New iMac
After 10 years working on my 2010 iMac, my upgrade finally arrived. Shiny new iMac shipped from Ireland :)
Web Dev + WordPress + Security
REST Pro Tools: Granular control of the
WP REST API
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Decaf
Too much caffeine weirds me out. But I love the taste of coffee. So once in a while I enjoy a small cup of decaf. Hits the spot.
Chris Coyier
Chris Coyier is a truly awesome person. One of the finest people I’ve ever worked with. Just #gottasayit
Excel SYLK fix
Excel won’t open CSV file because SYLK format? Open it with text editor and add an apostrophe ' at the beginning of the file, save changes, done.
Social media buttons
Displaying too many social media buttons and links all over the place imho makes you look desperate and frankly kinda sad.
Security scanner
Interesting and insightful domain security scanner. Could spend hours playing.
Spam attack
Seeing massive increases in spam and malicious attacks across the board. Nothing out of the ordinary, just a LOT more of it.
User is king
Content is king? No. The user is king.
Custom Avatars
Super useful post about making custom avatars in WordPress.
Bookstore progress
Making good progress on the new bookstore subdomain here at Perishable Press. Aiming for launch early Summer :)
Online Strategy
Playing the long game.
Weaponized Idiots
They have weaponized the idiots.
Never steal focus
Good software never steals focus from the user. Even during startup.
Post It Notes
After 10 years running my own business, I still manage schedules and tasks using old school post-it notes, sometimes simple sometimes very elaborate.
Pumping visitors full of ads
You know those sites, where you’re trying to just grab a quick bit of information but the page is shifting all over the place as it loads up 3 million advertisements.
WP domains for sale
Selling two of my top WordPress domains, wp-zen.com & zen-wp.com $300 for both. Aged 9 years. Drop a line if interested.
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Blackhole Pro: Trap bad bots in a virtual black hole.
Thoughts
The Office is Cheers with more irony.
More fine-grained control of macOS screen brightness: hold down Option + Shift before pressing either of the brightness keys. You get 64 increments instead of the usual 16.
REST Pro Tools featured in David McCan’s new video on locking down WordPress.
Gonna try exercise.
Launching my new plugin, REST Pro Tools 🛠️ Granular control of the WP REST API.
The algorithm is way too hypersensitive.
Working on a new pro WP plugin :)