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I design & develop using WordPress, I write, I parent, I talk a lot. Come for the tech, stay for the random jokes. Find me all over the web: https://karks.com/links/
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Comic styles and animations #CSS #JAVASCRIPT speckyboy.com/comic-inspir...

Lots of people will tell you how to live. Forget that. Pay attention to those who tell you to be yourself. ✊️

Music is my great escape from all the world's chaos. Do you feel the same? Got another way out?

So, I wanted to see if I could make a comic strip with ChatGPT. Here goes... #WordPress #WebDesign

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Music is my great escape from all the world's chaos. Do you feel the same? Got another way out?

The progress of the web shouldn’t be dependant on a corporation that discards one of the real forces of progress overnight like they’re nothing. Extremely poor form, Google. Truly disgraceful behaviour. nerdy.dev/ex-googler

“I feel like something is happening generally in America,” she said, in an interview over a video link. “Something bad is happening. I don’t think everybody understands.”

Slight rant: I hate it when your company's About Us page is nothing more than a “We are…”, and there's no personal information there whatsoever. I want to know who you are. All of you. Please let me know who's running the company, be personal, share your added value. </rant>

Taking the new Bon Iver album for a (virtual) spin. #NewMusicFriday

The next issue of WP Wonder Women newsletter is out featuring Stacy Carlson! With news from: Miriam Schwab Jo Minney Sally Strebel Mary Hubbard Tammie Lister Amber Hinds Kimberly Lipari Tara Claeys wpwonderwomen.kit.com/posts/wp-won...

“You are not a professional developer if you don’t…” is very much like “I’m not a racist, but…” There is never anything good coming afterwards. It is either elitist, gatekeeping or trying to sell you some magic beans.

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Would appreciate some intrepid journalists finding out and publishing the names of every tech company involved in any part of this www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

Hey, what's that you say? You were born rich And you like it that way Cause don't ya see? Do what you want Every f*ck up is free That's right, my son Keep on smiling Nobody else gets one

Your lack of a suitable chicken coop explains your paltry poultry.

AI tools like ChatGPT are helpful when troubleshooting #WordPress code. Here are a few tips for getting the most out of debugging with AI. speckyboy.com/troubleshoot...

Bluesky’s latest update adds chat reactions and an Explore page, similar to X techcrunch.com/2025/...

I used to complain about bad PR folks who pitched my site and podcast without taking 5 minutes to learn what it was about, but they had nothing on the "I fed your latest episode into an AI to generate an intro with some obviously insincere attempts at flattery" is worse.

I'd be OK if I never heard another media loudmouth again. Sports, politics, whatever.

AI tools like ChatGPT are helpful when troubleshooting #WordPress code. Here are a few tips for getting the most out of debugging with AI. speckyboy.com/troubleshoot...

One of my goals this year should be to learn more about the psychology behind greed. It amazes me that people with so much are never satisfied. You can't simply be the world's richest person. You also have to bend society to your will. The intense belief that only you can fix it.

I have strong opinions. But I still don't know if I'm pro or anti biotic.

It hit me recently that the lyrics of this 80s song capture the moment we're in. I used to think of it as some far-off banana republic. Now, it's more like my backyard. youtu.be/eud5AurOxm0?...

NEW: WIRED has obtained a service agreement between DOGE and the Department of Labor. The agreement calls for the DOL to pay DOGE up to $1.3 million for work done by four DOGE operatives. That's around $217,000 per person as annualized salaries. www.wired.com/story/depart...

Maybe tethering ourselves to gadgets wasn't such a good idea... pleasehumoreric.com/the-conseque...

Well, this technology isn't as useful as I'd hoped...

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One of my goals this year should be to learn more about the psychology behind greed. It amazes me that people with so much are never satisfied. You can't simply be the world's richest person. You also have to bend society to your will. The intense belief that only you can fix it.

Musk wields a chainsaw Winter of many jobs lost Thanks to ketamine This is a high coup.

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Is The Podcast Industrial Complex Dead? thepodcastsetup.com/is-the-podca...

Last time I come to a Home Goods men’s room for solace