Blog Huts and Micro/Tiny Houses in the 23rd Century There was this earthquake on 25 April 2015, and disaster struck. 7,000 people were killed and 450,000 displaced.
Blog Open Badges and Online Learning We are (slowly) moving away from the traditional sheepskin diploma model of four years of formal education and towards a new, portable and self-driven model.
Blog University Education in the Near Future I keep having this conversation. It’s on my mind because I have kids, surely. But a lot of people think about it. It’s university education. Specifically, paying for it. My wife and I talk about whether we should pay for our kids to go to school or let
Blog How Will The Web Be Different? There is so much to think about. On a surface level, it’s important to acknowledge that the web — the way we access it, how we use it, and…
Blog Neighborhood Council Meeting Last night, I went to our neighborhood community council meeting. It’s called the MACC (for Morningside).
Blog The Pioneer Plaque I can't help but wonder why we have sent only four space probes into deep space with information about our existence. And they were all launched in the early 1970s!
Blog Samuel L. Jackson Has a Message for Ice Bucket Celebs Samuel L. Jackson makes a great point. I don’t even know what charity the Ice Bucket Challenge was supposed to support. All I know is that people everywhere were suddenly pouring water on themselves and haughtily laughing (albeit soaked) about their good, charitable souls.
Blog After Church My youngest hates church. Just the act of driving by the building evokes tears from the boy. I guess it's the idea that we will leave him in the daycare room during service? I don't know why that is a problem for him - it is a room full of toys, after all.
Blog Updating The Google Password Have you updated your Google password lately? It has gotten a little crazy. It isn't Google's fault - it's that we live in a goofy web of interconnected, insecure-trying-to-be-secure devices that falter when trying to communicate with one another.
Blog How to Add and Display a New Image Size in WordPress WordPress comes out of the box with three image sizes built in - a thumbnail, a medium, and a large size.
Blog How to Open A WordPress Functions File Using A Hook If you want to write your own WordPress child theme, or even your own theme, you are most likely going to be getting into the nitty gritty of the functions.php file.
Blog "Live" Map of Pittsburgh Bus Service This is a really great map of the Pittsburgh-Area with a data overlay. It shows the live location of all GPS-enabled Port Authority Transit (PAT) Buses.
Blog U2 Taking a Page from Bastille's Success? Long time fan of U2. I do not agree with the bru-haha that U2 is now a punchline.
Blog Quitting Football is "a thing" In the week before the 2014 NFL season kicked off, I noticed three different blogs of fairly high profile folks who state that they are quitting the NFL.
Blog A Bike Route in Pittsburgh I am looking to get a bike-friendly path from the neighborhood of Morningside over to Oakland.
Blog WordPress 4.0 Released There is a new version of WordPress being released today – codename Benny.
