Randomness with PHP
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. …
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Creating Generative Art with PHP
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. …
New WordPress Plugin: Translate Words
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 …
Fixing Gutenberg Image Floats
Last week Keith Devon asked if anyone knew how to fix Gutenbergs floated image blocks. For some reason the floated image gets wrapped in a containing div. I’m not sure …
Learning is hard, and so is React
This tweet from Kelly Vaughn caught my eye recently. It came a couple of days after another tweet from Brad Touesnard who said “I have run out of empathy for …
Tada: And now your website is faster!
This weekend I saw someone link Instant.Page – a small javascript library that prefetches links before you click on them. I’ve seen similar projects before that used Ajax to load the …
How I Learn in Public
I build a lot of stuff, and I release most of it publicly. I have 20 WordPress themes on Pro Theme Design, but I’ve been making themes for over 10 years …
2018 In Review, and Plans for 2019
2018 was a mixed bag for me. Initially I didn’t feel like I did much in the last year; but now it’s written down in front of me – perhaps …
WordPress and a Faster Internet
I am fortunate enough to live in an area that has fast internet (100Mbps+), and I have a powerful computer. Yet the internet often feels slow. I’m a web developer …