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The Hackiest Hack that Ever Was Hacked
I was first introduced to Plupload when I was building websites in .Net. I had some great HTML5 file upload tools that worked wonders in my browser of choice, but most of my colleagues (and about 80% of our clients) were using a browser that didn’t support the API. I used Plupload as a reliable […]
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1Password: Better and Worse for Personal Data Security
Ever since I was a victim of digital identity theft in college, I’ve kept a keen eye on data security. I use long passwords that mix case, numbers, and punctuation. I impose ridiculous must-change-passwords-every-6-months rules on myself. And I never, ever write my passwords down for others to see. But still, I feel like things […]
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Don’t Dequeue WordPress’ jQuery
As a moderator on the WordPress Stack Exchange, I end up spending a lot of time on the site. I see lots of great questions, lots of not-so-great questions, and several you’ve-got-to-be-kidding-me questions. But the question I see the most often frustrates me: How do I remove WordPress’ jQuery and use Google’s CDN version instead? […]
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Distraction Free Reading Mode
I’m a big fan of the “distraction free writing mode” within WordPress. For those of you who haven’t seen it – launch a new post in WordPress and click the full-screen icon on the editor. Your mind will be blown. The sidebars, admin interface, and all of the other UI cruft of the WordPress interface drops […]