. He looked dead proud until halfway through the photo Sherbet decided it'd be a great time to poop (not pictured). Kinda ruined the moment, not gonna lie.
November 19, 2024 at 8:55 AM
I asked a kid at the top of my road if I could take a picture of his snowman. He looked dead proud until halfway through the photo Sherbet decided it'd be a great time to poop (not pictured). Kinda ruined the moment, not gonna lie.
