Nathan Hawkes | WordPress Expert
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Expert in WordPress. Web developer, trainer, and nerd. Creator of Colour Library, Who Broke The News? and Project Zero. Perpetually trying.
Euros are coming up. Here's my fantasy team for Match day 1 ... thoughts?
June 26, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Euros are coming up. Here's my fantasy team for Match day 1 ... thoughts?
Superdrugs: "Feel as good as you look."
Me: Oh, way ahead of you, there. I've been doing that for ages.
I'm ugly as fuck.
Me: Oh, way ahead of you, there. I've been doing that for ages.
I'm ugly as fuck.
January 24, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Superdrugs: "Feel as good as you look."
Me: Oh, way ahead of you, there. I've been doing that for ages.
I'm ugly as fuck.
Me: Oh, way ahead of you, there. I've been doing that for ages.
I'm ugly as fuck.
This may be the stupidest thing I've ever done. But by God, I'm going to do it ...
January 17, 2025 at 8:47 PM
This may be the stupidest thing I've ever done. But by God, I'm going to do it ...
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it’s so beautiful how joe rogan guys invented their own astrology
October 29, 2024 at 11:51 PM
it’s so beautiful how joe rogan guys invented their own astrology
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Only one hero can get to the bottom of this...
![A social post from @ThatEricAlper that says:
How does Batman Shampoo exist, but not Conditioner Gordon?
[An image of OP holding a bottle of Batman Shampoo]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:y4zs4cabaezzwx3bz2e5nnj2/bafkreigmwze5autj5l547e4vw7b6liwiwqc7ofkyba2qyncadcn2beqlrm@jpeg)
October 25, 2024 at 3:00 PM
Only one hero can get to the bottom of this...
This was one of the reasons I decided to install my own shortener for my domain. While it still has the same issues (it exists for as long as I pay for it), at least I have a little more control over it than relying on a third-party.
Remember when some of us ancient mariner type internet folk said “hold up these URL shorteners seem problematic”?
Yeah, that.
“Google URL Shortener links will no longer be available”
https://buff.ly/3ScShQ2
Yeah, that.
“Google URL Shortener links will no longer be available”
https://buff.ly/3ScShQ2
Google URL Shortener links will no longer be available
Understand how you will be impacted by our decision to turn off the serving portion of Google URL Shortener.
buff.ly
October 24, 2024 at 11:15 AM
This was one of the reasons I decided to install my own shortener for my domain. While it still has the same issues (it exists for as long as I pay for it), at least I have a little more control over it than relying on a third-party.
A year ago yesterday, I released a personal project - Colour Library. It was based on the Brand Colors project, which shows the HEX codes for hundreds of brands. CL adds in RGB, CMYK, HSL, and Pantone colour to this. It was my first real-world non-WordPress project, and has spawned two more since.
September 26, 2024 at 9:44 AM
A year ago yesterday, I released a personal project - Colour Library. It was based on the Brand Colors project, which shows the HEX codes for hundreds of brands. CL adds in RGB, CMYK, HSL, and Pantone colour to this. It was my first real-world non-WordPress project, and has spawned two more since.
My phone has a case that allows me to do the same thing. It's so satisfying.
June 10, 2024 at 12:21 PM
My phone has a case that allows me to do the same thing. It's so satisfying.
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Years ago I wrote about how the fantasy of so many men in tech re: AI was to create a woman that doesn't talk back. It's not an original idea--it populates sci-fi, like Ex Machina.
But it's also an easy point to argue because so many guys will just... say it.
But it's also an easy point to argue because so many guys will just... say it.
impressive how much these puff pieces for AI still make the people involved sound like sociopaths
June 10, 2024 at 6:05 AM
Years ago I wrote about how the fantasy of so many men in tech re: AI was to create a woman that doesn't talk back. It's not an original idea--it populates sci-fi, like Ex Machina.
But it's also an easy point to argue because so many guys will just... say it.
But it's also an easy point to argue because so many guys will just... say it.
Git is an incredibly powerful tool to track changes in software development, developed by Linus Torvalds in April 2005.
In British slang, a "git" is an unpleasant, pig-headed, argumentative person who thinks they're always right.
TIL that this choice of name may or may not have been intentional.
In British slang, a "git" is an unpleasant, pig-headed, argumentative person who thinks they're always right.
TIL that this choice of name may or may not have been intentional.
May 6, 2024 at 11:58 AM
Git is an incredibly powerful tool to track changes in software development, developed by Linus Torvalds in April 2005.
In British slang, a "git" is an unpleasant, pig-headed, argumentative person who thinks they're always right.
TIL that this choice of name may or may not have been intentional.
In British slang, a "git" is an unpleasant, pig-headed, argumentative person who thinks they're always right.
TIL that this choice of name may or may not have been intentional.
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I am trying Mr. Box.
April 28, 2024 at 5:56 PM
I am trying Mr. Box.
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Absolutely scathing and well worth the read.
March 19, 2024 at 3:46 AM
Absolutely scathing and well worth the read.
Hey, @ma.tt, just out of curiosity: does "ingesting" include smoking, snorting, and injecting? If not, then it looks like I've found three things we can do with Tumblr usernames, according to the Community Guidelines. I mean, since we can't get drunk on them.
January 12, 2024 at 6:26 PM
Hey, @ma.tt, just out of curiosity: does "ingesting" include smoking, snorting, and injecting? If not, then it looks like I've found three things we can do with Tumblr usernames, according to the Community Guidelines. I mean, since we can't get drunk on them.
Rick Astley performs a concert on BBC.
Rick Astley says he's playing a song that starts "Never Gonna" - but not "that one", because that will be later. He plays "Never Gonna Stop."
First song Rick Astley plays in 2024 is "Never Gonna Give You Up."
People in the UK announce they've been rickrolled.
Rick Astley says he's playing a song that starts "Never Gonna" - but not "that one", because that will be later. He plays "Never Gonna Stop."
First song Rick Astley plays in 2024 is "Never Gonna Give You Up."
People in the UK announce they've been rickrolled.
January 1, 2024 at 1:01 PM
Rick Astley performs a concert on BBC.
Rick Astley says he's playing a song that starts "Never Gonna" - but not "that one", because that will be later. He plays "Never Gonna Stop."
First song Rick Astley plays in 2024 is "Never Gonna Give You Up."
People in the UK announce they've been rickrolled.
Rick Astley says he's playing a song that starts "Never Gonna" - but not "that one", because that will be later. He plays "Never Gonna Stop."
First song Rick Astley plays in 2024 is "Never Gonna Give You Up."
People in the UK announce they've been rickrolled.