iTunes Hygiene
Instead of working on a site redesign that I have a tight deadline on, I am dealing with a long-standing peeve I’ve had: iTunes hygiene.
Recent posts
Twitter and Facebook Have Not Killed Their RSS Feeds, Completely
Yesterday there was a fuss about alarming news that Facebook and Twitter had both killed off their RSS feeds (“completely”).
Why I Don’t Self-Host Anymore
I’m at An Event Apart and have just listened to a great presentation by Jeremy Keith on data permanency. He touched on many issues, from technical ones regar...
Nutrition Labels for WordPress
Download I’ve just released a plugin for Wordpress, wp-nutrition-label. It provides a Wordpress shortcode which generates an HTML FDA-style nutrition label. ...
How to Quote a Shortcode in WordPress
Wordpress offers a handy mechanism called a “shortcode”, which is a kind of macro. Shortcodes are supplied by Wordpress itself and by plugins that extend Wor...
A Reason I Like Apple
I don't go to physical Apple retail stores very often but this weekend in New York I needed a mini-displayport to HDMI cable, so we took a walk to the 5t...
Lean Chicken Chorizo Recipe
I like the flavor of chorizo but I'm not thrilled with its ingredients. Most commercial chorizo is very low quality food and quite unhealthy. It's made wi...
My Inbox Is Not a Todo List
I have 6 pieces of email in my inbox right now, down from somewhere slightly south of a thousand a few days ago. Much of the mail that was cluttering my inbo...
Eating My Own Dog Food
For a while I’ve been advising people who need simple web sites to use Wordpress. Not just people who want to blog, but people who need a very simple site wi...
Pumpkin Pie Oatmeal
It takes a little more care though, and takes longer to cook. Steel-cut oatmeal Rolled oats The recipe is a straightforward translation ...