I’m grateful Micro.blog exists for a number of reasons, but today, it’s because it’s been the catalyst for me making 100 informal posts onto this WordPress blog (even if it took me awhile).
New WhiteHouse.gov
This morning I’m reading through several of the write-ups on the new WhiteHouse.gov – initial reactions from Matt Mullenweg and Pagely in addition to the longer piece by Fast Company.
Needless to say, I’m thrilled to see developers pushing the boundaries of WordPress on such a high profile site.
From what I’ve gathered, the site’s content editing experience is as good as its front end experience.
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I have been avoiding watching the remaining episodes of The Crown because then there will be no more episodes of The Crown left to watch. ?
If we do not have the capacity to distinguish what’s true from what’s false, then by definition the marketplace of ideas doesn’t work. And by definition our democracy doesn’t work. We are entering into an epistemological crisis.
– Barack Obama to The Atlantic
My 3-year is absolutely obsessed with board games these days. Anyone have any recommendations for that age group?
A Call To Spy ?
I think what amazes me about the World War II era is just how many films and documentaries seemed to still be released about it every year. We thought Summerland was very good but it was a bit more niché. A Call To Spy really had something for everyone and retold such an important story. I’d definitely recommend for your next movie night.
Happy New Year! (this is 100% a scheduled post, I am definitely asleep)
Does anyone else watch the fireworks in London around 7pm and call it a night? ? I thought they did a fantastic job adapting them for the end of 2020.
RIP Flash. Yes, these were a part of our engagement photos. Unfortunately, infectious viruses will not also be reaching end-of-life at midnight.
Notes from Essentialism ?
Find the convergence of “inspired by”, “talented at”, and “significant need”.
Discern more so you can do less.
Zero-based budget your time.
If I didn’t have this, what would I be willing to do to get it?
What is the “slowest hiker” in your job or your life?
What is the smallest amount of progress that will be useful and valuable?
Ultimately, what is important right now?
If you’re using the original Independent Publisher WordPress theme and want a retina-sized Gravatar image, this snippet of PHP will do the trick. Reach out if bundling it into a plugin would be helpful for anyone.
Seventeen states hit their current peaks for COVID-19 hospitalizations yesterday, including Indiana. Hoosiers, we have to do better.
E pluribus unum
Voted!
There are many days where I’m cynical about our politics but I will not let today be one. There are many great current / future public servants on the ballot this week. In a year where our state is experiencing a pandemic and reckoning with racial injustice, I’m grateful I got to vote for a black physician to be our next governor in addition to getting to vote for my literal neighbor three doors down to represent us in the state house. Get out there everyone! Our system works best when more people are involved.
It’s day 1 of Hacktoberfest! I made a few open-source contributions in September and hoping to keep the momentum going in October.
I love being his dad
Does anyone know of any interesting open-source projects related to COVID-19 looking for contributors (LAMP stack especially)?
Currently reading The Twenty-Six Words That Created the Internet ?
Lastly, one of my side projects has been customizing WooCommerce to handle recurring payments for sponsorship programs. In Deed And Truth Ministries has been my test pilot for their pastor sponsorship program and they have almost $1k a month of transactions running through it now. I’d love to bring on another small non-profit (faith-based or not) who is running a program like this to try using the software (at no charge) so I can get some more feedback and frankly motivation to keep working on it.
If you know anyone, the project’s homepage has a contact form that’ll go straight to me.
Third up, Precept, I had a lot of fun working on this with the team at Whiteboard. While we initially built their system to support online Bible studies, this summer the proportion of online groups naturally increased drastically. Last week we rolled out a set of advanced filters to make sorting through them easier. They have over 100 studies available now anyone can join from home.