Journal

Review: Pad & Quill Contega Case

TL;DR — This is the best iPad case I’ve ever owned.

2013 in Review

2013 was relatively uneventful. There weren’t any big events. I had such little recollection of what happened in 2013 that I had to reference my Facebook timeline to write this.

1,000 Words

Focus is the thing, and it’s tough.

The Currency of Exploitation

How the NSA’s approach to security is less about protecting us and more about keeping us ‘exploitable’.

How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the Blog

I’ve been blogging on and off for almost fifteen years now, and one of the recurring problems I’ve struggled with is the stifling thought that what I’m writing had to be meaningful and cohesive.

Linux Disk Space Paradox

Social Media Hiatus

I took a week off social media. This is what I learned.

The Big Room

A Parable for Social Media Addicts

Those Elusive Rich Snippets!

Capturing Pixel Density with Google Analytics

Google Analytics lets you see how many of your users are on mobile devices, but the information you can pull on those devices is woefully limited. One such oversight is pixel density ratio.

A Better Behaved Infinite Scroll

After several days of trying to integrate the Infinite Scroll plugin into the Simply Recipes mobile site, I finally came up with a solution that works well.

Web Performance Resources

Resources from the 2013 Eat Write Retreat technical panel.

Walking Those Last Few Steps

An old friend reached out to me recently with sad news that his mother was dying. As you might imagine, he was struggling with how to handle it. The brief back-and-forth we had brought to mind a similar journey I took to the brink of death with my mother-in-law a few years back.

Iceber.gs: First Impressions

It’s like Pinterest and Evernote got together and had a good-looking baby.

Moving From Google Reader to Fever

In case you were handcuffed to a pole in Jesse Pinkman’s basement and missed the announcement, Google Reader is getting put out to pasture this July 1.

Pinterest Image Overlays

Some code snippets to give you a nice looking Pinterest overlay for your images.

So You Want To Learn To Code?

The best place to start is by realizing that coding is fundamentally about solving problems. It’s not about variables or subroutines or even the code itself. Those are just the means to an end. Coding is about identifying problems and finding the best way solve those problems.

Evaluating 4 Responsive Designs

We’ve got a Simply Recipes redesign on the horizon, and one of the priorities for this new design will be making it responsive.

WordPress Publish Confirmation

My First Business Venture

The story begins and ends with a Christmas tree.

Why I Chose Spotify over Rdio

Sorry, Rdio, it’s not you, it’s me. Well, it’s kind of you. Actually, it is you, Rdio.

WordPress hRecipe Gotcha

Help! My recipe thumbnails aren’t showing up in Google search results anymore!

The Disguised Blessing of Being Unpopular

We’re hardwired to crave feedback. We’re always looking to improve, to refine, to gauge our words and actions against the response of other human beings.

Startled Fawn

I woke up before the sunrise this morning and decided to take a walk instead of tossing in bed.

My 10 Most Useful Shell Commands

I use most of these commands on a regular basis, so I thought I’d pass them along in the hope that others find them useful.

Email Your Kids

Children mark the passing of time. I’ve never been as aware of the passing of time as I am now.

A Better System for Passwords

No one likes talking about passwords. No one wants to give away secrets to the bad guys, and no one wants people becoming lemmings and copying their system exactly. I’m going out on a limb here and making some suggestions that will help you make your passwords more secure. Don’t be a lemming, please.

“Distracted With Much Serving”

I just began a 6-week sabbatical from my ministry responsibilities at Oxford Valley Chapel. I’ve been serving as associate pastor there for over six years, and this time away was much needed, for several reasons.

Cheap Site Backups Using Amazon S3

I created a PHP script that archives a specific folder and database then uploads the archives to an Amazon S3 bucket for safe keeping. Here’s how it works, hopefully it can help you get your backups in order.

South Bye Southwest

South by Southwest holds a special place in my heart.