General web nerd. Rider of bicycles. Amateur picture taker.

  • WordPress in Higher Ed

    I just got home from nearly two-weeks of conference travel, and although I’m still trying to dissect all of experiences I have a few thoughts I wanted to share. First, the context of my travels: If I had to summarize all these experiences, it’s: WordPress is doing well in the higher ed space, but we…

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  • Mastodon Verification with WordPress 6.2

    This is cool – WordPress 6.2 (coming out in a few days!) adds the ability to specify a rel attribute on social icons in the Social Icons block. This makes it super simple to verify your domain with a Mastodon account when using a Full Site Editor theme; just drop the Social Icons block and…

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  • My Twitter Replacement

    Spoiler: It’s Nitter. I made my last post to Twitter today (at least until the situation changes): To elaborate on that (in order of preference): Enter Nitter Unfortunately not everyone that I followed on Twitter is available in other places, which has been the main reason to stick around this long. I’m now using Nitter…

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  • Custom Domains on iCloud Email

    I’ve been concerned for a while about Apple’s long-term commitment to iCloud email, and have been considering the painful task of switching my primary email address from my 10+ year old @me.com address to one at my domain. That is not to say I think they’re actually going to shut down iCloud email, but their apparent…

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