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  • Grading the White House's WordPress website

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


  • My Best Writing of 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.


  • Improve MAMP for WordPress local dev with 3 upgrades
  • 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.


  • <cite>Stranger Things 2</cite> season recaps
  • Stranger Things 2 season recaps

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


  • Episode 78: The Final Episode
  • 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.


  • Learn Sass: Just the Easy Stuff
  • Learn Sass: Just the Easy Stuff

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


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

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


  • Paper As a Second Screen
  • Paper As a Second Screen

    An analog way to help focus and memory.


  • Election Day, and What Came After
  • Election Day, and What Came After

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


  • Wild Ones - "Paresthesia"
  • Wild Ones - "Paresthesia"

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


  • Pickathon 2017 Preview
  • Pickathon 2017 Preview

    Five band recommendations for the Pickathon weekend, from Jay Som to Charles Bradley.


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