• Barrel Aged “Red Light” Negroni

    Barrel Aged “Red Light” Negroni

    We’re currently enjoying drinks at Bardot in Claremont I moved it over to a glass.

  • Last night’s walk with the dog

    Last night’s walk with the dog

  • Why I deleted my Facebook and Instagram accounts

    Why I deleted my Facebook and Instagram accounts

    I've been pondering deleting Facebook and by extension Instagram while questioning the value of both social networks in exchange for my personal data. The recent news around Cambridge Analytica taking user data provided by Facebook and the subsequent lack of transparency by the social network is unacceptable. It won't surprise anyone that I can't justify…

  • Currently Reading

    Currently Reading

    Picked up Cory Doctorow‘s The Big Beautiful Tomorrow and William Gibson‘s The Peripheral from the Library this morning.

  • PureOS – First Impressions Gallery

    PureOS – First Impressions Gallery

    Today I poked around in PureOS a GNU/Linux distribution recently endorsed by the Free Software Foundation. So far I’m very impressed in what I can do with minimal effort. For starters, I had no problems creating a local installation of WordPress. (A necessity  and a test in my line of work as a web developer.)…

  • Researching Conditional Tags

    Researching Conditional Tags

    I’m taking a deep dive into WordPress’ Conditional Tags feature this month to get a better understanding of how it can minimize custom written code while providing practical features. This personal study project will do the following. Create a fictional small business Anticipate its needs in a website Use Twenty Seventeen as the Parent Theme…