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Freelancing since 2001. I ♥ #WordPress, #PHP, #CLI, #Mac, #writing, and a lot of other things.

WP-CLI Theme/Plugin Backup Command

Just released: My new WP-CLI command for quickly backing up currently installed plugins and themes. It works like this: Running either of the above would yield: I built…

Five Yummy Things

As a prize for completing a 17 mile bike ride along the Virginia Creeper Trail, we let our youngest play “Five Yummy Things”. This is where you go…

SquareSpace Image Downloader

I’ve been working on a client’s new site that we’re moving from SquareSpace to a WordPress self-hosted site. Along the way, we’ve imported all of their blog posts…

Screenflow for Screen Recording

NOTE TO SELF: Consider updating my screen recording workflow to utilize Screenflow. I love the ease-of-use I get with Loom, but the production quality of Screenflow is top-notch….

Aqua – “Dictate, Edit, and Transform Text Using Natural Language”

For years, speech-to-text has been a software feature that I’m loathe to try. All previous implementations require me to learn a “language” just to work with the tool….

wildcloud > WordPress websites as a service

wildcloud is a platform that lets you utilize WordPress to “create a standardized, marketable product”. You can setup your WordPress-powered solution, and wildcloud helps you “productize” it so…

rabbit r1

Keeping an eye on all these upcoming AI-powered portables: The rabbit r1 reminds me of my Playdate with its form factor. The promise of these things is quite…

Dora AI Beta – Sites beyond imagination, one prompt away.

Generate, customize, and deploy websites with AI — all within Dora’s powerful no-code editor. Sites beyond imagination, one prompt away. Source: Dora AI Beta – Sites beyond imagination,…

Roll for Shoes

Roll for Shoes is a tabletop RPG “micro system” with a very simple set of rules. The original post is archived at “I roll to see if I…

GitHub – divriots/jampack

Optimizes static websites for best user experience and best Core Web Vitals scores. – divriots/jampack Source: GitHub – divriots/jampack: Optimizes static websites for best user experience and best…

Everyone is John

Everyone is John is one of the shortest, most fun Table-Top/Pen-&-Paper Role-Playing Game (RPG) around. Everyone is John is a humorous, competitive roleplaying game about playing the various personalities…

1D Pac-Man

1D Pac-Man 👈 Just click the link. You’ll be like, “Wha!?” at first, but you’ll quickly get it. 🙂

Ambiphone – ambient music + sounds for work, study, etc

Bookmarking this one as I’m always game for some great ambient music during extended coding sessions. From the creator on HackerNews: I built this free, no-nonsense white noise…

GitHub – accessd/terminal-sunday – bash script

Terminal Sunday is a bash script which displays how many Sundays you have left each time you start a new terminal session. Source: GitHub – accessd/terminal-sunday: Start each…

Play.date – Handheld Retro Fun

After placing my order back in April, our Play.date arrived a few months back. Here are my pros/cons: Pros Cons

HowTo: Transfer your Jetpack connection from your WordPress.com site to your self-hosted WordPress

Whenever I’m transferring a WordPress.com site to a self-hosted install, I’m always forgetting the process for transferring the Jetpack connection. So, I’m posting this one as a future…

Endel – My Current Office Jam

Endel is an app that generates “personalized soundscapes to help you focus, relax, and sleep”. I’ve been using it in the office this past week. It provides a…

Wear, Run, Repeat – Brooks Ghost

I love these things. I discovered Brooks Ghost a couple years back after I’d experimented running in my Vibram FiveFingers (i.e. minimal running shoes). The whole minimal thing…

You can now buy me a coffee

Tip of the hat to Kevin Dees. While browsing his site today, I noticed his “Buy Me a Coffee” widget. I clicked on it instantly recognizing it was…