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Reconciling Faith and Science
People ask me all the time how I can reconcile my faith in a creator God with my understanding of how the universe works.
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Choosing a Conference Topic
I’m going to expose my three secret ways to come up with conference presentation ideas.
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Crowdfunding and Transparency
Community goodwill can disappear in a second.
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JavaScript and Closures
One of the first things I look for when reviewing JavaScript code is the proper use (and isolation) of scope.
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WordPress Core Proposal: Data Service
Rather than pitch a feature that is a must-have within the ecosystem, I want to explain something that would be nice-to-have from a developer perspective.
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What Constitutes a Publisher?
A colleague recently pointed me to an interesting article about content publishing and web intents. The article led to some interesting discussions.
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Communication and Cynicism
A cynical attitude leaves no room for amazement or wonder when the rest of us tell stories.
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Technical Innovation
I’m always on the lookout for cool new technology. Sometimes, I find it in the most unexpected of places.
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Rights and Derivative Works
I am a derivative work and I know exactly from whom my life, thoughts, and behaviors are derived. Do you?
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Dynamic CDN: PHP and Checksums
The general gist of Dynamic CDN is to scan page content before returning it to the browser and dynamically replace locally-hosted assets (images, scripts, styles, etc) with their CDN-hosted equivalents. The trick is returning consistent CDN urls for hosted assets – the plugin uses PHP to generate a checksum for asset references so it can select the perfect URL.