My life is an open-source book.
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B.A., Sociology with a minor in Science, Technology, and Society, 2010, The University of Texas at Austin
M.B.A., Business Analytics, 2024, Midwestern State University (TX)
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Swingset Takeover
We’re a force. And we like to swing. After I published this, I found Google animated one for us:
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Ups and Downs
All I’m going to say about last night and why there is no post today is confirm your Ngnix conf files are actually backed up somewhere. Not just that the directory they are in is set to be backed up, but actually backed up.
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The Price of Twins
Yesterday, we celebrated the one-year anniversary of the twins coming home from the hospital (for the first time) and I received a response to my inquiry from the hospital billing department. Even though everything has been finalized since April and we paid the last of the bills in June, they keep on sending us monthly statements…
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Congrats WordPress 4.4!
WordPress 4.4 is now available on a website near you. First up, the release video: WordPress 4.4 added some major things behind the scenes (REST API infrastructure) and really sweet things on the front end, like responsive imaging. For all of you Jetpack users, Photon already supports the vast majority of new hotness with responsive…
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Two Factor Authentication with Jetpack
Over the summer, I wrote up a quick one-file plugin to force site administrators to use Jetpack’s Single Sign-On via WordPress.com, specifically with two-factor authentication1. It was closed-sourced initially, for no other reason than it was experimental and didn’t want to make a promise it was coming without it being proven. Without further ado, I…
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Security Shouldn’t Be This Hard
I really like the idea of being very secure. I like crypto. I like PGP keys. I like to sign and encrypt e-mails. I’ve had my PGP key published on this site for a long time now. I can count on one hand with fingers to spare how many people I’ve actually communicated with using…