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

30 years ago this week: The 2nd Space Shuttle mission after Challenger was “Top Secret”, and it came within a hair’s breath of being a total loss of…

*Real* depth-of-field on an iPhone

You’re probably familiar with Portrait mode first introduced on iPhone 7 Plus. It’s a combination of the phone’s camera and software working together to provide depth-of-field (DOF) in…

Gutenberg Discussion Links

With WordPress 5.0 and the new Gutenberg editor being released December 6, 2018, there’s plenty of discussion about it on the web. Below I’m linking to several articles,…

The next step for #WordPress #Gutenberg Gutenberg Phase 2 – Make WordPress Core

Love this sweet demo by @WesBos – Flying a Drone with React and Node.js

Flying a Drone with React and Node.js

One of my favorite developer/communicators, Wes Bos, has put together a two-part video series where he shows how he built a Node.js backend and a React frontend to…

Now available: #WordPress 5.0 with the new Gutenberg editor. A couple of my quick thoughts on this milestone release.

WordPress 5.0, The Gutenberg Editor goes live

WordPress 5.0 was released today, and with it comes the new Gutenberg editor. Coming from a developer’s perspective, I have a list of gripes about Gutenberg*, but controversy…

Links of Interest, Issue 23

Last night my wife and I signed up for a healthcare plan via the ACA Marketplace. Prior to that, our health insurance had been provided by a grandfathered…

700 Days in a row

Streakin’ #AppleWatch

While driving to work this morning, I saw five big, red dump trucks moving along in a stately formation. It made the eight year old boy in me…

Happy Thanksgiving! ??

This morning marked my return to the gym after almost a month hiatus. So nice to be back after having the crud for two solid weeks.

A couple of smaller projects have made for some satisfying workdays the last couple of days: Quick Hitters #devnotes – @mwender

Quick Hitters #devnotes

In the midst of working on some larger projects, during the past couple of days I’ve enjoyed working on two unexpected “quick hitters”. This past Friday, a long…

Just finished bingeing on Homecoming, the new Amazon Prime series starring Julia Roberts, and created from @Gimletmedia’s podcast of the same name. Fantastic show, great characters, great cinematography,…

It’s mid-afternoon, and I’m not in bed with a searing sinus headache. That’s a major improvement over the past two days.

Today marks four years in a row for my daily journaling streak. That’s 1,461 days in a row since Oct 31, 2014. The @DayOneApp has been an essential…

Reminder: Halloween is a great night to actually get out and visit as many of your neighbors as you can. The whole community aspect of the holiday is…

I don’t do it often, but I love to spend the morning baking.