Tag: work
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Home Page, 50% Off!
By optimising a few bits of my homepage I've halved its size, which incidentally takes me up from the third to the second league of 512kb club members!
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The Stupidest CSS
Yesterday, I wrote the stupidest CSS code of my entire web development career. The code itself wasn't the stupid bit; my misinterpretation of the designer's wishes was what caused the problem!
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Out as Poly at Work
I've been "out" about my polyamory in every job I've had for the last 20+ years. I recommend it.
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Automattic Shakeup
Matt's announced a re-organisation we've been doing in Automattic. I like it, because it reaffirms our commitment to doing the most good for our users (whether they're paying us, or not, or even our competitors). But I don't understand how we persuade the world how committed we are to it.
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[Bloganuary] Dream Job
I might already be doing my dream job. It's not perfect, but it more than makes up for its imperfections by allowing me to pay my mortgage. If money was no object, I'd still do my voluntary work with Three Rings... so maybe THAT'S my dream job??
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[Bloganuary] Leadership
I feel like I've talked about what makes a good leader before. Except last time I did it, it was only for RSS subscribers. Now, it's for everybody.
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Magician Roles
Because I work somewhere hip enough to let people tweak their job titles, mine is "Code Magician".
LinkedIn isn't as hip as Automattic, though, because they keep emailing me sector updates... for the "Magician" sector... 😅 -
Length Extension Attack Demonstration
Hash length extension attacks aren't necessarily intuitive without a little understanding of how vulnerable hashing algorithms work. Using SHA1 as an example, I've put together a step-by-step demonstration with a focus on teaching the underlying principles behind the vulnerability.
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WCEU23 - Contributor Day
Today was Contributor Day at my very first WordCamp. I hacked code for WP-CLI and met some awesome people.
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Have Fun with Missions, Visions, and Values
My team and I recently used a deck of Dixit cards to playfully work on refining our collective idea of our identity and our values. It turns out we're a D&D-like party of heroic adventurers!
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Found GC7FB9H From Canterbury to the cache
This checkin to GC7FB9H From Canterbury to the cache reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Well that was quite the adventure!
The first wayoint is right across the road from where some work colleagues and I are staying for an "away week". I decided to dash out during a break in … -
Found GC9QCKH When in Rome live as the Romans do (bb Tribute 05)
This checkin to GC9QCKH When in Rome live as the Romans do (bb Tribute 05) reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Took until the fourth hiding place before I found the cache. Out for a walk with work colleagues on the way to dinner. Greetings from Oxfordshire, UK!
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Travelling light
Lately, I've taken to "travelling light", and it feels carefree and liberating.
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Automattic Acquires ActivityPub Plugin for WordPress
WPTavern reports that Automattic is to acquire Matthias Pfefferle's ActivityPub plugin for WordPress, and I couldn't be more excited!
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Announcers and Automation
A friend of mine used to do railway station announcements and was so good that he could do it from memory. That job now belongs to a computer. And that's fine.