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Ted Lasso, Surprisingly Good

I wasn’t expecting this, but it turns out Ted Lasso on Apple TV+ is surprisingly good. The trailer doesn’t capture the heart behind Lasso’s character and the series…

#wins – 02/21/2020

Today was another morning where I woke at 5am and was in the home office shortly thereafter. Before getting started on coding a WP-CLI command for a webapp…

Today’s Wins – 02/20/2020

My queue has been packed. In addition to starting a new business in December, all my usual webdev clients have kept me busy too. Lately I have the…

Where to Find FREE Stock Photos – 2020 Edition

Here’s my updated list of sites I prefer when searching for FREE Stock Photos: StockSnap.io Hundreds of high resolution photos added weekly at StockSnap.io. Unsplash Unsplash features a…

How to Clear Chrome Redirect Cache

When I’m developing a new website, there are times when my Google Chrome will cache a 301 redirect preventing me from accessing a URL. Clearing your browser’s cache…

Links of Interest, Issue 27

Last Friday I was busy writing a post for my podcast blog, so I missed publishing another Links of Interest. Here’s to rectifying that omission: ThisPersonDoesNotExist.com presents you…

Links of Interest, Issue 26

This week I scratched a creative itch by creating a podcast. You can find it over on OnThisDay.show. For the show, I’m sharing historical tidbits each day. Using…

Links of Interest, Issue 25

Earlier this week we went live with the redesign of a client’s home page. What made this project interesting is the client wanted their home page redesigned without…

SkyGuide for iOS, Serendipity, and the ISS

How SkyGuide for iOS, a question posed at the perfect time, and the International Space Station coincided for a moment of serendipity… Since the early 1980’s, my parents…

Links of Interest, Issue 24

I’ve started this year by getting back to early mornings in the office. That means up at five, grab a quick breakfast, and at my desk by five…

*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,…

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…

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…

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…

HowTo: Add a new sending address to your Gmail

This is an old trick, but as my clients ask me about it all the time, I’m providing the following instructions on how to add a new sending…

Iced Jasmine Tea

Ingredients 2½ teaspoons of loose leaf jasmine tea (4 bags) 2 cups hot water (195ºF/90ºC) 2 teaspoons sugar or 2 tablespoons of honey 2 cups cold water Directions…

Thanks to me, your next Dunkin’ coffee will be just right

After getting our orders wrong for months, I helped our local Dunkin’ fix a nationwide problem with their new ordering system My wife and I like our Dunkin’…

Optimizing WordPress for Speed

So, let’s say you’ve built out your new WordPress site. It’s looking like you want it, and you’ve got your content search engine optimized. Then someone mentions you…