No Need To Grunt, Take A Gulp Of Fresh Air | Travis Maynard

December 23rd, 2013

Gulp is an alternative to Grunt for task management.

No Need To Grunt, Take A Gulp Of Fresh Air | Travis Maynard

Bubble Lights

December 21st, 2013

“Believe in the bubbles!”

Callbacks are imperative, promises are functional: Node’s biggest missed opportunity – The If Works

December 20th, 2013

I need to go over this a couple more times, but it’s really helped me understand Promises a little better.

Callbacks are imperative, promises are functional: Node’s biggest missed opportunity – The If Works

CoreOS is Linux for Massive Server Deployments · CoreOS

December 19th, 2013

Platform for packaging and deploying scalable cloud services.

CoreOS is Linux for Massive Server Deployments · CoreOS

Bacon Jerky

December 18th, 2013

Teriyaki Bacon Jerky. Your argument is invalid.

Presentation Video

December 13th, 2013

Back in March of 2013, I gave a presentation at WordCamp Atlanta titled “Secure All The Things”. I’ve just noticed that the video of this presentation finally went up on wordpress.tv a few weeks ago.

At the time of the WordCamp, I had been really busy at work, so I hadn’t had as much time to rehearse or revamp my slide deck as I had wanted. Despite that, I feel like the talk went off pretty well, especially about halfway in, when I started fielding questions from the audience. I was able to relax more when I was answering questions than when I was concerned about remembering which slide was coming up next.

Towards the very end, I realized that we were coming up against the session’s time limit, so I hurried through the last few slide points. But overall, I felt like it went pretty well.

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Knock

December 12th, 2013

A utility for OSX which lets you use your iPhone as an access key to unlock your screen. It uses Bluetooth Low Energy, so battery drain is negligible.

Knock

OriDomi – origami for the web

December 9th, 2013

Nice origami/folding special effects for DOM elements. Mobile-friendly.

OriDomi – origami for the web

An open source alternative to AnyOrigin

December 9th, 2013

A proxy to get around same-origin policies when loading data across domains.

An open source alternative to AnyOrigin

Thanksgiving Snow

December 2nd, 2013

We vacationed in the Smokey Mountains for Thanksgiving, and lucked out with some early snow.