Yup, I’ve Redecorated!
If you’re a frequent visitor, you’ve no doubt noticed that this site has a whole new look about it. I kept the same logo and colors, but adopted one of my favorite things (side nav) and got rid of some under-the-hood bloat.
My New Job
Over the years, I’ve heard a lot of people talk about retiring and how they plan to do volunteer work to keep themselves busy. Somehow I managed to retire, go to work for a lot of great causes, and still get paid for it.
From Whence Cometh I
Each and every one of your nameless ancestors was a real human, with hopes, desires, fears, and who most likely loved and was loved. And, without a doubt, without each and everyone one of them, neither you nor I would be here today.
Midjourney, Part One
Lately, I’ve been playing with Midjourney (via my home Discord channel). If you’re not familiar with it, there’s Midjourney bot that can be installed into Discord servers and, for a small monthly fee, you can make images of anything you can imagine.
How to Choose a WordPress Plugin
There are just over 60,000 plugins in the WordPress.org repository at the time of this writing. In many cases, the issue isn’t that you can’t find a plugin to suit your needs but instead you find several and are faced with making a choice. How do you decide which is best for you?
First, best, or different.
“You either have to be first, best, or different.” — Loretta Lynn I’ve quoted that a few times before, so excuse me if you’ve heard it. Being “first” at most anything is a remote proposition these days. Being different often means something like what Slack did: take existing things and …
Afternoon Catnip Delight
This video shows some of our cats (yes, it’s true, we have more) enjoying our home-grown catnip.
Left to right, the stars of this video are Lulu (the big girl!), Lemmy, Dexter, and Tippy.
Of Swords and Code Samples
For many of us, swords are special even today, and there’s no doubt that they were special throughout much of human history. Amid all that romanticism, one might be forgiven for forgetting that a sword is simply a tool, made for use in battle. It’s easy to forget sometimes that we developers are making tools that people use to get things done.
How to choose a framework
With so many options available, how does one choose what to use for a new project? If the project is a website, the question of whether or not a CMS is appropriate is one of my first considerations. But sometimes it’s hard to tell where a website ends and a web application begins.
Specialization is for Insects
For me, it’s easy to mistake wanting to learn more about something with the treacherous borders of a trap leading to something I don’t really want.
What I’ve discovered is that – without my conscious awareness – there is a part of me that kicks the fight-or-flight switch whenever I find myself too close to something that might push me down the funnel of relentless focus.