Category: Technology
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Happy New Year! the 2021 edition
2021 begins today, and while the new year is supposed to be about casting aside the bad things to focus on a bright future, it hardly feels that way in the midst of a global pandemic. But, writing these has been a tradition since 2013, and this doesn’t seem like a good year to break…
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WordPress 5.6 Released
WordPress 5.6 has been released! Along with expanded layout controls and auto-updates for major releases, this release also introduces the new Twenty Twenty-One default theme. For specifics, check out the changelog. 605 volunteers contributed to this release, lead by Josepha Haden, Chloe Bringmann, and Angela Jin. At the time of writing this, WordPress 5.6 has…
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WordPress 5.5 Released
WordPress 5.5 has been released! Along with speed and block editor enhancements, this update adds plugin and theme auto-updates, XML sitemaps, image lazy loading, and over 500 bug fixes. For specifics, check out the changelog. 805 volunteers contributed to this release, lead by Matt Mullenweg, Jake Surlock, and David Baumwald. At the time of writing…
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On Social Networks – Tumblr
Back in November, I shared some thoughts on social networks. I had just joined Tumblr at the time, so I didn’t really know what I wanted to do with it. I think I’m getting the hang of it, so I thought it would only be fair to revisit it separately. Before I continue though, please…
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Earth Day, 2020
Today is Earth Day, a day to reflect on our home world, the only one we have, and a great day to start saving the environment for free, going carbon negative, and donating to Trees for the Future. This is definitely an interesting Earth Day for all of us, with many of us under some…