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  • How to clean up the WordPress wp_postmeta database table

    A collection of ways to investigate the import and plugin clutter that’s probably clogging up your WordPress site.


  • Grading the White House’s WordPress website

    Turns out the White House uses the same SEO plugin you do.


  • Radiohead in Portland in April 2017
  • My Best Writing of 2017

    A funny thing happened on the way to me getting out of the dying business of music journalism: I got laid off, just like everybody else I know. But before that I continued living my personal dream of the ’00s.


  • Apple computer on a desktop
  • Improve MAMP for WordPress local dev with 3 upgrades

    Use the ImageMagick image processor, enhance WP-CLI compatibility, and add virtual hosts for better domain names with the MAMP app.


  • Stranger Things 2
  • Stranger Things 2 season recaps

    Breaking down every nostalgic episode of Netflix’s ambitious sci-fi thriller.


  • Pretty Little Liars promotional image
  • Episode 78: The Final Episode

    David and Dom say goodbye to the podcast on the final episode of Pretty Little Grown Men.


  • Make a Simple Sticky Footer with 4 Lines of Flexbox Code: Learn CSS

    Solve the sticky footer problem with an easy Flexbox technique.


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  • Learn Sass: Just the Easy Stuff

    Make the switch from CSS to Sass to write cleaner, simpler, stronger code.


  • Computer programming
  • 301 Redirects in Apache: HTTPS, WWW, and URL switching

    How I moved the Rawkblog.com family over to a single and secure canonical URL.


  • Writing with a notepad and laptop
  • Paper As a Second Screen

    An analog way to help focus and memory.


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  • Election Day, and What Came After

    An essay about November 8, 2016, the day my heart sunk like a busted submarine.


  • Portland band Wild Ones
  • Wild Ones – “Paresthesia”

    Portland band Wild Ones reveal the first single from new album ‘Mirror Touch.’


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