How “Fasting and Prayer” Can be “Rejoicing and Prayer”

2 minute read At church, once a month we’re encouraged to fast. That means we skip two meals, and instead donate that money for the poor. Kids usually don’t, and those with medical concerns don’t, but able-bodied folks like myself do. I’ll be honest: it’s still difficult. Obviously I get hungry, and sometimes focus on that. I also […]

June 9th Thoughts from Church

2 minute read Just sharing some of my thoughts I had at Church today. Charity isn’t Just Doing a Few Nice Things Parker Schmidt has a companion with whom he didn’t get along very well. So he tried to be charitable. He cooked him breakfast, ironed his shirts, did lots of nice things. But it didn’t seem to […]

11 New-to-me Tools Used Redesigning a Django Website

6 minute read I recently participated in redesigning a Django website, and got introduced to a lot of new tools. I thought I should share what tools and process Scott Mahr, my wife Amanda, and myself used redesigning the website of Pacific Rim Early Childhood Institute. Maybe it will help others undertaking a redesign, or introduce you to […]

Protected: 6am Baby Magic

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Print My Blog WordPress Plugin Transparency Report – May 2019

8 minute read This is my second monthly transparency report regarding development of Print My Blog WordPress plugin. For me, the most exciting developments this month has been hearing how folks are using Print My Blog. If you use it, please let me know on Twitter, through my contact page, or through a review on WordPress.org. What Happened […]

My Response to “Open Source Beyond the Market”

6 minute read Should open source fulfill your needs to self-actualization, or just baser needs? My Response to DHH’s “Open Source Beyond the Market”

May 2019 Gratitude Journal

1 minute read List of stuff I’m grateful for, in no particular order: Although baby Elise has been getting up a lot at nighttime for the last week or two (like about every hour and a half), I feel surprisingly functional. (Yesterday was possibly an exception, after she did that and was then awake from 5-7 and refusing […]

How I Moved from WordPress.com Without Paying for the Redirect

3 minute read In this post I show I avoided WordPress.com’s charges for forwarding users onto my new self-hosted WordPress site.

Me: Self Hosted!

1 minute read I finally made the move from WordPress.com to becoming self-hosted. I was able to bring all my old posts, pages, categories and tags, images and other media, and even subscribers. So if you were subscribed to my .com blog before, you’re now automatically subscribed to this new self-hosted one. I have yet to pretty it […]

Protected: Elise’s Favourite Songs at 3 Months

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