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How to download a gif from Giphy
Recently, when I was trying to download a gif file from Giphy, I noticed that when I went directly to the file, https://media.giphy.com/media/14kdiJUblbWBXy/giphy.gif for example, that it was actually loading a web page instead of the gif file. Now, on this page, you could choose to alternative/right click on the image and then click “Save…
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Creating a Photograph vs. Taking a Photograph
“To me, photography is an art of observation. It’s about finding something interesting in an ordinary place… I’ve found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them.” — Elliott Erwitt My buddy, Jeff Golenski, wrote an article on the Daily Post WordPress.com blog…
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‘Wire Cutters’, A Short Animated Film About Two Robots Mining on a Desolate Planet…
This is a super cute short animated film. If you’ve got a few minutes, it’s worth a watch. Wire Cutters is a fantastic short animated film, created by Minneapolis-based Jack Anderson, about two robots who run into each other while mining on a desolate planet and then fight over their min… Source: ‘Wire Cutters’, A…
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Titanfall 2 Gameplay
I was able to pull out a first place finish in Titanfall 2 the other day. This game went a lot slower than most, but was still fun.
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Alexa, start a new post called, “I’m blogging this with my voice.”
One of my coworkers recently created an Alexa skill that lets you check interact with your blog. Check out his original post for more information. I’ve written and published an Alexa skill that lets you check your blog notifications, moderate comments, and start new draft posts on your WordPress.com or Jetpack-enabled blog, all by speaking…
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Significant Digits For Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2016
Just after the victory at Standing Rock, about 176,000 gallons of crude oil are spilled. 176,000 gallonsA North Dakota oil pipeline ruptured and dumped more than 176,000 gallons of crude oil into Ash Coulee creek, which then spread the spill onto an unknown amount of U.S. Forest Service and private land. This incident happened just…
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Titanfall 2 PS4 Gameplay – YouTube
I played a bit of Titan fall 2 today while experimenting with different classes of pilots and titans. After some experimenting, I’m pretty fond of the Legion titan, but I need to remember to keep the gun up.
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Scott Belsky on Crafting The First Mile of Product | Design.blog
The best (and most widely adopted) products are mostly accommodating with familiar patterns and rarely “retraining” with something that is entirely new. Only force new behaviors that power a unique value (think Snapchat opening to the Camera while competitive products opened to the feed, etc…). Source: Scott Belsky on Crafting The First Mile of Product…
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State of WordPress.com Elasticsearch Systems 2016
One of my coworkers recently published a post that summarizes some of the details of how we use Elasticsearch at Automattic. If you’re interested in that kind of stuff, be sure to check the post out. I liked reading the article because it was a reminder of the scale at which WordPress.com works. We are…
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Cargo cult programming
A coworker, who is much more experienced and smarter than I, used the phrase “cargo-culted” the other day. Not knowing what the phrase meant, I decided that I’d look it up. The following is a definition from Wikipedia. Cargo cult programming is a style of computer programming characterized by the ritual inclusion of code or…
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do_action presentation picture
My coworker and the organizer of do_action 2016 in Austin, David Cole, got a picture of me while my team was presenting our hackathon project.
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Vertical Video Syndrome
Vertical videos are a pet peeve of mine. So, after I found this video, I had to share it ?