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March 19, 2018

Simple PHP Refactoring

Today I needed to write some code to grab a list of CC addresses from an email, and I thought showing the steps I took could make for an entertaining blog...

March 18, 2018

My new toy: WASD CODE keyboard

March 17, 2018

Photos from St. Patrick’s day at USNWC

Today, the yearly tradition of the White Water Center celebrating St Patrick’s Day continued and it’s always a fun time.

March 16, 2018

Reading vs Audio Retention Rates

Today, I came across an interesting question on HN that asked, “Are there any studies about book reading retention rates vs. audiobooks?”.

March 12, 2018

Bloomberg: Traditional to Roth IRA Do-Overs Could Prove Costly

Ellen Stark writing about the new tax laws for IRA conversions:

March 11, 2018

Tiger Woods Birdie on 17 at Valspar

Today’s final round at the Valspar Championship had Tiger Woods in the hunt for the first time in forever.

March 10, 2018

Laravel: Disable Timestamps on Models

A few days back someone sent me a message with an issue on all the old posts on Laravel News.

March 9, 2018

Twitter wants to open verification to everyone

As reported by Recode on a Periscope Live Stream with Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey:

March 7, 2018

For Two Months, I Got My News From Print Newspapers.

Farhad Manjoo writing for the NY Times:

March 6, 2018

Coinbase Launches an Index Fund

Today, Coinbase announced a new index fund:

March 5, 2018

Slack: Where Annoyance Happens

I remember the first time I started working remote and how amazing live chat was.

March 4, 2018

Should you reshare old content to social media?

A common theme from blogs and content marketers on social media is to attempt to drive more visitors and engagement by sharing new posts multiple times the...

March 3, 2018

VS Code Setup

I’ve been using VS Code more and more and I’m loving it. It has the speed of Sublime but a lot of other features that feel really natural to me.

March 2, 2018

The Phoenix Project

I just finished a novel about IT, DevOps, and business named The Phoenix Project by Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, and George Spafford.

March 1, 2018

The Strava Effect

Growing up I raced motocross from the time I was about six up until my early twenties. I’m competitive and especially so on two-wheeled objects.

February 28, 2018

iOS App Icons Should Snap to a Grid

Rands published a Tweet asking others to show their iPhone home screens and being the nerd that I am I couldn’t get enough of scrolling through all the rep...

February 27, 2018

How GDPR Will Change The Way You Develop

Over on Smashing Magazine, Heather Burns recently published a guide on the GDPR.

February 26, 2018

Berkshire Hathaway's 2017 Annual Report

The Berkshire Hathaway’s annual report recently published and as always it’s full of great wisdom by Warren Buffett.

February 25, 2018

Rands: How to Write a Blog Post

Rands on how to write a blog post

February 24, 2018

Operator Mono and Alternatives

Since first seeing Operator Mono by Hoefler & Co. I’ve been in love with the font. I bought myself a license and have been using ever since.