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

Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future

Ashlee Vance’s new Elon Musk biography is out.

hookr.io | The WordPress Hook/API Index

As reported by WP Tavern, Hookr is in beta with a new UI. The next time I’m doing some WordPress coding, I look forward to seeing if I…

The Web Developer’s SEO Cheat Sheet 3.0 – Moz

This will be handy: The folks at MOZ have released a new SEO Cheat Sheet updated for 2015. Introducing the new and improved Web Developer’s SEO Cheat Sheet….

WP Stream – track changes in your WP admin

WP Stream tracks every content change made on your site. Know who is making changes as they happen. Monitor Changes As They Happen Stream displays a play-by-play of WordPress…

Automattic Acquires WooCommerce

This is the most interesting and exciting news to come out of Automattic (parent company of WordPress) in a while. I’m intrigued to see how WooCommerce evolves. Automattic CEO Matt…

Deck of Cards API

If you know how to code, it won’t take you long to grasp how handy this is: Deck of Cards API. It features an interface for: shuffling the…

pdfmake – client/server side PDF generation

pdfmake would make a nice addition to any project where you need to generate PDFs. Seeing how easy it is to implement has me thinking of how I could…

Roman Mars: Why city flags may be the worst-designed thing you’ve never noticed – TED.com

Watch Roman Mars’s TEDTalk on city flags. In case you’ve never heard of him, he’s the host of one of my favorite podcasts, 99% Invisible. Roman Mars is…

LEGO_ADVENTURE IN THE CITY

This is one of the best stop-motion Lego animations I’ve seen in a while. It combines a child’s imagination with some very creative brick-work.

wwwhere – tools and resources for #webdev

wwwhere.io appears to be a goldmine of links to #webdev design resources. Their link categories include Architecture, Blogs and News, Coding, Inspiration, UX, and more. wwwhere is a…

Makerbook – The best free resources for creatives.

This looks to be a very handy resource for your next design project: Makerbook. The site has oodles of links to Photography, Mockup, Graphics, Textures, Audio, Video, etc…

WordPress – Gravity Forms Special Fields – CodeCanyon

Nice looking plugin to extend your Gravity Forms: Gravity Forms Special Fields. Gravity Forms Special Fields adds very powerful special fields like Sliders, Star Ratings, Toggles, Color Picker,…

#goodreads – Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus

In his book, Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus, Nabeel Qureshi tells the story of how he converted from Islam to Christianity. I found the book fascinating for the insight…

Lily – Camera. Reinvented

Lily is a flying-camera which keeps you in-frame via a tracking device you wear. Record your adventures (e.g. snow boarding, kayaking, hiking, whatever…) from an in-air perspective. Features: 1080p…

How to use that extra eyelet on your shoes

Ever wondered what that extra eyelet is for on your running shoes? Watch the video I’m including with this post. HT: John McCully

Links of Interest – Cracking a Measles Vaccine Mystery, Killing Bin Laden, WWII Story

Here are some links I’ve found interesting during the past couple of days: Scientists Crack A 50-Year-Old Mystery About The Measles Vaccine – NPR.org Like many viruses, measles is…

How To Deploy a Meteor.js Application on Ubuntu 14.04 with Nginx | DigitalOcean

This should be handy – a Digital Ocean Tutorial on deploying a Meteor.js App on Ubuntu 14.04 with Nginx. Deploy a Meteor.js application on Ubuntu 14.04 with Nginx…