Developer, Fisherman, only distantly related to Dale
Developer, Fisherman, only distantly related to Dale
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Fitting to the perpetual status of this blog, I started writing this post in November of 2018, but never finished it. However, I recently starting listening to the Artificial Intelligence Podcast and it got me thinking about it again, so…
Yesterday afternoon we made the tough decision to say goodbye to our dog, Fern. In recent weeks she’d gotten more picky about her eating. She’d always been different than most labradors, who will eat every last crumb of whatever you…
Today is WordPress’ 15th birthday! 🎉🍰 In honor of it, I threw together a couple of simple Apple Watch wallpapers with the WordPress logo on them. You can sync these to your watch using Photos and then use them as the…
After 6 wonderful years working at my alma mater, today is my final day at UNC. Starting Monday I'll be working as a WordPress core contributor for Bluehost.
I live in downtown Cary, NC and often am interested in getting data specific to this area. So I created a geo polygon filter on the Town of Cary's open data portal to filter down results that include geographical data…
I run a small phpBB forum hosted with WebFaction and I was looking for a really simple way to make automated daily backups of the database in case I accidentally destroy it somehow. 😬 The Backup Script So I threw together…
Should you make a Keep Calm and _____ poster? Here's a handy flowchart to help you decide.
This past weekend I we had a bachelor party for my soon to be brother in law. He didn't want to do anything crazy, just hang out with some friends, so we rented a house on the Cape Fear just outside of Wilmington, NC. It turned out to be one of the most bizarre and interesting places I've ever stayed.
I spoke at WordCamp Raleigh on Sunday about my experience with running a large multisite network. Here are the slides from that presentation: Managing Multisite: Lessons from a Large Network from William Earnhardt They also recorded all of the talks, so I hope…
Toodledo.com is one of the best To Do list software/services available, but their user interface leaves a lot to be desired. I built a Userstyle that works with the Stylish browser plugin to completely change the appearance of the web app and make it resemble a native MacOSX application.