One of the things about older houses is that they often have strange spaces. One of ours is under the stairs, where there is a closet with a low ceiling and not much space. Rather than storing boxes and coats, this space would be better storing our board games and some of the larger toys. To get...
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Custom Android ROM for Kids Phone
It can be helpful to have a dedicated phone to put a few educational games and pre-approved media on. Most parents repurpose an old phone, which presents a few problems. Maybe other parents had a smooth experience with Family Link, but I couldn't get it to work correctly. I was able to set up most ...
Updating A Gulp Script
One of the challenges with development is that tools and libraries evolve over time. It often becomes necessary to either upgrade to a newer library or change libraries entirely. The update from Grub 3.x to 4.x required a bit of refactoring. Neither script is overly complex but there is enough ...
WordPress, Google PageSpeed Insights and WebP Image Formats
If you evaluate your website using Google PageSpeed Insights, you may find it complaining that you're not using the WebP image format. First Scan The first scan with PageSpeed Insights gave me pretty good results for desktop, and somewhat poor results for mobile. The highest rated opportunit...
ReddyEddy
ReddyEddy is an application share a draft email with one person without, view and accept suggested changes, and update your draft copy seamlessly. It is intended for users who want to run an email by someone before sending it, accepting some or all of their suggestions, and then update their draft ...
Toddler Button Masher
My one-year old son loves interacting with technology. Cell phones, remote controls, keyboards, mice. It's great, and I want to encourage healthy tech literacy. The problem is that he is still learning and most tech out there is built for adults, not children. Even the games that are built for c...
Kodi Clients and Open Media Vault NAS
I recently reconfigured my HTPC and home network to use Open Media Vault, an opensource NAS solution. I used the hardware I had on hand: a Raspberry Pi 3 and several USB drives. I recommend trying to make your setup work with what you have before investing in additional hardware. Even if you find t...
Bash Script To Create WordPress Site
A few months ago, I wrote a bash script that creates a database with a few simple prompts. Even though I knew the database commands from memory, it was still more convenient to only input the necessary data. I decided to build out a similar workflow for creating WordPress sites. At the core of t...
A Plugin For Developing WordPress Plugins
There are a number of helper functions that I often find I'm missing when developing WordPress plugins. I've decided to put some of those in a WordPress plugin itself. I called this plugin Helpful Strangers because the functions are strangers to the platform, and only helpful functions are included...
How To Cut Back On Big Tech
Many people seem to be examining their technology habits lately. It seems as though some people are trying to cut out certain technologies without really understanding why. Take this Gizmodo article "I Cut the 'Big Five' Tech Giants From My Life. It Was Hell". The reporter blocked everything fro...