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One of the first video games I ever finished was the Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening. It wasn’t even my game; it belonged to a friend - and I borrowed their Game Boy too. But despite that, I fell in...

Back in 2007, I wrote a blog post about my favorite Firefox extensions that I used all the time. However, over the years, my browsing habits changed, and I eventually switched to Chrome. But now, I’m back to using Firefox...

When I started using WordPress, I embraced the idea of permalinks. They appeared to be a reliable way to create long-lasting links. I believed that these permanent links would provide eternal access to all my pages.However, not everyone shares my...

My trusty old smartwatch recently stopped working. It was a Garmin Vivomove HR, a minimal hybrid watch with regular watch hands and a tiny hidden screen that showed notifications and messages. It served me well for quite some time but...

Have you ever stopped to think about the impact of the fonts you use on your website? Well, a few years ago, I did. And that’s when I decided to bid farewell to Google Fonts.As someone who loves creating interesting...

I love art directed websites. There’s something about the way people use beautiful design to make engaging content that always draws me in. But, let’s be honest, art directing your own site is a lot of work. The thought of...

As a programmer, I am always on the lookout for ways to improve my workflow. In recent years, artificial intelligence (AI) has become an increasingly popular tool in the tech world, and I have found myself using it more and...

I have recently rebuilt the Binary Moon website. It’s been something I’ve been thinking about for a while, and a recent issue with my web host pushed me to finally make a start. In this post, I’ll share some of...

As a blogger who works with, and writes about WordPress and its related topics, I always find myself in search of the latest news and updates. However, I don’t listen to podcasts. I find them too long and I get...

Last week I went to see the new Super Mario Brothers movie with my wife and 7 year old son. As a fan of Mario for over 30 years, I was excited to see how one of my favourite video...

In 2018 I launched Brush Ninja and the feedback has been fantastic. Over the course of the last 4 years, through the pandemic and all, it’s been found and used by educators to teach.I think teachers like Brush Ninja for...

I really like Disney+, it’s the only paid streaming provider I use (I also use iPlayer, and the other free UK ones like Channel 4 etc). There’s a couple of shows I’d like to see on Netflix but not enough...

I was thinking recently that I don’t write much about Brush Ninja. Brush Ninja is a free animation editor made entirely with Javascript and given away for free.My goal with the Brush Ninja website is to encourage digital creativity. It’s...

Recently, there have been a number of court cases in Europe suggesting that Google Fonts may not be GDPR compliant. The concern is that when you link to a Google Font using their CDN (Content Delivery Network), it could potentially...

To celebrate Queen Elizabeths Platinum Jubilee I designed a little papercraft version of her crown.In fact, I’ve recently gotten into making papercraft toys, both building, and designing them. Most of the designs I have built are from FoldUpToys – a...

When I was making my generative art I needed to generate a lot of random things. The simplest way to do that with PHP is to use the rand() function.The rand() function selects a random integer (whole number) between 0...

These last few weeks I’ve been experimenting with Generative Art, using PHP. You can see the evolution of my latest series on Twitter. Generative Art is creating artworks through programming. Generative art has a few different names, Procedural art and...

Early on in the development of the new Gutenberg editor I asked how to get a list of all the blocks available in the new editor, then today Keith Devon asked how to do it on Twitter. So I thought...

Plugin notifications have been a problem in WordPress for a long time now. Last week I saw a conversation on Slack where a developer said he thought they were getting out of hand, and then posted this screenshot: So many...

Last week I had a theme customer who wanted to translate some words on their website. The changes they wanted to make were small, and so I wanted a simple plugin to make the changes.I knew that from a technical...

I recently had the idea to make a Twitter Emoji Maze bot, so I tweeted my idea and it was suggested I write a tutorial about how I made it. So I’m going to try to write the article as...